Jimmy Buffett
Induction Year: 2006
Birth Name: James William (Jimmy)Buffett
Birth Date: December 25, 1946
Place of Birth: Pascagoula, MS
Biography
One of the most popular singer/songwriters in history started his career as a 1969-70 reporter for Billboard magazine in Nashville. Mississippi native Jimmy Buffett began his performing career by teaming up with Music Row manager Don Light. Buffett’s first two LPs were produced in Nashville by Buzz Cason, and even after moving to Florida, Buffett returned to Music City repeatedly to record with such producers as Don Gant, Norbert Putnam, Jimmy Bowen and Tony Brown. While “Come Monday” and “Margaritaville” are his only “hit” singles, millions of fans sing along to the rest of his catalog every year at sold-out concerts featuring other well-known Buffett compositions such as “Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit,” “Changes In Latitudes,” “Cheeseburger In Paradise,” “Fins” and “Son Of A Son Of A Sailor.” Buffett’s 1992 boxed-set is Quadruple Platinum, and his 1995 Greatest Hits set is seven-times Platinum. Most covers of his tunes are by Nashville artists, and the biggest hit of his career was his 2003 duet with Country star Alan Jackson. Buffett moved his song publishing to Nashville in 1984, bought a Nashville home in 1991 and played the Tennessee ball at the Clinton inauguration in 1993.
Discography / Career Highlights
Catalog Highlights:
“The Christian” - Tompall & The Glaser Brothers, 1971
“Tin Cup Chalice” - Tompall & The Glaser Brothers, 1971 • Jimmy Buffett, 1974
“Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit” - Jimmy Buffett, 1973 (#23 AC)
“The Great Filling Station Holdup” - Jimmy Buffett, 1973 (#58)
“Why Don’t We Get Drunk (And Screw)” - Jimmy Buffett, 1973
“A Pirate Looks At Forty” - Jimmy Buffett, 1974
“Come Monday” - Jimmy Buffett, 1974 (#3 AC/#30 Pop)
“He Went To Paris” - Jimmy Buffett, 1974 • Waylon Jennings, 1980
“Pencil Thin Mustache” - Jimmy Buffett, 1974 (#44 AC)
“Railroad Lady” - Lefty Frizzell, 1974 (#52) - Jimmy Buffett, 1973 • Merle Haggard, 1976 • Willie Nelson, 1977 • Jerry Jeff Walker, 1977 • J.D. Crowe & The New South, 1978
“Door Number Three” - Jimmy Buffett, 1975 (#88) - Steve Goodman, 1975
“Havana Daydreamin’” - Jimmy Buffett, 1976
“The Captain And The Kid” - Jimmy Buffett, 1976
“Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes” - Jimmy Buffett, 1977 (#11 AC/#37 Pop)
“Margaritaville” - Jimmy Buffett, 1977 (#1 AC/#8 Pop) - Alan Jackson - Jimmy Buffett, 1999 (#63 Country/#8 Pop) - Bertie Higgins, 2003 • Freddy Fender, 2005 • Don Henley, 2005
“Cheeseburger In Paradise” - Jimmy Buffett, 1978 (#32 Pop)
“Livingston Saturday Night” - Jimmy Buffett, 1978 (#52 Pop/#91 Country)
“Manana” - Jimmy Buffett, 1978 (#84 Pop)
“Son Of A Son Of A Sailor” - Jimmy Buffett, 1978
“Boat Drinks” - Jimmy Buffett, 1979
“Fins” - Jimmy Buffett, 1979 (#35 Pop)
“Volcano” - Jimmy Buffett, 1979 (#43 AC) - Don Henley, 2002
“Survive” - Jimmy Buffett, 1980 (#77 Pop)
“Coconut Telegraph” - Jimmy Buffett, 1981
“I Heard I Was In Town” - Jimmy Buffett, 1981
“It’s Midnight And I’m Not Famous Yet” - Jimmy Buffett, 1981
“Sugar Trade” - James Taylor, 1981
“The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful” - Jimmy Buffett, 1981
“One Particular Harbour” - Jimmy Buffett, 1983 (#22 AC)
“We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About” - Jimmy Buffett, 1983
“La Vie Dansante” - Jimmy Buffett, 1984 • Aaron Neville, 1991
“Ragtop Day” - Jimmy Buffett, 1984
“When The Wild Life Betrays Me” - Jimmy Buffett, 1984 (#42)
“Gypsies In The Palace” - Jimmy Buffett, 1985 (#56) “If The Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’s Me” - Jimmy Buffett, 1985 (#16 Country/#37 AC) - Crystal Gayle, 1992 (#37 AC)
“Please Bypass This Heart” - Jimmy Buffett, 1985
“Last Mango In Paris” - Jimmy Buffett, 1985
“Who’s The Blonde Stranger?” - Jimmy Buffett, 1985 (#37)
“Floridays” - Jimmy Buffett, 1986
“Midnight Key” - Neville Brothers, 1987
“Bring Back The Magic” - Jimmy Buffett, 1988 (#24 AC)
“Take Another Road” - Jimmy Buffett, 1989 (#18 AC)
“Happiness Alone” - Clint Black, 1993
“Everybody’s Got A Cousin In Miami” - Jimmy Buffett, 1994
“Fruitcakes” - Jimmy Buffett, 1994 (#29 AC)
“Quietly Making Noise” - Jimmy Buffett, 1994
“Barometer Soup” - Jimmy Buffett, 1995
“The Night I Painted The Sky” - Jimmy Buffett, 1995
“Banana Wind” - Jimmy Buffett, 1996
“Bob Robert’s Society Band” - Jimmy Buffett, 1996
“Don’t Stop The Carnival” - Jimmy Buffett, 1998
“South American” - Brian Wilson, 1998
“Beach House On The Moon” - Jimmy Buffett, 1999
“Flesh And Bone” - Jimmy Buffett, 1999 • The Tams, 2002
“I Will Play For Gumbo” - Jimmy Buffett, 1999
“Permanent Reminder Of A Temporary Feeling” - Jimmy Buffett, 1999
“Last Man Standing” - Jimmy Buffett, 2002 • Mac McAnally, 2004
“What If The Hokey-Pokey Is All It Really Is About?” - Jimmy Buffett, 2002
“Conky Tonkin’” - Jimmy Buffett & Clint Black, 2004
“License To Chill” - Jimmy Buffett & Kenny Chesney, 2004
