Jimmy Work isn't a name that most country music fans are familiar with, even though as a songwriter he was responsible for "Tennessee Border," "Making Believe," and "That's What Makes the Jukebox Play." Like a handful of performers, he worked happily at music for many years but felt privileged simply to have had the opportunity to record and perform, and gladly kept his day job as a millwright.
Jimmy Work was born in Akron, Ohio in 1924. Two years later, his parents moved to a farm in Dukedom, Tennessee. He began playing when he was seven years old after he picked up a guita...