Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
You're a valued part of WWFM's success! Thank you for helping to keep great programming on the air with your donation in 2025! We look forward to another wonderful year of music.

Jimmy Scott: 'If You Only Knew'

<i>Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew</i> tells the singer's often tragic story through extensive interviews, archival photos and international concert footage.
Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew tells the singer's often tragic story through extensive interviews, archival photos and international concert footage.

The eloquent, effortless jazz singer Jimmy Scott has gained a new prominence after languishing for decades, the victim of bad deals, bad timing and a fickle public. But he's never lost the energy and humanity that put him on the road to fame as a teenager.

Guest:

Jimmy Scott, jazz singer; his life is documented in new DVD, If You Only Knew.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.