American singer Jimmy Eugene Spellman was born on April 20, 1938, to Jarold and Helen Spellman in the little farming community of Pataskala, Ohio.. In 1954. Jimmy moved to Phoenix, Arizona with his family where he established his singing career.
On April 19, 1958, Jimmy and Frankie Yarnik were the first couple married at Bethel Lutheran Church; she died from cancer on August 13, 2009; Frankie and Jimmy have been blessed with four sons: Barry Scott, deceased at 14 months old; Jeffrey Scott; Bradley Scott; and James Jarold Scott; and six grandchildren.