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Jimmy Wakely (born James Clarence Wakeley February 16, 1914, died September 23, 1982)<ref name="IMDB43">{{cite web | last = Wakely | first = Jimmy | title = The Internet Movie Database | url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906843/ | accessdate = 2007-12-08 </ref> was an American Country music|Country-Western singer and actor, one of the last crooning cowpokes following the Second World War. 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 | last = Wakely | first = Jimmy | title = Hollywood Walk of Fame Directory | url=http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/icons/walk_directory.asp | accessdate = 2007-12-08 </ref> 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 ... read all Jimmy Wakely top albumsJimmy Wakely top songs and lyrics
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