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| Jimmy Mesene website index |
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| Band leaders | Jimmy Mesene sang, played and recorded with Joe Loss, Teddy Joyce, George Glover Nat Gonella, Percy Chandler and others in his relatively short career. Notes on the leaders Link | Bankruptcy | Jimmy Mesene was declared bankrupt in 1935 but appears to have cleared his debts Link | Biography | Biographical details of Jimmy Mesene Link Musical biographical details of Jimmy Mesene Link Family recollections from Fred Martin Link Family recollections from James Messini - Jimmy's only child Link Photographs and a picture from James Messini's own collection Link Jimmy's father and the S.S. Dolly...Link Family recollections from Jimmy's Great Niece Hytho....Link |
| Book extracts | Jimmy Mesene anecdotes from published books about Nat Gonella and Al Bowlly Link |
| Rex CD | On March 9th, 2009 Highnote issued the first Jimmy Mesene CD published under his own name. It is subtitled "The Sweetest Sweetheart Of All" and features 25 of Jimmy's popular records Link |
| Al Bowlly | Jimmy was a long time friend and associate of the singer Al Bowlly and worked with him in a double act, including making a number of records. He was touring and performing with Al Bowlly on the night that Bowlly died Link |
| Contact us | If you knew Jimmy Mesene or have any information about him, or can answer any of the questions on this page please get in touch Link |
| Emigration to Canada via the USA | Jimmy Mesene and his second wife emigrated to Canada via the USA in 1947 Link For some months Jimmy was held at the immigration center at Ellis Island and he never did get a visa to work in the USA Link |
| Gallery - 1 | Pictures of Jimmy Mesene, Al Bowlly and Nat Gonella and his Georgians from the 1930s and 1940s Link |
| Gallery - 2 | Reproduction of a drawing by Jimmy, a song sheet with his picture on although he neither recorded or wrote the song, and a copy of a letter heading from 1943 when he was leading his own quintet in London Link |
| Gallery - 3 | With Nat Gonella, a drawing of Jimmy in 1932, a photograph of his first wife with his four year old son and a family photgraph with his younger sister, mother and second wife Link | Hawthorn Dale | Jimmy had been out of the music business for twenty years when he died in Montreal and his passing was unrecorded in the musical press for a number of years. Information is sketchy but what is known is that he was buried in Hawthorn Dale cemetery in Montreal. One side issue is that nobody has ever claimed his song royalties although he was married at the time of his death Link | Home page | Front page of this website Link | Internet | It is possible to see Jimmy in action on the internet with Percival Mackey's band from the early 1930s and to hear him singing one of the last records he made Link |
| Memory Lane | Jimmy Mesene anecdotes from Memory Lane magazine Link |
| Mesene, Messini or Messinis? | James Mesene traces which version of the name was correct Link |
| Recollections | Colin Brown, as a boy, met Jimmy Mesene and later became friendly with Nat Gonella. Colin later contacted this website and a number of interesting anecdotes were added to the site.Link |
| Records | Alphabetical list of songs recorded by Jimmy Mesene Link Chronological list of song recorded by Jimmy Mesene Link Detailed discography of records made with Nat Gonella and his Georgians Link Detailed discography of records made with Joe Loss and his band Link Detailed discography of records made with Percy Chandler and his band Link Detailed discography of records made with George Glover and his band Link Detailed discography of records made with Teddy Joyce and his Orchestra Link Record odds and ends Link |
| Record labels | Jimmy recorded with a number of leading bands of the day (as above) and this page has reproductions of the record labels on which these records were issued Link |
| Songs | Jimmy Mesene wrote or co-wrote a number of songs, mostly around the early 1940s. As well as using his own name he used pen names, probably to disguise authorship. We have obtained pictures of most of the title pages of these song sheets, as well as a list of the names he used Link | The Masked Singer | Jimmy is believed to be the singer on a number of records issued in the early 1930s as by The Masked Singer. For a list of the titles recorded Link |
| What Jimmy means to me | Personal recollections or thoughts on Jimmy Mesene from musicians and fans Link |