James Holvay
Born
undefined NaN, NaN (undefined years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
James grew up in the Windy City, Chicago. His greatest musical influences were his hometown soul artists - The Impressions, Jerry Butler, Gene Chandler and the Chi Lites. As a pre-teenager, he began playing guitar and writing songs - Curtis Mayfield being his biggest influence. As a teenager he wrote two sides for Dee Clark, "I Can't Runaway" b/w "She's My Baby", both featured on the release, Westside CD - Dee Clark "Take Care Of Business, The Constellation Masters. He penned 4 Top Ten hits for a local pop group called The Buckinghams. "Kind Of A Drag" was # 1 and has sold over 1 million copies. He later followed it up with hits, "Don't You Care", "Hey Baby, They're Playing Our Song" and "Susan".