Jimmy Scalia

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Jimmy Scalia(b.1960), record producer, official archivist for the singer Bobby Darin's estate, disc jockey, writer, and documentarian of American popular and rock music, currently serves as an adviser and consultant to Darin manager Steve Blauner and The Bobby Darin Estate, Joel Dorn, Buddy Greco and publicist Harriet Wasser. He was archivist for Kevin Spacey's film, Beyond the Sea, and provided major footage for the film.

Scalia has most recently been a producer of two Darin CDs: Bobby Darin, Aces Back to Back (a CD-DVD combo from Hyena Records) and Songs from Big Sur (Varese-Saraband), for which he wrote the liner notes.

Scalia was the writer, producer, and disc jockey for the syndicated 30-show series entitled The Magic of Bobby Darin. He also served as a consultant for two previous Darin albums, "Swinging the Standards" and "The Best of Bobby Darin." He is currently producing a new Darin DVD titled "Seeing Is Believing".

He was also consultant and adviser for A&E's "Biography" portrait of Darin, and on David Evanier's biography of Darin, Roman Candle: The Life of Bobby Darin. He also recently guested on WNET's documentary on Darin, Mack Is Back and on the BBC2 radio special on Darin.

Scalia has written extensively for the publication In-Tune International, including articles in 2002 on Darin in Digital, Keely Smith: Better Than Ever, and on Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer: The Dynamic Duo.

Following upon the events of 9/11, Scalia produced and compiled the Darin CD, Songs for America, honoring the rescue workers who lost their lives on that day.

He has also been an adviser to Jack Behrens for his book, The Big Band Days: A Memoir and Sourcebook and contributed to Images of America "THE COPACABANA" by Kristin Baggelaar.

Most recently Scalia is compiling another Darin CD which will included many unreleased songs. He is also producing a live Buddy Greco CD from The Sands, as well as working on a Buddy Greco DVD showcasing Buddy's fantastic musicianship and style.

Scalia is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Society of Singers.

Jimmy currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and two sons.