Jimmy Ellis
Jimmy Ellis may refer to: * Jimmy Ellis (boxer) (1940–2014), American boxer * Jimmy "Orion" Ellis (1945–1998), American singer * Jimmy "Preacher" Ellis (born 1935), American musician * Jimmy Ellis (1938–2012), lead singer of The Trammps * Jimmy Ellis (), former American motocross racer in AMA Supercross Championship See also * James Ellis (other) *Jim Ellis (other) Jim Ellis may refer to: * Jim Ellis (jockey) (1910–1971), New Zealand jockey and racehorse trainer *Jim Ellis (baseball) (born 1945), former Major League Baseball pitcher * Jim Ellis (swimming coach) (born 1948), American swim coach and subject o ...

Jimmy Ellis (boxer)
James Albert Ellis (February 24, 1940 – May 6, 2014) was an American professional boxer. He won the vacant WBA heavyweight title in 1968 by defeating Jerry Quarry, making one successful title defense in the same year against Floyd Patterson, before losing to Joe Frazier in 1970. Early life He was born one of ten children. His father, Walter, was a pastor, and Ellis was brought up as a Christian. As a teenager he worked in a cement finishing factory. He also sang in the local church choir, later joined by his wife Mary. He continued church involvement all his adult life. In his youth he admired the boxer Joe Louis. Amateur career Ellis got into boxing as a teenager after watching a friend box a fellow Louisville youngster Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) on a local amateur boxing television show called Tomorrow's Champions. "I had a friend of mine named Donnie Hall, and he fought Ali," Ellis said. "Donnie lost, and I thought I could maybe be a fighter then." Ellis we ...
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Jimmy "Orion" Ellis
James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998), who used the stage name Orion at times in his career, was an American singer. His voice was similar to Elvis Presley's, a fact which he and his record company played upon, making some believe that some of his recordings were by Presley, or even that Presley had not died in 1977. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy Wynette, Ricky Skaggs, Lee Greenwood, Gary Morris, and the Oak Ridge Boys. Early life Ellis was born in either Pascagoula, Mississippi, Orrville, Alabama, or Washington, D.C., United States, into a single parent home. His birth certificate states the mother was a secretary named Gladys Bell, and the father was Vernon (no surname). Aged two, he moved with his mother to Birmingham, Alabama, where he was put up for adoption and, aged four, was adopted by R. F. and Mary Faye (nee Hodges) Ellis. He attended Orrville High School, where he excelled ...
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Jimmy "Preacher" Ellis
James "Jimmy" Ellis (August 17, 1934 – September 16, 2022) Death He died in Dallas, Texas, on September 16, 2022, at the age of 88. Singles Albums Appears on References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellis, Jimmy 1934 births 2022 deaths African-American guitarists American blues singers American blues guitarists American male guitarists Blues musicians from Arkansas People from Little River County, Arkansas Singers from Arkansas Guitarists from Arkansas 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century African-American musicians 21st-century African-American people ...
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Jimmy Ellis
Jimmy Ellis may refer to: * Jimmy Ellis (boxer) (1940–2014), American boxer * Jimmy "Orion" Ellis (1945–1998), American singer * Jimmy "Preacher" Ellis (born 1935), American musician * Jimmy Ellis (1938–2012), lead singer of The Trammps * Jimmy Ellis (), former American motocross racer in AMA Supercross Championship See also * James Ellis (other) *Jim Ellis (other) Jim Ellis may refer to: * Jim Ellis (jockey) (1910–1971), New Zealand jockey and racehorse trainer *Jim Ellis (baseball) (born 1945), former Major League Baseball pitcher * Jim Ellis (swimming coach) (born 1948), American swim coach and subject o ...

The Trammps
The Trammps are an American disco and soul band, who were based in Philadelphia and were one of the first disco bands. The band's first major success was their 1972 cover version of "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart", while the first disco track they released was "Love Epidemic" in 1973. However, they are best known for their song "Disco Inferno" which was included on the Grammy-winning ''Saturday Night Fever'' soundtrack. When originally released in 1976, "Disco Inferno" became a UK pop hit and US R&B and Dance hit topping the Dance chart for 5 weeks in early 1977. After inclusion on the ''Saturday Night Fever'' soundtrack, the song was re-released in 1978 and became a modest US pop hit peaking at number 11. History 1970s The history of the Trammps grew from the 1960s group the Volcanos, who later became the Moods. With a number of line-up changes by the early 1970s, the band membership included gospel-influenced lead singer Jimmy Ellis, drummer and singer (bass voice) Earl ...
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AMA Supercross Championship
The AMA Supercross Championship (commercially known as Monster Energy AMA Supercross) is an American motorcycle racing series. Founded by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1974, the AMA Supercross Championship races are held from January through early May. Supercross is a variant of motocross which involves off-road motorcycles on a constructed dirt track consisting of steep jumps and obstacles; the tracks are usually constructed inside a sports stadium. The easy accessibility and comfort of these stadium venues helped supercross surpass off-road motocross as a spectator attraction in the United States by the late 1970s. From 1974 until 2002 and again from 2008 until 2021, the series was the World Championship of the sport. After losing this status, and with respect to the MXGP holding that discipline's worldwide title, the series, along with the AMA Motocross Championship, will form the SuperMotocross World Championship from 2023. History The first motocross r ...
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James Ellis (other)
James Ellis may refer to: Arts and entertainment *James G. Ellis (composer) (1880–1966), American violinist, silent film theater pioneer, and composer * James Ellis (actor) (1931–2014), British actor *James Ellis (musician), British rock guitarist and record producer Politics and law *James Ellis (antiquary) (1763–1830), English lawyer and antiquary *James Ellis (British politician) (1829–1901), British MP for Bosworth 1885–1892 *James Ellis (Australian politician) (1843–1930), Australian politician *James A. Ellis (1864–1934), mayor of Ottawa * James L. Ellis, California state legislator *James M. Ellis, lawyer and state legislator in West Virginia *James F. Ellis (1870–1937), Canadian physician and politician Others *James Ellis (footballer) (fl. 1892), Scottish footballer *Mooney Ellis (James Ellis, born 1896), American baseball player *James H. Ellis (1924–1997), British engineer and cryptographer * James G. Ellis (born 1947), American academic; dean of the Ma ...
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