How Old Is Jimmy Jam? Jimmy Jam Birthday
Jimmy Jam was born on June 6, 1959 and is 67 years old now.
Birthday: June 6, 1959
How Old - Age: 67
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Jimmy Jam - Biography
Jimmy Jam was born on June 6, 1959 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA as James Samuel Harris III. He and Terry Steven Lewis (born November 24, 1956) are an American R&B/pop songwriting and record production team.
Jimmy Jam is the son of Cornbread Harris, a Minneapolis blues and jazz musician. Jimmy Jam met Lewis while in high school in Minneapolis. They did not meet in class, however, but while attending a TRIO Upward Bound program on the University of Minnesota campus. They formed a band called Flyte Tyme, which evolved into The Time. In 1981, they were joined by Morris Day and toured with Prince as his opening act. As members of The Time, they played instruments on all but one of the group's five albums (Ice Cream Castle), including Condensate which the group recorded as The Original 7ven.
In 2005 Jam and Lewis opened their new recording studios in Santa Monica, California naming it Flyte Tyme West. In 2006, they won a Grammy for Yolanda Adams' song "Be Blessed", from her 2005 album Day By Day. In 2007, Jam and Lewis produced the two-time Grammy Award-winning CD Funk This for Chaka Khan, which included the Award-winning R&B duet "Disrespectful", with Mary J. Blige.
Jimmy has been married to Lisa Padilla since June 25, 1994. They have three children.
