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JIMMY WAKELY

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Jimmy Wakely (born James Clarence Wakeley February 16, 1914, died September 23, 1982)<ref name="IMDB43">{{cite web
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During the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, he made several Country-Western recordings, appeared in several B-Western movies with most of the major studios, appeared on radio and television, and even had his own series of comic books.

For his work for recording, Wakely has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1680 Vine Street.<ref name="HWOF">{{cite web
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Biography
Early years
James Clarence Wakeley was born in Mineola, Howard County, Arkansas on February 16, 1914 to Major Anderson Wakeley and Caroline (or Carolin) "Cali" Wakeley (nee Burgess). As a teenager, he changed James to Jimmy and his last name to Wakely, dropping the second "e".<ref name="B-WEST">{{cite web
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