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Jimmy McShane
(1957-1995)
Jimmy McShane (1957-1995)
(Artist) Singer of the Baltimora hit "Tarzan Boy." Died of AIDS.
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Dia dhuit!
I've always loved the song "Tarzan Boy" since I was a little girl and I still play it all the time. Jimmy McShane has the most beautiful, angelic voice I've ever heard!
My friends and I requested "Tarzan Boy" when we were out dancing at the clubs last weekend. The whole place went nuts! We all still love Jimmy McShane!
Le meas mor agus le beannacht o chroi,
Eilidh Ni Dhubhghaill,
Ellen Doyle
The Nelson Doyle Dancers
Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada
I loved Baltimora (Jimmy McShane) I havent heard Tarzan Boy in years, and I rediscovered it, when I rediscovered my cassette tape collection, as that was one of the singles.
I recently had a dream in which there was a boy, who appeared to be indian, and was running through the mountains, and "In the forest, on a sunny afternoon." This "Tarzan Boy", in my dreams, dies, and I feel now, after listening to this track again Tarzan Boy was none other than Jimmy McShane.
I now, plan to make this dream into a pissible movie, as the title being called Tarzan Boy, the song, the theme of the movie, and the movie, a loose docudrama based in part, and very loosely on the life if Jimmy McShane, if anyone has any information about him, I would more than love to hear from you. Thank you.
Hasan
Whatever you need to know about Jimmy, you can ask right here.
I read on many italo disco sites that in fact Jimmy was just a face for the cover of the albums,he never actually sang.It was in fact the writer and producer Marizio Bassi.The voice that we hear on many Baltimora tracks seems to have a distinct Italian accent to them,not irish or scotish like Jimmy was.Also there are no credits for him personally on the albums,just small print on one album as one of the backgroung musicians.Based on all this i don't know if Jimmy Mcshane was the man behind Baltimora.If you really want answers look towards Marizio Bassi,i think he is Baltimora.Cheers Peter
The fact that Marizio Bassi was the singer remains unknown. Although the voice's accent wasn't strong Irish, I don't believe it's Italian either, it sounds more British Isles to me, but that's me, I'm a Celtic fan. I watched a video on Google Video where Jimmy did a show in an extended concert trip, and although there were clearly voices in the background (for the tarzan cry echo), I could tell Jimmy was in fact singing.
era un artista polifacetico, excelente cancion la de Tarzan Boy. Estes donde estes, seras feliz.
Gracias por dejarnos esta musica.
Jimmy never actually sung it. It was the voice of an Italian disco vocalist that was cleverly, though sometimes obvoiusly dubbed! Jimmy was just a dancer they used to pull off the look...no more
Hi there,
the singer was italian, don't worry the accent is italian, how can a german understand an english accent?? :)))
I love this song "Tarzan Boy"..was
a teen back in early 80's and i could
feel the jungle come alive..with that
Jungle beat. Back then most of India
incl outskirts of hometown hyderabad was a Jungle,not anymore..
I could play this song over and over
and be left alone on a lonely Pacific Island.
Jimmy's a "unique" person..Its unfortunate such music will never be composed again.i pity.
My favourite music is key key karimba
,jimmy is very very cool and special lead vocal,i love the music and the
personal...jimmy....kisses for you....r.i.p.....
jeff
I just downloaded a video of tarzan boy from Youtube and I just wondered, was Mcshane gay or what?
When TARZAN BOY was released, I remember the reaction the introduction would have on the crowd as I overlayed it on top of a song that was already being played. When the Jimmy would start with all those OH OH OH the place would go nuts in anticipation of me playing it. Using more than one copy, I would torment that anticipation to the point of fury. They WANTED TARZAN BOY NOW!!! Sometimes I would end their suffering quickly, other times I would make them suffer and wait, as I continued to tease them. When I would finally let the song play, the crowd would simply go wild, bonkers with delight and enthusiasm. Then I would reward them with an original LIVE re-mix that could last as long as twenty minutes. The crowd loved it, begging for more. I could never forget TARZAN BOY, it was of my favorite songs to play, because of the reaction it always received. Jimmy McShane, you were a genius! This one song should put you in a hall of fame somewhere, it was so much fun!! Thank you, and God Bless.
I love Tarzan Boy!
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