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Died. January 14, 1988. (1988-01-14) (aged 47) Jimmy Maelen (born March 26, 1940 – January 14, 1988) was an American percussionist from the 1960s to 1980s, who worked with many artists including Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Peter Gabriel, James Taylor, Dire Straits, Barry Manilow, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Madonna, Bryan Adams, Michael Jackson, Mick ...
January 14th, 2013 marks the 25th anniversary of the passing of my father, Jimmy Maelen. I’ve created this group for his family & friends to share their thoughts, memories & stories. Please feel free...
Jimmy Maelen death quick facts: When did Jimmy Maelen die? 1988; How old was Jimmy Maelen when died? unknown
But it was a lot of fun and I remember we had this percussionist, Jimmy Maelen who sadly died, but he was always a great performer and used to have these two huge gongs at the back of his percussion kit and he would set them up very carefully before the show, and they would be up above so that he had to jump up to the top height he could reach ...
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Jimmy Maelen was a percussionist musician in the 1960s-1980s, who worked with many artists including Duran Duran, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Peter Gabriel, James Taylor, Dire Straits, Barry Manilow, Alice Cooper, and John Lennon.
During the golden years of the disco era Jimmy was especially successful, working with the remix team of Michael Barbiero and John Luongo and overdubbing on extended dance versions of disco classics such as, Gonzales' "I Haven't Stopped Dancin' Yet", The Jacksons' "Blame It On The Boogie" and "Shake Your Body Down (To The Ground)", Dan Hartman's "Vertigo/Relight My Fire", Jackie Moore's "This Time, This Time Baby" and many more. His working relationship with Barbiero and Luongo led to a solo album for Epic/Columbia in 1980, produced by the trio and entitled "Beats Workin'".
Maelen's first album with Roxy Music was the critically acclaimed Avalon. Jimmy Maelen was also present on the hit record "Worn Down Piano", from the Mark & Clark band and performed on Duran Duran's Notorious album released in 1986.
Suffering from leukaemia he sadly passed away in 1987. The Manny Music/Jimmy Maelen Memorial Golf Tournament was held in 1992, which raised thousands of dollars for leukaemia research. Sources: Percussionist and occasional backing vocalist who performed on countless recordings during his career.
Jimmy Maelen (ca. 1941-1988) was a percussionist, including congas, bongos, and others. He played on two 1978 Sesame Street albums, Sesame Street Fever (on congas) and Fair Is Fair (sharing percussion duties with Phil Kraus).
