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{{short description|American songwriter}}
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'''Jesse James''' is an American independent record producer and songwriter, based in [[Philadelphia]].  He is best known for writing "Boogaloo Down Broadway", a 1967 top ten hit for [[The Fantastic Johnny C]], and "[[The Horse]]" by [[Cliff Nobles]], the instrumental version of "Love is All Right". The session musicians forming his James Boys included several of the musicians who later formed [[MFSB]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book
| first= Joseph
| last= Murrells
| year= 1978
| title= The Book of Golden Discs
| edition= 2nd
| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd
| location= London
| pages= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/244 244–245]
| isbn= 0-214-20512-6
| url-access= registration
| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/244
}}</ref>  In the early 1970s, James also wrote and produced hit records by the teen vocal duo [[Chee-Chee and Peppy]].<ref name=funk>[http://thefunkshow.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74:chee-chee-a-peppy-the-young-sweethearts-of-soul&catid=30:the-community&Itemid=68 "Chee Chee & Peppy - A History", ''TheFunkShow.com'']. Retrieved 13 August 2015</ref>
He is sometimes confused with the soul singer [[Jesse James (singer)|Jesse James]] (born James Herbert McClelland, 1943), who had several US R&B hits between the 1960s and 1980s.
==Songs==
*"Switch It On"	[[Cliff Nobles]] And Co
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