As per our current Database, Jimmy Rushing has been died on 8 June, 1972 at New York City, New York, USA.
When Jimmy Rushing die, Jimmy Rushing was 71 years old.
| Popular As | Jimmy Rushing |
| Occupation | Soundtrack |
| Age | 71 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Virgo |
| Born | August 26, 1901 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA) |
| Birthday | August 26 |
| Town/City | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
Jimmy Rushing’s zodiac sign is Virgo. According to astrologers, Virgos are always paying attention to the smallest details and their deep sense of humanity makes them one of the most careful signs of the zodiac. Their methodical approach to life ensures that nothing is left to chance, and although they are often tender, their heart might be closed for the outer world. This is a sign often misunderstood, not because they lack the ability to express, but because they won’t accept their feelings as valid, true, or even relevant when opposed to reason. The symbolism behind the name speaks well of their nature, born with a feeling they are experiencing everything for the first time.
Jimmy Rushing was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.
James Andrew Rushing was a blues and jazz singer and pianist who was best known as the featured vocalist of the Count Basie and His Orchestra from 1935 to 1948. Jimmy Rushing was known as "Mr. Five by Five" and was the subject of an eponymous 1942 popular song that was a hit for Harry James and others.
Born in Oklahoma City on August 26, 1903 into a family with musical proclivities, Rushing's father was a trumpeter and his mother and brother were singers. Young Jimmy took to the family vocation and was a success, touring the Mid-West and California as an itinerant blues singer in the years 1923 and 1924 before moving to Los Angeles, California, where he sang with 'Jelly Roll Morton'.
Rushing got a gig singing with the Billy King before moving on to Walter Page's Blue Devils in 1927. He, along with other members of the Blue Devils, defected to the Bennie Moten band in 1929.Moten died in 1935, and Rushing joined 'Count Basie" for what would be a 13-yera gig.
Due to his tutelage under his mentor Moten, Rushing was a proponent of the Kansas City jump blues tradition, best evinced by his performances of "Sent For You Yesterday" and "Boogie Woogie" for the Count Basie Orchestra.
After leaving Basie, his recording career soared, as a solo and with other bands. He appeared with the Count Basie and His Orchestra in 1954 on "The Tonight Show" with Steve Allen.After becoming ill with leukemia in 1971, Rushing's performing career ended.
He died on June 8, 1972 in New York, New York and was buried at the Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, in Queens, New York.
