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Jimmy Martin

American bluegrass singer (1927–2005)
Person human Q355915

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
August 10, 1927
Date of death
May 14, 2005
Place of birth
Hancock County
Place of death
Nashville
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
singer, guitarist, songwriter, composer, musician
Educated at
Fork Union Military Academy[12]
Genre
country music[14]
Cause of death
bladder cancer[16]
Family name
Martin[17]
Given name
Jimmy[18]
Instrument
guitar, voice[20][21]
Manner of death
natural causes[19]
P14750
CD77-F99D-70BB-3744-C362[23]
Place of burial
Tennessee[10]
Record label
Decca[15]
Start of work period
1949[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en James Henry Martin en Jimmy Martin ar جيمي مارتن fa جیمی مارتین he ג'ימי מרטין ja ジミー・マーティン ko 제임스 헨리 마틴 ko 지미 마틴 ru Джимми Мартин
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
000000003026055X
VIAF cluster ID
10033980
Library of Congress authority ID
n93072515
GND ID
121893677
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000064199
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
138971494
Billboard artist ID
jimmy-martin
DAHR artist ID
206324, 206325
Deezer artist ID
178260
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
121893677
Discogs artist ID
885077
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Jimmy-Martin
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Europeana entity
agent/base/73020
FAST ID
325711
Find a Grave memorial ID
6832
Freebase ID
/m/01m__tj
Geni.com profile ID
6000000168834729873
Grove Music Online ID
A2276034
IMDb ID
nm0552518
IdRef ID
250592401
Kinobox person ID
968535
Laut.de artist ID
Jimmy-Martin
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
179981
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000014391
NUKAT ID
n2018122876
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100136997
Pitchfork artist ID
25234-jimmy-martin
Prabook ID
240593
SNAC ARK ID
w62w7vpc
Songkick artist ID
34770
TMDB person ID
237262
WikiTree person ID
Martin-100954
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/c5487557-b3e3-460c-84c0-2c51d8d1ad17
Yandex Music artist ID
33116

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
singer, songwriter, guitarist
Instrument 2
guitar, voice
Cause of death 1
bladder cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Martin
Genre 1
country music
Given name 1
Jimmy
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Hancock County
Place of burial 1
Tennessee
Place of death 1
Nashville
Record label 1
Decca
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Jimmy Martin was born on August 10, 1927[1], in Hancock County[2]. He died on May 14, 2005[3], in Nashville[4]. He worked as a singer[5], guitarist[6], songwriter[7], composer[8], and musician[9].

FAQs

Where was Jimmy Martin born?

Jimmy Martin was born in Hancock County[2].

Where did Jimmy Martin die?

Jimmy Martin passed away in Nashville[4].

What did Jimmy Martin do for work?

Jimmy Martin worked as a singer[5], guitarist[6], songwriter[7], composer[8], and musician[9].

Where did Jimmy Martin go to school?

Jimmy Martin was educated at Fork Union Military Academy[12].

Related Entities

Decca Tennessee United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 178260
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  2. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'mzn', 'nn']
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  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → CD77-F99D-70BB-3744-C362
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  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Jimmy
    Family name → Martin
    Country of citizenship → United States
    Instance of → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32085|batch #32085]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (27)"
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