- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJames Devon Boyd
- Jimmy Boyd was born on January 9, 1939 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Inherit the Wind (1960), A Dirty Shame (2004) and Racing Blood (1954). He was married to Anne Elaine Forrey, Sheila Kae Lauritsen and Yvonne Craig. He died on March 7, 2009 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- SpousesAnne Elaine Forrey(February 16, 1980 - July 19, 1983) (divorced, 1 child)Sheila Kae Lauritsen(February 28, 1976 - June 1976) (divorced)Yvonne Craig(August 15, 1960 - April 11, 1962) (divorced)
- Children
- ParentsLeslie BoydWinnie Boyd
- His recording of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" was #1 on the Billboard pop music chart for 2 weeks (27 December 1952 - 3 January 1953).
- Recorded the Christmas novelty hit "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" in 1952 when he was 13. Three weeks after the Yuletide kiss-and-tell was released, it was #1 on the Billboard charts. It sold 2,000,000 records in less than ten weeks. 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, CA, "Time" magazine reported in 1952. Even Boyd himself was surprised by the song's success. "I like it personally," he told Time, "but I didn't think anyone would buy it.".
- He met first wife, actress Yvonne Craig, while making the Bing Crosby film High Time (1960). The marriage lasted only two years.
- A classmate, Molly Bee, who also recorded the hit song "I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," died on 7 February 2009.
- He was born to a struggling farm family in the Depression. His family eventually moved to California.
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