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James Robert Forrest Jr. (January 24, 1920 – August 26, 1980) was an American jazz musician, who played tenor saxophone throughout his career.Forrest is famous for his first solo recording of "Night Train". It reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart in March 1952, and stayed at the top for seven weeks. "Hey Mrs. Jones" (No. 3 R&B) and "Bolo Blues" were his other major hits. All were made for United Records, which recorded Forrest between 1951 and 1953.

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rdfs:comment	James Robert Forrest Jr. (January 24, 1920 – August 26, 1980) was an American jazz musician, who played tenor saxophone throughout his career.Forrest is famous for his first solo recording of "Night Train". It reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart in March 1952, and stayed at the top for seven weeks. "Hey Mrs. Jones" (No. 3 R&B) and "Bolo Blues" were his other major hits. All were made for United Records, which recorded Forrest between 1951 and 1953.
foaf:name	Forrest, Jimmie
dc:description	African Americanjazz musician
foaf:givenName	James Robert Forrest Jr.
active years end year	1980-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
active years start year	1935-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
associated band	Andy Kirk Jay McShann Duke Ellington
associated musical artist	Andy Kirk Jay McShann Duke Ellington
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth date	1920-01-24(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	City of St. Louis
birth year	1920-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1980-08-26(xsd:dateTime)
death place	City of Grand Rapids
death year	1980-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
genre	Hard bop Swing
record label	dbpedia:United_Records Delmark Records Prestige Records
is performer of	Soul Street Forrest Fire Most Much! Out of the Forrest Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest
is associated band of	Calvin Newborn Scott, Shirley
is associated musical artist of	Calvin Newborn Scott, Shirley
is musical artist of	Night Train
is musical band of	Night Train
is writer of	Night Train

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