Biography:
Jimmy Clanton was born 2 September 1940 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, and formed his first band in 1956 while in high school.
One of the few white singers to come out of the New Orleans R&B/rock & roll sound (he was known as the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol"), he rode the crest of the popular teen music wave in the 1950s and '60s with such songs as 'Just a Dream' and 'Venus in Blue Jeans'. He even continued to release hits after he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1961 and served for two years.
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Venus In Blue Jeans:Jimmy Clanton.
#4 in UK, #5 Canada and #7 USA in 1962.
INTRO: Ab C# Fm Ebm Ab (x2)
#1.
Ab C# Fm Ebm Ab C#
She's Venus in blue jeans, Mona Lisa with a pony..tail.
Ebm Ab Fm Bbm
She's a walkin', talkin', work of art,
Eb Ab
she's the girl who stole my heart.
Ab C# Fm Ebm Ab C#
My Venus in blue jeans, is the Cinderella I adore,
Ebm Ab Fm Bbm Ebm Ab C#
she's my very special angel, too, a fairy tale come true.
CHORUS:
F# Fm
They say there's Seven Wonders in the world,
Ebm Ab C#
but what they say is outta date,
F# Fm
There's more than Seven Wonders in the world,
Eb Ab
I just met number eight.
#2.
C# Fm Ebm Ab Fm
My Venus in blue jeans is everything I hoped she'd be,
Ebm Ab Fm Bbm Ebm Ab Ab7 C#
A teenaged goddess from above, and she...belongs to me...
(INTERLUDE:)
OUTRO:
D F#m Em A F#m B
My Venus in blue jeans is everything I hoped she'd be,
Em A F#m Bm Em A A7 D
A teenaged goddess from above and she... belongs...to...me..
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#4 in UK, #5 Canada and #7 USA in 1962.
INTRO: Ab C# Fm Ebm Ab (x2)
#1.
Ab C# Fm Ebm Ab C#
She's Venus in blue jeans, Mona Lisa with a pony..tail.
Ebm Ab Fm Bbm
She's a walkin', talkin', work of art,
Eb Ab
she's the girl who stole my heart.
Ab C# Fm Ebm Ab C#
My Venus in blue jeans, is the Cinderella I adore,
Ebm Ab Fm Bbm Ebm Ab C#
she's my very special angel, too, a fairy tale come true.
CHORUS:
F# Fm
They say there's Seven Wonders in the world,
Ebm Ab C#
but what they say is outta date,
F# Fm
There's more than Seven Wonders in the world,
Eb Ab
I just met number eight.
#2.
C# Fm Ebm Ab Fm
My Venus in blue jeans is everything I hoped she'd be,
Ebm Ab Fm Bbm Ebm Ab Ab7 C#
A teenaged goddess from above, and she...belongs to me...
(INTERLUDE:)
OUTRO:
D F#m Em A F#m B
My Venus in blue jeans is everything I hoped she'd be,
Em A F#m Bm Em A A7 D
A teenaged goddess from above and she... belongs...to...me..
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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