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Aug 03, 1939 Battersea, England, United Kingdom 84 years old
English drummer
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About Jimmie Nicol
- James George Nicol (born 3 August 1939) is an English drummer and business entrepreneur.
- He is best known for temporarily replacing Ringo Starr in the Beatles for a series of concerts during the height of Beatlemania in 1964, elevating him from relative obscurity to worldwide fame and then back again in the space of a fortnight.
- Nicol had hoped that his association with the Beatles would greatly enhance his career but instead found that the spotlight moved away from him once Starr returned to the group, and in 1965 his subsequent lack of commercial success culminated in bankruptcy.
- In 1967, after having worked with a number of different bands which included a successful relationship with The Spotnicks, he left the music business to pursue a variety of entrepreneurial ventures.
- Over the decades, Nicol increasingly shied away from media attention, preferring not to discuss his connection to the Beatles nor seeking financial gain from it.
- He has a son, Howard, who is a BAFTA award-winning sound engineer.
