Talk:Jimmy Kennedy

British / Irish

Why is Jimmy Kennedy listed as a British songwriter? Surely Irish makes more sense.

That's what I thought, as "British" is to do with the island of Britain, not including Ireland. Jvlm.123 15:55, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I changed it to the correct category - Category:Northern Ireland Songwriters. Stu ^{’Bout ye!} 14:57, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Northern Ireland is exact, but Irish would not be. As he was in the British Army, was a British citizen, and lived and died in Britain (UK) he might fairly be described as a British songwriter in addition to a Northern Irish one. No reason why he can't be in more than one category. Quite a few of us are :) Hakluyt bean 18:47, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

id like to thank the person who wrote about my great grandpa on here, i think he deserves some credit. and he was a british citizen by the way, i have his records infront of me.Mhkennedy1 (talk) 11:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I've updated the article to say that Jimmy Kennedy was from Northern Ireland, which is the case. Many people throughout this small island are very proud of the achievements of this gifted Irishman. bigpad (talk) 21:04, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

I haven't changed the text .... but he was born in 1902, when Northern Ireland as a political entity did not exist. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:46, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Lili Marleen/Marlene

The entry states that he wrote the English lyrics to "Lili Marleen". However, I can find no version by him. Also, this reference states that he refused the request to write the English lyrics:

https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/music/jimmy-kennedy-irish-troubadour

Is this perhaps a confusion with Jimmy Phillips, who co-wrote the second English translation of the song? Jimmys Phillips and Kennedy are pictured together here, so evidently knew one another:

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/from-left-to-right-jimmy-phillips-of-the-peter-maurice-news-photo/931708564

As Jimmy Phillips, a music publisher, eventually co-wrote the lyrics with Tommy (or Tommie) Connor, he may well have been the person who asked Jimmy Kennedy.

So, I don't think he translated "Lili Marleen" and that the reference to this should be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.8.181.234 (talk) 00:58, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 16:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Fixed Istanbul (Not Constantinople) song link

changed Istanbul IS AND WILL BE Constantinople back to Istanbul (Not Constantinople) i cant find any reference to the first song title in Google, so i'm amusing the original title is the one its meant to be. --DarkAxi0m (talk) 01:24, 17 April 2009 (UTC)