Jimi Jamison

To me, Jimi Jamison is the voice that defines a certain era of arena rock. Fronting Survivor and belting out "Burning Heart" for Rocky IV, he had a soaring, muscular tenor that could lift an entire stadium. I find it fitting that he came out of Holmes County, Mississippi, because there is a Southern soul woven into his delivery that pure pop singers rarely match. He was never about spectacle or scandal; he simply sang his heart out. Losing him in 2014 was a real blow, but those songs keep his voice alive in every replay of those iconic film moments.

Name (English)

Jimi Jamison

Name (Japanese)

ジミ・ジェイミソン

Reading

じみ・じぇいみそん

Born

August 23, 1951 – August 31, 2014

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rabbit

Origin

Holmes County, Mississippi, United States

Occupation

singer / musician / singer-songwriter

High school

Messick High School

• Official sitehttps://www.jimijamison.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi%20Jamison
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9F%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2661614

Tags

• Mississippi
• singer
• musician
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.