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Description: jimmy boyd signed vintage 8x10 inch photo Jimmy Devon Boyd was an American singer, musician, and actor known for his 1952 recording of the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." Jimmy Devon Boyd (Born James Devon Boyd, January 9, 1939 – March 7, 2009) was an American singer, musician, and actor known for his 1952 recording of the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." Early yearsJimmy Boyd was born in 1939 in Mississippi into a musical family, with father Leslie Boyd and mother Winnie Boyd. His father, in turn, was from a family of 21 children of musician Bill Boyd. The family relocated to the San Fernando Valley of Southern California when Jimmy was a pre-schooler. Jimmy briefly sang with "Texas Jim Lewis and his Lonestar Cowboys". At an early age, he won a local talent show that led to television appearances, including The Ed Sullivan Show, as well as The Frank Sinatra Show on CBS-TV.[1] "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"Boyd recorded the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" for Columbia Records in 1952, when he was 13 years old.[2] It became a hit, selling over two and a half million records in its first week's release and Boyd's name became known internationally.[2] Boyd was presented with two gold records. Boyd's record went to number one on the charts again the following year at Christmas, and continues to sell as a Christmas song. Cumulative disc sales by 1966 amounted to over 11 million copies.[2] Boyd owned horses, so Columbia presented him with a silver mounted saddle. Inscribed in the silver plate on the back of the saddle were the words, Presented by Columbia Records to Jimmy Boyd commemorating his 3,000,000 record of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". When first released, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston condemned the song for implying even a tenuous link between sex and the religious holiday, and radio stations in several markets banned it. Boyd made worldwide news when he went to Boston to explain that, of course, Santa Claus and Daddy were the same man. The following Christmas the ban was lifted.[3][4] Other recordingsBoyd's next-biggest hit was "Tell Me a Story," a duet with Frankie Laine, which peaked at number 4 on the charts during 1953. The same year, he recorded "Dennis the Menace," a duet with Rosemary Clooney, which peaked at number 23 on the charts. One of his surviving performances available online is with Betty White on The Betty White Show in the mid-1950s.[5] Acting careerBoyd was a regular cast member on the situation comedy Date with the Angels, starring Betty White, playing the role of Wheeler. After the show was cancelled midway through its only season (1957–58), he went on to become a regular on Bachelor Father for the remainder of its five-year run (1957–62). The popular situation comedy starred John Forsythe and featured Noreen Corcoran and Sammee Tong. Boyd played the role of Howard Meechum, awkward classmate and sometime boyfriend of Corcoran's character Kelly.[6] During the same period, Boyd appeared in several films, often in dramatic roles. These included the role of schoolboy Howard in Inherit the Wind (1960), a drama starring Spencer Tracy, based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925.[6] Boyd's acting career was interrupted by military service when he was drafted into the US Army in 1960. Later in the 1960s, he went to Vietnam, but as a celebrity rather than a soldier, appearing alongside other actors and singers in two USO tours.[6] Personal life and deathIn 1960, Boyd married actress Yvonne Craig (later TV's Batgirl). The marriage ended in divorce in 1962. Boyd married a second time in 1980 to Anne Forrey. They had a son together, but divorced in 1984. He remained single for the rest of his life.[7] When asked, "What's the most exciting thing that ever happened to you?" his reply was, "The birth of my son."[citation needed] Jimmy Boyd died of cancer in 2009 at the age of 70.[4] AwardsFor his contributions to the recording industry, Boyd was awarded a star (located at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1959. It made Boyd (at age 20) the youngest-ever recipient of the honor for 45 years, until actress twins Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen (then 18) jointly received a star in 2004. FilmographyYearTitleRoleNotes1954Racing BloodDavid1955The Second Greatest SexNewt McClure1960Platinum High SchoolBud Starkweather1960Inherit the WindHoward1960High TimeRobert Higgson1961The Two Little BearsJohnny Dillion1970NorwoodJeeter1975That's the Way of the WorldGary Page1978Mean Dog BluesSonny1983BrainstormCol. Howe(final film role) Boyd started playing the guitar. He grew up on a ranch near the San Fernando Valley. While at a country- western dance in a Colton barn, the 7-year-old was called on stage to sing with Texas Jim Lewis’ troupe. Boyd was soon regularly appearing with the band in shows that were broadcast on the radio. After winning a talent contest on KLAC-TV Channel 13, Boyd appeared on “The Frank Sinatra Show” and was signed to a recording contract with Columbia. His first recording success was with a country song, “(The Angels J immy Boyd, a singer best known for recording the Christmas novelty hit “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”in 1952 when he was 13, died Saturday. He was 70. Boyd, who also was a child actor, died of cancer at a Santa Monica convalescent hospital, said Eleanor Pillsbury, a longtime friend. Three weeks after the yuletide kiss-and-tell was released, the song was No. 1 on the Billboard charts. It sold 2million records in less than 10 weeks. Tens of millions of copies of the much-covered song written by TommieConnors have been sold over the decades, according to the All- music online database. It has been interpreted by such artists as the Jackson 5, John Mellencampand Amy Winehouse.Molly Bee was also 13 when she laterhad a hit warbling about the unlikely pair kissing “underneath the mistletoe last night.” Bee died last month at 69. Although it came to be regarded as a holiday classic, the ditty about a child who can’t understand why Mommy is cheating on Daddy with Santa Claus caused controversy in some quarters when the original featuring Boyd’s childish treble was released. The Catholic Church condemned the song for implying even a tenuous link between sex and the religious holiday, and radiostations in several markets banned it. The ban was lifted after the 13-year- old Boyd appeared before church