Jimmy Kennedy

Songwriter

Birthday July 20, 1902

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Ireland

DEATH DATE Apr 6, 1984 (81)

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About

Known for Teddy Bears' Picnic, My Prayer, Red Sails in the Sunset, and Hokey Pokey. He was awarded two Ivor Novello Awards.

Before Fame

He attended Trinity College in Dublin.

Trivia

He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997.

Family Life

He fathered two sons and one daughter.

Associated With

His song My Prayer was covered by Ella Fitzgerald.