Jimi Jamison

He also co-founded Donnie Iris and the Cruisers.

Jimi Jamison was born in 1951, lead vocalist for Survivor, who sang a lot of their big hits c- like The Search Is Over, and he co-wrote and sang I'm Always Here, which is the theme song for Baywatch.

That's him.

Edwin Collins was born in 1951.

Mm-hmm.

So this album comes out in September of 1984, the band's first album with Jimmy Jamison on vocals rather than David Bickler, who had departed the band after the previous album.

Got it.

There were three top 13 hits on this album.

We've had a couple passings, uh, in the time since we last did a show, and I texted you about it as well.

I said, like, "I never worked with Makichi or Jim Jamison.

Like, I never got the chance to work with them.

Hell, like, I, I didn't even get the chance to consume much of their content as well." And I just said like, "Are you comfortable talking about these guys?" So floor is yours, my friend.

But I actually never knew either of these guys personally.

Yeah.

Um, obviously I've been on the beat now, this will be year 27 going in, and Jim Jamison was a part of it when, uh, you know, through, through the early years.

Um, just...

That is correct.

[bell dinging] With the great Jimmy Jamison.

Yes.

Number three.

It's Survivor 17 on the Capital Countdown from this week in 1985.

This one was the first major Survivor hits featuring Jimmy Jamison, who had replaced original singer Dave Bickler.

So the bloke most listeners associate with Survivor's biggest song, Eye of the Tiger, isn't actually the bloke singing this one.

Sting offering up an antidote here next.