leaders to talk about the lyrics. Recorded at the urging of Columbia record executive Mitch Miller, the tune made “something of an overnight national musical figure” of the vocalist, a “freckle-patch” who lived in Van Nuys, Time magazine reported in 1952. Lyrics such as “She didn’t see me creep/Down the stairs to have a peep” weren’t “quite up to the title-line,” the magazine huffed. Even the young singer was surprised by the song’s success. “I like it personally,” Boyd told Time, “but I didn’t think anyone would buy it.” He was born dirt-poor in a shack in McComb, Miss., on Jan. 9, 1939, to Leslie and Winnie Boyd. His father,Leslie, was a carpenter from a big musical family — Boyd’s grandfather was known in Mississippi as Fiddler Bill and had 21 children, Pillsbury Are Lighting) God’s Little Candles.” His recording career essentially lasteduntil 1967 and encompassedsuch hits as “Dennis the Menace,” sung with Rosemary Clooney,and several duets with Frankie Laine,including “The Little Boy and the Old Man,” “Poor Little Piggy Bank” and “Tell Me a Story.” On television, Boyd made several appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in the early 1950s and moved into acting. From 1958 to 1961, he portrayed Howard Meechim, the high school boyfriend on “Bachelor Father,” a sitcom that starred John Forsythe and Noreen Corcoran.He also played the teenage nephew of Betty White’s character on “Date with the Angels,”a late-1950s sitcom. In 1960, Boyd appeared as abiology student in “Inherit the Wind”with Spencer Tracy and, the same year,married Yvonne Craig, an actress he met while making the Bing Crosby film “High Time.” Craig would go on to play Bat- girl in the 1960s TV series “Batman.” Their marriage ended after two years. Soon after marrying, Boyd was drafted into the Army and later performed in two USO shows in Vietnam. For several years, he toured the U.S. in his own music and comedy show. He was an avid tennis player until he discovered sailing, Pillsbury said, and for years lived in Marina del Rey on a sailboat he named Unplugged. He is survived by a son, Devon James Boyd, 28. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" is a Christmas song with music and lyrics by British songwriter Tommie Connor and first recorded by American singer Jimmy Boyd in 1952.[1] The song has since been covered by many artists, with the Ronettes's 1963 and the Jackson 5's 1970 versions being the most famous. Jimmy Boyd original versionThe original recording by Jimmy Boyd, recorded on 15 July 1952, when he was 13 years old,[1] reached No. 1 on the Billboard pop singles chart in December 1952, and on the Cash Box chart at the beginning of the following year. It later reached number three in the UK Singles Chart when released there in November 1953. The song was commissioned by Saks Fifth Avenue to promote the store's Christmas card for the year, which featured an original sketch by artist Perry Barlow, who drew for The New Yorker for many decades. The song describes a scene where a child walks downstairs from his bedroom on Christmas Eve to see his mother kissing Santa Claus under the mistletoe. The lyric concludes with the child wondering how his father will react on hearing of the kiss, unaware of the possibility that Santa Claus is merely his father in a costume. It was reported that Boyd's record was condemned by the Roman Catholic Church and Banned in Boston when it was released, believing that it described an adulterous encounter.[2] The story goes that Boyd was then photographed meeting with the Archdiocese Of Boston to explain the joke behind the song, after which the ban was lifted.[2][3] However, the Archdiocese has no records of any ban, and no contemporaneous records or photographs can be found of a meeting between Boyd and any officials and the story appears to be a myth.[2] Cover versionsA slightly less successful version of the song (#7 on the US Charts) was released in 1952 by Spike Jones[4] (with vocal by George Rock in the little boy voice used in Spike's hit "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"). Jones also recorded a parody for his personal pleasure titled "I Saw Mommy Screwing Santa Claus."[5] A recording by 13-year-old Molly Bee appeared on the US Country charts in 1952.[citation needed] Versions by the Beverley Sisters and by Billy Cotton and His Band charted on the UK Singles Chart in December 1953, peaking at, respectively, number six[6] and number eleven.[7] The Ronettes recorded their own version in 1963 for A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector. The version peaked at number eighty-four on Billboard Holiday 100 on the week ending 9 December 2016.[8] The Jackson 5 recorded the song for their 1970 Christmas album. The version entered the UK Singles Chart on its peak position, number ninety-one, on the week ending 5 December 1987, and charted there for four weeks total.[9] It also peaked at number forty-five on Billboard Holiday 100 on the week ending 6 January 2012,[10] and number one hundred in a Swiss singles chart on the week ending 29 December 2019.[11] In 1987, a recording by John Cougar Mellencamp featured on the first A Very Special Christmas compilation album, which benefits the Special Olympics. Film adaptationA made-for-television movie based on the song was released in 2001. ChartsJimmy Boyd versionWeekly chart performance for "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" by Jimmy BoydChart (1953)PeakpositionUK Singles (OCC)[12]3Billy Cotton and His Band versionWeekly chart performance for "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" by Billy Cotton and His BandChart (1953)PeakpositionUK Singles (OCC)[13]11Beverley Sisters versionWeekly chart performance for "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" by Beverley SistersChart (1953)PeakpositionUK Singles (OCC)[14]6The Jackson 5 versionWeekly chart performance for "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" by the Jackson 5Chart (2019–2024)PeakpositionAustralia (ARIA)[15]97Global 200 (Billboard)[16]79Netherlands (Single Top 100)[17]94Portugal (AFP)[18]146Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[19]100UK Singles (OCC)[20]84US Billboard Hot 100[21]43US Holiday 100 (Billboard)[22]30 CertificationsCertifications for "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" by the Jackson 5RegionCertificationCertified units/salesDenmark (IFPI Danmark)[23]The Jackson 5 versionGold45,000‡United Kingdom (BPI)[24]The Jackson 5 versionSilver200,000‡‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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