Big Jim Sullivan

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Sunshine Superman 00:00 Tools
She's Leaving Home 00:00 Tools
Tallyman 00:00 Tools
Flower Power 00:00 Tools
A Whiter Shade of Pale 00:00 Tools
Ltts 00:00 Tools
The Sitar and the Rose 00:00 Tools
Translove Airways (Fat Angel) 00:00 Tools
The Koan 00:00 Tools
Within Without You 00:00 Tools
All Along The Watchtower 00:00 Tools
Layla 00:00 Tools
If I Could Only Play Like That 00:00 Tools
Pageing Sullivan 00:00 Tools
The Wild One 00:00 Tools
Strairway to Heaven 00:00 Tools
Viva La Tamla Motown 00:00 Tools
Whole Lotta Love 00:00 Tools
Transwave Airwaves (Fat Angel) 00:00 Tools
Pop Spot 00:00 Tools
Stairway To Heaven 00:00 Tools
Indian Dance No.2 (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Pageing Sullivan (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
The Wild One (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Within You Without You 00:00 Tools
Viva La Tamla Motown (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Pop Spot (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Romantic Scene No.1 (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Money For Nothing 00:00 Tools
Samba Pa Ti 00:00 Tools
Roccata 00:00 Tools
She’s Leaving Home 00:00 Tools
Translove Airways 00:00 Tools
Sunshine Of Your Love 00:00 Tools
Wonderful Tonight 00:00 Tools
Brown sugar 00:00 Tools
How Many More Times 00:00 Tools
Honky Tonk Woman 00:00 Tools
Hey Joe 00:00 Tools
Within You, Without You 00:00 Tools
Trans-Love Airways 00:00 Tools
The Star and the Rose 00:00 Tools
I shot the sheriff 00:00 Tools
Indian Dance No.2 00:00 Tools
Every Breathe You Take 00:00 Tools
Blind Man 00:00 Tools
Indian Dance No. 2 00:00 Tools
Crying 00:00 Tools
Romantic Scene No.1 00:00 Tools
Romantic Scene No. 1 00:00 Tools
All Right Now 00:00 Tools
Rubber Hip Gnome 00:00 Tools
Relax 00:00 Tools
Romantic Scene №1 00:00 Tools
Indian Dance №2 00:00 Tools
07 - The Sitar And The Rose 00:00 Tools
Blue time 00:00 Tools
The Sitar & The Rose 00:00 Tools
Every Breath you Take 00:00 Tools
10 - Flower Power 00:00 Tools
Arabella Swampchild 00:00 Tools
Home 00:00 Tools
06 - Tallyman 00:00 Tools
04 - LTTS 00:00 Tools
If Only I Could Play Like That 00:00 Tools
05 - The Koan 00:00 Tools
12 - Indian Dance No.2 (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
09 - Within Without You 00:00 Tools
Peace and Quiet 00:00 Tools
Honky Tonk Women 00:00 Tools
03 - A Whiter Shade Of Pale 00:00 Tools
08 - Translove Airways (Fat Angel) 00:00 Tools
Id I Could Only Play Like That 00:00 Tools
13 - The Wild One (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
11 - Pageing Sullivan (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Whiter Shade Of Pale, The 00:00 Tools
Takin' It Easy 00:00 Tools
15 - Pop Spot (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
16 - Viva La Tamla Motown (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Laid Back Rock And Roll Song 00:00 Tools
Cascade 00:00 Tools
Louisiana Lovelips 00:00 Tools
Money For Nothing (feat. Big Jim Sullivan) 00:00 Tools
Ballad Od Billy Tyler 00:00 Tools
One Fing'n' Nuvver 00:00 Tools
Tally Man 00:00 Tools
Country Boy Picker 00:00 Tools
All Along The Watchower 00:00 Tools
Big Jim Sullivan / Sunshine Superman 00:00 Tools
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Big Jim Sullivan (born James George Thompkins, 14th February 1941, in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England; died 2nd October 2012) was an English popular music musician, whose career started in 1959. During his time he was the most prolific session guitarist in the UK, playing on 55 number one UK hit singles. Sullivan was born at Uxbridge Hospital, and he later went to Woodfield Secondary School, in Cranford, London. By 1959, at the the 2I's coffee club, Sullivan met Marty Wilde, and was invited to become a member of his backing group, the Wildcats. Jack Good introduced Sullivan to session work when he met him on the set of the television series Oh, Boy! Sullivan went on to become one of the most sought after guitarists throughout the 1960s and the 1970s due to his flexibility in playing different styles of music. This meant he averaged three recording sessions a day, which allowed him to appear on many hit records. He played on at least one thousand UK chart entries. In 1969 Sullivan joined In 1969 Sullivan joined Tom Jones, with whom he spent the next five years touring, and it was during his time in Las Vegas that Sullivan met and formed a friendship with Elvis. Sullivan left Tom Jones in late 1974, and teamed up with Derek Lawrence, a record producer whose credits include Deep Purple and Wishbone Ash, to form a record label named Retreat Records. They produced various artists on this label over a period of about two years. Among these artists were Labi Siffre, Chas & Dave and McGuinness Flint. Sullivan himself fronted a band called Tiger, who put out three albums on this label. Also, Lawrence and Sullivan went to the United States to produce a glam metal band named Angel. In 1978 he became part of the James Last Orchestra for nine years; with a brief amount of time away for him to do a major tour with Olivia Newton-John after her success with Grease. Starting in 1987, Sullivan composed music for films and advertising jingles. He put his guitar music on hold for a few years until a friend suggested he sat in with a musician playing at a nearby pub. The musician he sat in with was Willie Austen. In his later years, Sullivan and guitarist Doug Pruden toured as the BJS Duo and Sullivan also played in the Big Jim Sullivan Band with Duncan McKenzie, Malcolm Mortimer and Pete Shaw. In 2006 Sullivan was featured in the Guitar Maestros DVD series. Heart troubles and diabetes ultimately curtailed Sullivan’s performing career. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.