Talk:Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)

Assault
There seems to be some confusion in the account of the assault. The article says it took place on the San Diego Freeway, and then mentions both the San Diego and Los Angeles polices departments. At the time of the assault, the San Diego Freeway was not located in San Diego but in Los Angeles, so I would presume that it would have been the LAPD. Unless that allegations are that SDPD went up to LA area to assault Rodgers.Wschart 12:49, 25 September 2006 (UTC)It was the LAPD who assaulted Jimmie for alleged drunk driving they claimed he resisted arrest. The incident took place a mile or two from his home on Knollwood Drive in Granada Hills Calif. A suburb of LA in the San Fernando Valley. I think the exact spot was Rinaldi street a short way from the Rinaldi exit on the San Diego Freeway. Although he was injured he was able to take calls from many friends such as Frankie Avalon and others within a few days. He was also asking for his guitar very soon after the event.

In hospital June 2007
The Rockabilly Hall of Fame Yahoo discussion group received a message from Rodgers' family that he was scheduled to undergo surgery on 28 June to replace the steel plate in his head that was installed as a result of the beating in 1967. At the moment there's no print or media source for this, so there's no point adding this information to the article given Wikipedia's rules. No word as of 29 June of the outcome of the surgery. 68.146.8.46 13:22, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi everyone, My name is Michael Rodgers and I am Jimmie Rodgers son. As an update on he outcome of the surgery mentioned above please find the following. Dad's surgery went extremely well. The steel plate was removed after 40 years and the doctor's found that dad's skull had regrown underneath the plate and had completely regenerated and sealed the 29 square inch opening that had been there for so long. They did not need to install the skull implant that they had planned to and the surgery lasted on 45 minutes. Dad is completely healed and living a new life with no more issues from the beating so many years ago.

You can see a new performance on YouTube.com of dad performing last february 2008 a song called "100 miles" Thanks for your prayers and thoughtful emails. All the best, Michael Rodgers —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.4.45.226 (talk) 04:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Sloop John B
I think you'll find that the Beach Boys' version of this song is based, not on Rodgers's version, but on the Kingston Trio's (from their first album), as indicated by the title. Also that the Boys were admirers of the KT, to the point of copying their stripey shirts. Paul Magnussen (talk) 18:18, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Such stripey shirts were quite common in the early 1960s. I had several myself, so I am not sure the BBs were copying the KT or just going with a prevailing style. Wschart (talk) 23:28, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Jimmy Rodgers assault
According to Tommy James, the assault on Jimmy Rogers was related to him suing Roulette Records for back royalities. Roulette was definitely connect to the mob. One of the characters on the Sopranos was patterned after the Roulette's president. Tommy James stated hewas owed about 30-40 million in royalites by Roulette but knew better than to sue. Wayne Buisman Harris MN You might want to read Tommy James biography which is being made into a broadway musical —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.116.27.41 (talk) 02:16, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * yeah, (I just listed to a Tommy James interview on CBC (Canada) radio where he mentioned this. it would be nice to shoehorn this information into the article with a good reference 174.0.234.143 (talk) 17:41, 12 February 2011 (UTC)