# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimi-jamison
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:26:09.990Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimi-jamison"
name: "Jimi Jamison"
slug: "jimi-jamison"
description: "Jimmy Wayne Jamison was an American singer. Best known as Jimi Jamison, he earned recognition as the frontman for the rock bands Target, Cobra, and Survivor from 1984 to 1988, performing the songs \"Burning Heart\" from the film Rocky IV (1985) and \"The Moment of Truth\" from The Karate Kid (1984), along with other top-20 Survivor hits \"I Can't Hold Back\", \"High On You\", \"The Search Is Over\", and \"Is This Love\". He officially rejoined Survivor from 2000, until 2006, and rejoined again in 2011. Acclaimed for his vocal abilities, Jamison is also known for having co-written and performed the theme song \"I'm Always Here\" for the 1990s TV series Baywatch."
tagline: "American singer (1951–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimi_Jamison_2013_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1951-08-23"
deathDate: "2014-08-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.377609108159393
  historical:           20.09578666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417188/"
    handle:    "nm0417188"
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    url:       "http://www.jimijamison.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump