He sang “Eye of The Tiger”, the hit song from “Rocky III”: At the age of 63 years Survivor frontman Jimi Jamison died unexpectedly. He had solo with the “Baywatch” theme success.

According to legend, Jimi Jamison has apparently been recognized as a child of Rock’n’Roll Elvis Presley have put in the sixties, the hand on his shoulder – as the King informed in a pet shop in Memphis about buying a lion cubs. In the eighties, then Jamison became a distinctive voice of the US-rock, as singer of the band Survivor.

Jimi Jamison joined the band in 1984, two years after a worldwide success celebrated with “Eye of the Tiger” from the movie “Rocky 3”. His predecessor, Dave Bickler suffered after a polyp surgery vocal problems and had to leave the group. Jamison had previously been the frontman of the heavy metal band Cobra and had sung among others for ZZ Top in the background.

With Jamison at the top Survivor were able to continue their commercial peak “Eye of the Tiger” almost back: With “High on You” and “The Search is Over” from the hit album “Vital Signs” they had top ten hits in the United States, but above all they were again in the soundtrack to a “Rocky” movie to hear: “Burning Heart” accompanied the battle of Rocky Balboa with the Soviet fighter Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren).

After the end of the eighties the hits were rare, the band broke up temporarily in 1989 from Chicago. Jimi Jamison turned down offers from, enter as a singer with Deep Purple and Journey, solo, he sang “I’m Always Here” the theme to the TV series “Baywatch”. Repeats the voiced singer joined classic rock crossover events, so at Rock Meets Classic with Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) and Steve Lukather (Toto).

In the nineties, Survivor went back with Dave Bickler on tour, while also Jimi Jamison applied for his appearances with Survivor. This led to protracted litigation. 2000 Bickler was fired again and Jamison returned. As of 2013, the band toured with two lead singers. Yet on 30 August they performed in Morgan Hill, California.

The death of Jimi Jamison at the age of 63 years was unexpected. “The whole Survivor family is very shocked and saddened by the death of our brother Jimi Jamison,” it said on Tuesday in a statement on the official Facebook page of the band. The musician died on Sunday evening at his home in Memphis of a heart attack, said one of his agents of the celebrity portal “TMZ”.

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