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One of three collaborating songwriters (under the pseudonym Arthur James) of the Academy Award-winning song "For All We Know" from the movie As Mil Faces do Amor (1970).

Jimmy Griffin teamed up one last time with former writing partner, Michael Z. Gordon to sing, "Something Else Altogether" which was slated to be the title song for Gordon's production of "The Devil And Daniel Webster". However, the film was never completed and it turned out to be Jimmy's last recording session. Jimmy passed away shortly after the song was finally completed.

The song, "Something Else Altogether" can be heard with Jimmy singing over clips from the movie at: http://youtu.be/Tp7MXhHAXrY.

He attended Kingsbury High School in Memphis and Dorsey and Johnny Burnette were his neighbors and role models. After the Burnette brothers moved to Los Angeles, California to further their music careers, Griffin went there to visit them, and managed to secure a recording contract with Reprise Records.

His musical training began when his parents signed him up for accordion lessons.

In the 1960s, Griffin teamed with fellow songwriter Michael Z. Gordon to write songs for such diverse singers as Ed Ames, Gary Lewis, Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, The Standells, Lesley Gore, Sandy Nelson and Cher. The pair won a BMI award for "Apologize" sung by Ames in 1968.