Jim Gilstrap, Singer on ‘Good Times’ Theme and Stevie Wonder’s “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” Dies at 70
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- Deadline Hollywood·3d agoJim Gilstrap Dies: Singer On ‘Good Times’ Theme & Stevie Wonder’s “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life” Was 79
R&B singer and session musician Jim Gilstrap, who can be heard on the theme song for 1970s sitcom Good Times and Stevie Wonder’s “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life” among many others, has died. Gilstrap died Saturday, July 18, from natural causes, his nephew Gil Gilstrap said in a…
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He also had a solo hit in 1975 with "Swing Your Daddy."
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