Jimmy Smith Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 13, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Jimmy Smith Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Jimmy Smith Facts

Full Name	Jimmy Smith
Birthdate	December 08, 1925
Birth Place	Pennsylvania
Age (in 2024)	99 Years Old
Zodiac	Sagittarius
Occupation	Pianist

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Jimmy Smith Age & Birthday

Jimmy Smith is best known as Pianist who has born on December 08, 1925 in Pennsylvania. Currently, Jimmy Smith is 99 years, 0 months and 5 days old. Jimmy Smith will celebrate 100th birthday on Monday, 8th of December 2025. Below the countdown to Jimmy Smith upcoming birthday.

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Jimmy Smith Biography

About

Famous for his work on the Hammond B-3 electric organ, this 20th-century jazz musician and leader of The Jimmy Smith Trio recorded over a hundred albums, many of them Billboard ranked, and was the 2005 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award.

Before Fame

A self-taught pianist, he won a boogie-woogie piano contest sponsored by a Philadelphia radio station when he was only nine years old. He later studied at both the Royal Hamilton College of Music and the Leo Ornstein School of Music.

Trivia

His first Blue Note album, A New Sound... A New Star... Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Volume 1, was released in 1956, but it was another 1956 recording, The Champ, that launched him to stardom.

Family Life

He spent his childhood in Norristown, Pennsylvania, and later lived in California and Arizona. His marriage to Lola Smith produced children named Jimmy, Jia, and Connie.

Associated With

Smith contributed to Grammy-winning singer James Ingram's 1983 album It's Your Night.

Top Asked Questions about Jimmy Smith

How old is Jimmy Smith in 2024?

Jimmy Smith is 99 years old today.

When was Jimmy Smith born?

Jimmy Smith was born on December 08, 1925 in Pennsylvania.

What is Jimmy Smith zodiac sign?

Jimmy Smith zodiac sign is Sagittarius.

What was Jimmy Smith best known for?

Jimmy Smith was best known as Pianist.

Fun Facts about Jimmy Smith's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Jimmy Smith's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Jimmy Smith was born on Tuesday, 342^nd day / 50^th week of 1925
Jimmy Smith has Sagittarius zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Jimmy Smith birthday is VIII.XII.MCMXXV
Jimmy Smith's birthstone is Turquoise
Jimmy Smith's birth flower is Narcissus that symbolize sweetness, self-esteem & vanity
Jimmy Smith age in year is 99 years old
Jimmy Smith age in month is 1188 months old
Jimmy Smith age in day is 36165 days old
Jimmy Smith age in hour is 867960 hours old
Jimmy Smith age in minute is 52077600 minutes old
Jimmy Smith age in second is 3124656000 seconds old
Next Jimmy Smith birthday is on Monday, December 8th 2025
Jimmy Smith age in next birthday (2025) is 100 years old
Learn more interesting facts about December 08, 1925 birthday

Historical Events on Jimmy Smith Birthday (December 08)

Below are historical events that coincided with Jimmy Smith's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1987	An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel-Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada.
1988	A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing five people and injuring 50 others.
1990	The Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the first time.
1991	The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1992	The Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the second time.
1998	Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
2001	A raid conducted by the Internal Security Department (ISD) of Singapore foils a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) plot to bomb foreign embassies in Singapore.
2004	The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
2004	Columbus nightclub shooting: Nathan Gale opens fire at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, killing former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell and three others before being shot dead by a police officer.
2009	Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.
2010	With the second launch of the Falcon 9 and the first launch of the Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.
2010	The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km.
2013	Riots break out in Singapore after a fatal accident in Little India.
2013	Metallica performs a show in Antarctica, making them the first band to perform on all seven continents.
2019	First confirmed case of COVID-19 in China.
1985	The birth of Oleksiy Pecherov, Ukrainian basketball player
1986	The birth of Enzo Amore, American wrestler and rapper
1986	The birth of Amir Khan, English boxer
1986	The birth of Sam Tagataese, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
1986	The birth of Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1989	The birth of Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player
1989	The birth of Jesse Sene-Lefao, New Zealand rugby league player
1992	The birth of Yui Yokoyama, Japanese idol, model, and actress
1993	The birth of Janari Jõesaar, Estonian basketball player
1993	The birth of Jordan Obita, English footballer
1993	The birth of AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
1993	The birth of Cara Mund, Miss America 2018
1994	The birth of Conseslus Kipruto, Kenyan runner
1994	The birth of Raheem Sterling, English footballer
1996	The birth of Scott McTominay, Scottish footballer
2013	The death of Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1949)
2014	The death of Tom Gosnell, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1951)
2014	The death of Russ Kemmerer, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
2014	The death of Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (b. 1915)
2015	The death of Mattiwilda Dobbs, American soprano and actress (b. 1925)
2015	The death of Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (b. 1936)
2015	The death of Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (b. 1943)
2015	The death of John Trudell, American author, poet, and actor (b. 1946)
2015	The death of Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (b. 1913)
2016	The death of John Glenn, American astronaut and senator, first American to go into orbit (b. 1921)
2018	The death of David Weatherall, English physician, geneticist, and academic (b. 1933)
2019	The death of René Auberjonois, American actor (b. 1940)
2019	The death of Juice Wrld, American rapper, singer and songwriter (b. 1998)
2019	The death of Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer and actor (b. 1933)
2021	The death of Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer (b. 1953)

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