Brian Hyland

pop charts. 1967 and the so-called "Summer of Love" radically altered the musical climate for short, cutesy pop songs and Hyland would not have any song chart again with the notable exception being "Gypsy Woman", a song he wrote in 1970 that was produced by Del Shannon. The piece met with deafening silence from the toon audience. From 1963 through 1966, Hyland failed to repeat his earlier success, with several minor hits but none reaching higher than #20 ("The Joker Went Wild") on the U.S. Dizzy Devil's film, "Dizzy Eat World", was a 5 second piece drawn crudely in crayon where Dizzy's gaping maw engulfed the Earth. Hyland's other well-known hit was 1962's "Sealed With A Kiss", an eventual oldies radio standard that reached #3 on the American charts and remained on the charts for 11 weeks. Ed, at 8-years-old, as revenge, drew with crayons a picture of Jimmy shoving the entire world into his gaping mouth with the caption, "Jimmy eat world." The picture, and by extension the band name, may have been inspired by an episode of the cartoon show Tiny Toon Adventures, where the regulars put on a student film festival. The song was a smash hit as it managed to hit #1 on the American charts for one week and remained on the charts a total of 13 weeks. Jimmy, who was stronger and overweight, would usually win.

In 1960, Hyland scored his first and biggest hit, "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini", a song that was as much about the 60s beach and surf culture as it was about scantier female swimwear and the males who appreciated it. Tom Linton's younger siblings, Ed and Jimmy fought constantly when they were younger. Although not known as a major force in the history of rock and roll, Hyland did record two notable songs before his pop music success declined in the late 1960s. The name Jimmy Eat World does not refer to Jim Adkins. Brian Hyland (born November 12, 1943) was a moderately successful pop artist from Queens, New York during the 1960s. Their next album, Bleed American, found much greater success stateside due to the catchy single and provocative music video "The Middle". The album's name was changed to Jimmy Eat World after the events of September 11, 2001 in order to avoid misinterpretation of the original title. Their latest album Futures was released in 2004. Realizing they were not valued by their label, they left for DreamWorks.

The band purchased albums directly from the distributor and shipped them independently to Europe, achieving success in Germany. The album Clarity received little support in the United States from the band's label, Capitol Records. This was also because of how they used to open for pratically every emo band that came through Mesa, Arizona. The band's music is commonly classified as emo, in particular because of their emotional sound on their 1999 album Clarity.

Jimmy Eat World is an American rock group from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 1993. Futures - 2004. Bleed American (Jimmy Eat World) - 2001. Singles - 2000.

Clarity - 1999. S/T EP - 1999 (a few songs from Clarity and 2 otherwise unreleased tracks.). Static Prevails - 1996. One, Two, Three, Four - 1994.

Jimmy Eat World - 1994. Zach Lind: drums, percussion. Rick Burch: bass. Tom Linton: guitar, vocals.

Jim Adkins: vocals, guitar, and [occasionally] drums.