{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Timmy Shaw | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Jake Hammond(s) Jr. | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date |mf=yes|1938|9|13}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1984|3|29|1938|9|13}} | death_place = Detroit | instrument = | genre = R&B, soul | occupation = Singer

| years_active = c.1960–1970s | label = Hi-Q, Audrey, Reel, Jamie, Bon, Wand, Premium Stuff, Big Hit | associated_acts = Johnnie Mae Matthews | website = | current_members = | past_members = }} '''Jake Hammonds''' (or '''Hammond''') '''Jr.''' (September 13, 1938 &ndash; March 29 or 30, 1984),<ref name="Whitburn pop"/><ref name=ss>[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Jake+&gsln=Hammonds+Jr&msddy=1983&sbo=1&uidh=jq5&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=674400&recoff=7+8+9&db=mivitals&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1 Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996]. Retrieved 18 November 2013</ref> known as '''Timmy Shaw''', was an American R&B singer who recorded in the 1960s.

He was born in Detroit.<ref name="Whitburn pop">{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|year=2003|title=Top Pop Singles 1955-2002|edition=1st|publisher=Record Research Inc.|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn=0-89820-155-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/634 634]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/634}}</ref> He first recorded in 1960 as '''Jay Hammond''', with "I'll Be Your Fool" on the Hi-Q label, followed by "Hey Baby"/"Taste Of The Blues" on the Audrey label, owned by Detroit businesswoman and record producer Johnnie Mae Matthews.<ref name=kinda>[http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/tshaw.htm Timmy Shaw discography at SoulfulKindaMusic]. Retrieved 18 November 2013</ref> The following year he recorded "Throw It Out Of Your Mind"/"A Letter From My Baby" on the Reel label, and in 1962 recorded "Thunder In My Heart"/"No More" on the Bon label. The A-side is described by one reviewer as "extraordinary... one of the most sought after deep soul 45s."<ref name=sirshambling>[https://www.sirshambling.com/artists_2012/S/timmy_shaw/ John Ridley, ''Sir Shambling's Deep Soul Heaven'', "Timmy Shaw"]. Retrieved 18 November 2013</ref> He worked closely with Johnnie Mae Matthews,<ref name=sirshambling/> sometimes performing with her as a duo.<ref name=kinda/><ref name=matthews>[http://soulfuldetroit.com/web08-johnniemaematthews/07-jmm-timmy%20shaw.htm SoulfulDetroit.com, ''The Johnnie Mae Matthews Story : Timmy Shaw'']. Retrieved 18 November 2013</ref>

Timmy Shaw's only chart record was "Gonna Send You Back To Georgia", which reached number 41 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in early 1964.<ref name="Whitburn pop"/> It was issued by Wand Records. Co-written by Hammonds and Matthews, the song was originally titled "A City Slick" and had first been released as the B-side of "I'm A Lonely Guy" on the Audrey label. His backing group is named on the label as the Sternphones. The song was covered by the Animals as "Gonna Send You Back to Walker"; Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, was singer Eric Burdon's birthplace. John Lennon was also known to be an admirer of the Shaw recording; it was part of John Lennon's jukebox. However, the follow-up, "If I Catch You (Running Around)", failed to reach the charts.<ref name=kinda/> Later in the 1960s, Shaw recorded duets with both Little Melvin, "Get To Steppin'" (1967); and Chuck Holiday, "You Better (Get Yourself Together)" (1968). However, neither had commercial success.<ref name=kinda/><ref name=sirshambling/>

Timmy Shaw died from throat cancer on March 29, 1984, at the age of 45.<ref name="Whitburn pop"/><ref name="Dead">[http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1980.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com] - accessed September 2010</ref>

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