Young Jim in the pop singing, song composing days.

             L.P's and C.D's

                    "Busker Alley"  B'Way bound Musical 2008        CDJAY 1400

                    "The Card"    British musical                                  No. N/A

                    "Barnum"      B'Way Musical                                   CBS  JS 36576 Cast Album

                    "Candide"      B'Way Musical                                   RCA Victor 09026-68835-2

                    "Jim"             Various songs                                     E.M.I.  PMD 1055

                    "Meet Jim Dale"    Various songs                            Pye Records GSGL 10503

                    "This Is Me"        Own Songs                                   Pye Records NSPL 18421 

                    "Pete's Dragon"   Disney Film                                 Capitol Records SW 11704

                    "Six Five Special"    Film Music                              Parlophone PMC 1047

                    "Wayward Way"    West End Musical                       EMI CLP 1834

                    "Oliver!"   Concert Cast                                            MFP 1073

                                                                                       Audio Books

                    All seven books in the Harry Potter series.    Written by J.K.Rowling          Publisher - Random House     

                    "King of Shadows."                                       Written by Susan Cooper        Publisher - Random House.

                    "A Christmas Carol"                                     Written by Charles Dickens    Publisher - Random House

                    "Peter and the Starcatchers"                        Written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson                                                                                   
                    "Around the world in Eighty Days"             Written by  Jules Verne          Publisher - Random House

                    "Peter Pan"                                                    Written by J.M.Barrie             Publisher - Random House

                    "Peter and the Starcatchers"                        Written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

                   "Peter and the Shadow Thieves"                  Written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

                    "Peter and the Secret of Muldoon"              Written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson  

                    "Escape From the Carnivale"                      Written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson  

                    "Arthur and the Minimoys"                          Written by Luc Besson            Publisher - Harper Collins

                    "Arthur and the Forbidden City"                 Written by Luc Besson           Publisher - Harper Collins

                    "Stoneheart"                                                  Written by Charlie Fletcher

                    "Ironhand"                                                     Written by Charlie Fletcher

                    "Silvertongue"                                                Written by Charlie Fletcher

Jim's Notes

As a song writer I hold the record for having sent more newly discovered singers on that short road back to obscurity than any other song writer. After recording one of my numbers, very few singers were ever heard of again!

In 1958, a very young Sir George Martin discovered me singing on a TV show called "Six-Five Special" and I became his first recording artist in the pop world. George produced many Hit Parade entries for me at Abbey Road recording studios, and we worked together for two very happy years. 

In 1965 I wrote the lyrics to the title song of a new English film -"Georgy Girl."  
Tom Springfield, brother of Dusty Springfield wrote the music. It was recorded by "The Seekers" and many other vocalists, and went on to sell over 7 million copies. Tom and I received an Academy Award Nomination for "Best Song".

A few years ago I walked into an old junk shop and found my first big hit song "Be My Girl" in a collection of ancient 78rpm pop records. 
Me:          "Wow, look at this, how much is it?" 
Owner:   "Four pence, same as all the others" (which is about ten cents in America)
Me:          "Four pence? For a hit record by Jim Dale?"  
Owner :  "Who?"
Me:         "Jim Dale, it's a collectors item this is. You can't sell it for four pence. It's worth a good four Pounds of anybody's money."
Owner:   "OK, four Pounds then."
Me:         "That's more like it." (Handing him four crisp one pound notes in exchange for his moth eaten old record).

                                                                                          Motto: "Never let yourself be sold cheap."

Last year in London, a young man raced up to me in the street, very breathless.
Young Man:     "S'cuse me, you're that Jim Dale aren't you?"
Me:                   "Always have been"
Young Man:    "Jim Dale of the Carry On team!"
Me:                  "Still me".
Young Man:   "Ooh, can I have your autograph - quickly!"
Me:                 "Sure"
Young Man:  "Ask me, 'Why quickly?'"
Me:                 "Alright. 'Why quickly?'"    
Young Man:   (With a big grin), "All the others are dead aren't they - He He!" 

Just been told by Tim Ditlow of Listening Library, who recorded all the Harry Potter books,  that over fifty million American and Canadian people have at one time or another listened to the audiobooks of Harry Potter. Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Published Music by Jim

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