Jimmy Eaton

American songwriter and guitarist

Born in Knoxville, Tennesee 7 April 1906. Died 1979.

He was active as a guitarist in various bands until the late 1930s when he was hired by a publishing house to write songs. His chief musical collaborators included [a244043], [a665686] and [a1539199].

He charted seventeen times as a songwriter between 1937 and 1967 in the U.S. He had a #1 hit with "Cry, Baby, Cry" by Larry Clinton and His Orchestra in 1938 (co-written by Terry Shand). He also had two #2 songs that same year in "I Double Dare You" by Russ Morgan and "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart" by Billie Holiday (both also co-written by Shand). In all, a dozen of his songs made it to the top 10.