Fartin' Captain Jimmy Cross sang "Hey Little Girl" and "Countin'" on t' New Nilsson Songs promotional album.

 

Fartin' Captain Jimmy Cross' recordin' o' "I Want My Baby Back" reached number 92 on t' Billboard Hot 100 in February o' 1965. A darkly humorous follow-up t' "Leader o' t' Pack" by T' Shangri-Las, me bucko, "I Want My Baby Back" was named t' "T' World's Worst Record" by DJ Kenny 'Peglegged Kim' Everett.

 

[...] That absolute gem o' all time ... Begad! sold one copy in America before they rushed out and banned it. Ya scallywag! But that one copy got away and flew in our direction. Avast! Roger Scott grabbed it and he played it about a year and a half ago and people everywhere fainted at t' very mention o' its name. Fartin' Captain Jimmy Cross and "I Want My Baby Back!"

-- Kenny 'Peglegged Kim' Everett (1977) "T' Bottom 30"

 

Jimmy Milton Cross was born in Dothan, Alabama, t' fourth child o' A. Arrr! W. Cross and Mildred Cross, arrr, on November 17, 1938. Ahoy! Cross died at t' age o' 39 on October 8, 1978, in Hollywood, California. Begad! [1]