Jimmy Barnes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jimmy Barnes
Occupation	Rock Singer
Date Of Birth	Apr 28, 1956(1956-04-28)
Age	68
Birthplace	Scotland
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Aries

Jimmy Barnes Biography

Jimmy Barnes is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on April 28, 1956 in Scotland, United Kingdom. Singer in the rock group Cold Chisel who also had an enviable solo career.

The father of one named his kids after the singer He named one of his children after singer Sam Cooke..

He arrived in Adelaide, South Australia as a 5-year-old on 21 January 1962 with his parents Jim and Dorothy Swan and siblings John, Dorothy, Linda and Alan. Another sister, Lisa, was born in 1962, and the family eventually settled in Elizabeth, South Australia. His father was a prizefighter and his older brother John Swan, known as Swanee, also worked as a rock singer. John encouraged and taught Jim how to sing as he was not initially interested. Shortly afterward, Barnes’ parents divorced. His mother Dorothy soon remarried, to a clerk named Reg Barnes (died 3 September 2013).

Barnes took an apprenticeship in a foundry with the South Australian Railways in 1973, but the love he and his brother had for music led him to join a band. Swanee was now playing drums with Fraternity, which had just parted ways with singer Bon Scott. Barnes took over the role but his tenure with the band was brief and before long he had joined a harder-edged band called Orange, featuring organist and songwriter Don Walker, guitarist Ian Moss, drummer Steve Prestwich and bassist Les Kaczmarek (who would be replaced by Phil Small within two years). Within a short time, the group had changed its name to “Cold Chisel” and began to develop a strong presence on the local music scene. Barnes’ relationship with the band was often volatile and he left several times, leaving Moss to handle vocal duties until he returned. After a temporary move to Armidale, New South Wales while Walker completed his engineering studies there, Cold Chisel moved to Melbourne in August 1976, and then three months later shifted base to Sydney. Progress was slow and Barnes announced he was leaving once again in May 1977 to join Swanee in a band called Feather. However, his farewell performance with Cold Chisel went so well that he changed his mind and decided to stay in the band, and a month later WEA signed the band.

Jim Swan, his father was a prizefighter. John Swan, his brother John Swan, became an artist. He got married to Jane Mahoney in 1981.

Jimmy Barnes Net Worth

Jimmy Barnes is one of the richest Rock Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jimmy Barnes 's net worth $20 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was born an Protestant and was sent to Australia when he was just four years old.

He was among the top-selling Australian artists of all time.

James (Jimmy) Dixon Barnes AO (né Swan; born 28 April 1956) is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer and songwriter. His career both as a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel has made him one of the most popular and best-selling Australian music artists of all time. The combination of 14 Australian Top 40 albums for Cold Chisel and 13 charting solo albums, including nine No. 1s, gives Barnes the highest number of hit albums of any Australian artist.

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Who is Jimmy Barnes Dating?

According to our records, Jimmy Barnes married to Jane Mahoney. As of December 1, 2023, Jimmy Barnes’s is not dating anyone.

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Barnes launched his solo career less than a month after Cold Chisel’s Last Stand tour came to an end. He assembled a band that included Arnott, former Fraternity bass-player Bruce Howe and guitarists Mal Eastick (ex-Stars) and Chris Stockley (ex-The Dingoes) and began touring and writing for a solo album. Signing to Mushroom Records, Barnes released his first solo album Bodyswerve (1984). He now billed himself as “Jimmy Barnes”, instead of merely “Jim Barnes” (as he had been credited during his Cold Chisel days). The album achieved immediate success, entering the Australian charts at Number One on 8 October 1984. This became the first of a remarkable run of top-charting albums for Barnes, as each of his first six solo albums debuted in the Number One position, a feat that no other Australian musical artist is likely to match. As of 2020 his list of Number One albums totals eleven, including three Cold Chisel albums. No other Australian recording-artist has matched his total of nine No. 1 albums as a solo performer. The final Cold Chisel studio album 20th Century and the live album Barking Spiders Live were also released in 1984. 20th Century peaked at No. 1 on 23 April.

Facts & Trivia

Jimmy Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jimmy Barnes celebrates birthday on April 28 of every year.

The next album release Freight Train Heart (1987) again featured contributions from a range of US musicians including Huey Lewis, Journey members Randy Jackson and Neal Schon and former Babys and Rod Stewart drummer Tony Brock, who would later accompany Barnes on tour. The recording process was deeply problematic, however, as Barnes fought with producer Jonathan Cain over artistic control and Geffen Records wanted to feature a solo by Robert Cray in the track “Too Much Ain’t Enough Love” in place of the one laid down by Schon. In the end, Barnes claimed the masters and returned to Sydney to rework the recording with English producer Mike Stone. Most of the songs were remixed, with parts added by Peter Kekell, Rick Brewster from The Angels, and Johnny Diesel, the 20-year-old guitarist and frontman of Perth band Johnny Diesel and the Injectors, who had just begun to make a name for themselves. Jon Farriss from INXS and ex-Angels bassist Chris Bailey also played on the album. Diesel, Kekell, Brock, Bailey, and Dave Amato were kept on as Barnes’ touring band, which hit the road in November just ahead of the release of the first single, “Too Much Ain’t Enough Love” in December 1987. It became Barnes’ first No. 1 hit single. The album followed the trend set by the previous two, and debuted in the No. 1 slot on 21 December. Freight Train Heart found moderate success outside of Australia and as recently as 2003 was named as one of the top 100 rock albums of all time by British magazine Powerplay. His problems with Geffen during the recording process caused him to sever his relations with them and he eventually signed to Atlantic in 1990.

What is Jimmy Barnes most famous song?

1. Working Class Man.
2. Driving Wheels.
3. No Second Prize.
4. Good Times.
5. Lay Down Your Guns.
6. I’d Die To Be With You Tonight.
7. Ride The Night Away.
8. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.

Why did Jimmy Barnes change his name?

His Real Name… Following the death of his father, Jimmy’s Mother Dorothy remarried a gentleman by the name of Reg Barnes. Dorothy made the decision to change all of her children’s surnames to Barnes to ease confusion.

How is Jimmy Barnes related to diesel?

It was the beginning of a long and ongoing relationship between Diesel and Barnes. The relationship would later become personal as well as professional, with Diesel and Barnes becoming brothers in law after Diesel married Jep (Jane Barnes’ sister) in 1989.

Why did Jimmy Barnes go to hospital?

He was reportedly rushed to the hospital with a “stomach bug ”. News.com.au has reached out to the musician’s management. On social media, Barnes dedicated the Beatles classic, With a little help from our friends, to doctors and nurses and to his wife, who he said “dashed me there and stayed by my side”.

Who wrote Cold Chisel songs?

Donald Hugh Walker (born 29 November 1951) is an Australian musician and songwriter who wrote many of the hits for Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel. Walker is considered to be one of Australia’s best songwriters.