Jesse James is an American independent record producer and songwriter, based in

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

. He is best known for writing "Boogaloo Down Broadway", a 1967 top ten hit for

The Fantastic Johnny C Johnny Corley (born April 28, 1943), better known as The Fantastic Johnny C, is an American soul music, soul singer who had four US Hot 100 hits, including the 1967 top ten hit "Boogaloo Down Broadway". Early life Born in Greenwood, South Caro ...

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The Horse "The Horse" is an American instrumental song by Cliff Nobles and Company. It was released as the B-side of the single "Love Is All Right" and is simply an instrumental version of that song. Background Although Nobles is the title artist, he doe ...

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Cliff Nobles Clifford James Nobles (August 4, 1941 – October 12, 2008) was an American soul singer, who is best known for his instrumental hit, "The Horse". Biography Nobles

, the instrumental version of "Love is All Right". The session musicians forming his James Boys included several of the musicians who later formed

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. In the early 1970s, James also wrote and produced hit records by the teen vocal duo

Chee-Chee and Peppy Chee-Chee and Peppy were an American R&B teen vocal duo who recorded in the early 1970s and had a US Hot 100 hit with "I Know I'm In Love". The duo comprised Dorothy "Dottie" Moore (born 1959, Norristown, Pennsylvania) and Keith Bolling (born 19 ...

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Retrieved 13 August 2015 He is sometimes confused with the soul singer

Jesse James Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised in the " Little Dixie" area of Western Missouri, James and his family maintained stro ...

(born James Herbert McClelland, 1943), who had several US R&B hits between the 1960s and 1980s.

Songs

*"Switch It On"

Cliff Nobles Clifford James Nobles (August 4, 1941 – October 12, 2008) was an American soul singer, who is best known for his instrumental hit, "The Horse". Biography Nobles

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