Jimmy Clanton Autographs
Jimmy Clanton (born September 2, 1938) is an American singer who became known as the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol". His band recorded a hit song "Just a Dream" which Clanton had written in 1958 for the Ace Records label. It reached number four on the Billboard chart and sold a million copies. Clanton performed on Dick Clark's American Bandstand and toured with popular artists like Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and the Platters.
Clanton formed his first band called the Rockets in 1956 while attending Baton Rouge High School.
One of the few white singers to come out of the New Orleans R&B/rock & roll sound, he rode the crest of the popular teen-music wave in the 1950s and 1960s. His records charted in the U.S. Top 40 seven times (all released on Ace); his Top 10 records were: the song "Just a Dream," (Pop number four, R&B number one in August 1958, credited to 'Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets'), "Go, Jimmy, Go" (peaked at number five in early 1960) and "Venus in Blue Jeans" (peaked at number seven on October 6, 1962, written by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller). In early 1961, Clanton was drafted and spent the next two years in the U.S. Army, continuing to have chart successes with "Don't Look at Me", "Because I Do", and the aforementioned "Venus in Blue Jeans". His only hit in the UK Singles Chart was "Another Sleepless Night", a Greenfield/Neil Sedaka composition that spent one week at number 50 in July 1960.
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Traded items with a signature of Jimmy Clanton
The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy Clanton (Jimmy Clanton Signed In Person 11x14 Matted Autographed Photo - Happy Birthday) was sold in September 2025 for $168.50 while the cheapest item (JIMMY CLANTON SIGNED INDEX CARD - SWAMP ROCK TEEN IDOL - BIG MUSIC BREAKUP LOT) found a new owner for $0.99 in November 2012. The month with the most items sold (4) was October 2025 with an average selling price of $39.99 for an autographed item of Jimmy Clanton. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2025 with $168.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was November 2012. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy Clanton is worth $25.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jimmy Clanton were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 2013 Jimmy Clanton Autographed Program Rock and Roll Legends | $29.00 |  |
 | GUARANTEED autographed 1950s mint-exc Jimmy Clanton My Own True Love/Little 45 | $84.99 | |
| Jimmy Clanton auto/signed 4x6 photo "Just a Dream" Music Legend Rare COA LOOK! | $39.99 | |
| Jimmy Clanton autographed 4x6 photo "Just a Dream" Music Legend Rare COA LOOK! | $39.99 | |
| Jimmy Clanton autographed 8x10 photo "Just a Dream" Music Legend Rare COA LOOK! | $69.99 | |
| Jimmy Clanton LP The Best Of Jimmy Clanton 1964 Mono Original! SIGNED!! | $79.99 | |
| Jimmy Clanton signed 4x6 photo "Just a Dream" Music Legend Rare COA LOOK! | $39.99 | |
| Jimmy Clanton signed 8x10 photo "Just a Dream" Music Legend Rare COA LOOK! | $69.99 | |
| Jimmy Clanton Signed In Person 11x14 Matted Autographed Photo - Happy Birthday | $168.50 | |
| Jimmy Clanton Signed In Person 11x14 Matted Autographed Photo - Happy Birthday | $168.50 | |
| Jimmy Clanton Signed In Person 11x14 Matted Autographed Photo - Happy Birthday | $168.50 | |
| Jimmy Clanton Signed In Person 11x14 Matted Autographed Photo - Happy Birthday | $168.50 | |
| Jimmy Clanton Signed In Person 11x14 Matted Autographed Photo - Happy Birthday | $168.50 | |
| Jimmy Clanton Signed In Person 4x4 Index Card In Top Loader Just A Dream, Singer | $64.95 | |
| Signed Jimmy Clanton Jerry Butler Rock & Roll Revival Concert Flyer Poster RLD | $20.50 | |
