# Jimmy Kennedy

> James Kennedy was an Irish songwriter. He was predominantly a lyricist, putting words to existing music such as "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and "My Prayer" or co-writing with composers such as Michael Carr, Wilhelm Grosz and Nat Simon. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he wrote some 2000 songs, of which over 200 became worldwide hits and about 50 are popular music classics.

*Northern Irish songwriter, lyricist (1902-1984)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/jimmy-kennedy

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1902-07-20
- **Died:** 1984-04-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448102/ (@nm0448102)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/556376)
- [Jimmy Kennedy](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Kennedy)
- [Jimmy Kennedy](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Kennedy)
- [Jimmy Kennedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Kennedy)
- [Jimmy Kennedy (parolier)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Kennedy_(parolier))
- [Jimmy Kennedy](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Kennedy)
- [占美·甘迺迪](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%A0%E7%BE%8E%C2%B7%E7%94%98%E8%BF%BA%E8%BF%AA)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jimmy_Kennedy)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3415ddfe-f38c-40e0-a4d5-78dee7b3aa27)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5906272)
- [Jimmy Kennedy](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1777482)

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