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Official channel for Grammy Award winning producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
Official channel for Grammy Award winning producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
Mar 10, 2023 · Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Acceptance Speech at the #RockHall2022 Induction Ceremony
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- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Jul 20, 2021 · A little crack [in a vocal] can take you somewhere unexpected and good. That’s when you get your best take. Jam: When we were coming up, we were sensitive to the frequent “You sound like ...
Jun 17, 2022 · #RockHall2022 Inductees Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis created a production company, a recording studio, and a signature sound responsible for “making” an artist’s ...
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- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Lewis was born in Omaha, Neb., on November 24, 1956. He met Jimmy Jam while in high school in Minneapolis, at a TRIO Upward Bound program on the University of Minnesota campus. They formed the band Flyte Tyme, which in 1981 became the Time—the group fronted by Prince protégé Morris Day. They soon launched their Flyte Time Productions ...
Jam and Lewis’s emergence as major record producers was kick-started by Prince ’s pique. Keyboard player Jimmy Jam (James Harris III) and bassist Terry Lewis played together in local Minneapolis bands while in high school, graduating to Flyte Tyme, which evolved into Prince’s backing band, the Time, in 1981. When Jam and Lewis produced ...
