Bluegrass and country singer Jimmy Martin has died in Nashville at the age of 77, after being diagnosed with bladder cancer over a year ago. The singer performed lead vocals for the Blue Grass Boys before forming his own band, the Sunny Mountain Boys, and was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Association's Hall of Honour in 1995. Martin recorded several bluegrass standards, including 'Sophronie', 'Hold Watcha Got' and 'The Sunny Side of the Mountain'. Former band member Bill Emerson said "In his heyday, he could take an audience of any size and have them eating out of his hand."
May 17, 2005
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Bluegrass star Martin dies
Bluegrass singer Jimmy Martin has died in Nashville aged 77, after being diagnosed with bladder cancer over a year earlier.