Jimmy Justice
b. James Little, 15 December 1939, Carlshalton, Surrey, England. Justice signed to Pye Records in 1960, owing partly to fellow stable-mate singer, Emile Ford, who had spotted Jimmy singing in a coffee bar. When Justice’s first two releases failed in the UK, he relocated to Sweden where his cover of the Jarmels’ ‘Little Lonely One’ charted. In 1962 with the help of producer Tony Hatch, he strung together three UK Top 20 hits: the remarkably fresh cover version of the Drifters US hit ‘When My Little Girl Is Smiling’, ‘Ain’t That Funny’ - an original song penned by Johnny Worth - and ‘Spanish Harlem’. Justice spent 1962 commuting between England and Sweden (where he had many previous bookings to honour) but managed, together with his group the Excheckers, to join a Larry Parnes UK tour headed by Billy Fury and Joe Brown. This white singer who possessed a mature, soulful voice, was sometimes called ‘Britain’s Ben E. King’, and caused some controversy when he covered King’s ‘Spanish Harlem’ with an uncannily similar vocal style. Justice also recorded for Decca Records in 1969, RCA Records in 1968 and B&C in 1972.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Golden Selection (Remastered)
Pop - Released by Master Tape Records on 19 Mar 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ain't That Funny: The Pye Anthology
Pop - Released by Castle Communications on 30 Jan 2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Jazz - Released by Black Sheep Music on 17 Oct 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Jimmy Justice - Vintage Sounds
Pop - Released by The Webengine 2 on 14 Jan 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Les Idoles De La Musique Anglaise: Jimmy Justice, Vol. 1
Pop - Released by Mpm on 5 Apr 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Two Sides of Jimmy Justice (featuring Bonus Tracks)
Pop - Released by Stage Door on 1 Jan 1962
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Pop - Released by RE9 music on 27 Feb 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Spanish Harlem
Jazz - Released by Stars and Stripes on 17 Oct 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jimmy Justice - The Selection
Pop - Released by Vintage Jukebox on 24 Jun 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Little Lonely One / When My Little Girl Is Smiling (Hi-Fi Remastered)
Rock - Released by Inter-Phono records on 30 Jul 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Jazz - Released by Stars and Stripes on 17 Oct 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Aun't That Funny
Jazz - Released by Stars and Stripes on 13 Oct 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Spanish Harlem
Jazz - Released by Black Sheep Music on 17 Oct 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Pop - Released by Jasmine Records on 14 Sep 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ain't That Funny (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 8)
Pop - Released by Music Manager on 2 Oct 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Parade of Broken Hearts - Jimmy Justice
Pop - Released by ISIS on 5 Nov 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
When My Little Girl Is Smiling (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 9)
Pop - Released by Music Manager on 2 Oct 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Spanish Harlem (UK Chart Top 20 - No. 20)
Rock - Released by Music Manager on 19 Dec 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Aun't That Funny
Jazz - Released by Black Sheep Music on 13 Oct 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo