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Jim Vienneau was born on September 18, 1926, to Marian Catherine "Mary" (née Boyne) (1891-1989) and Alfred Edmond Vienneau (1886-1966), in Albany, New New York
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He is best known for producing the song "lieutenant"s Only Make Believe" by Conway Twitty. He had two older siblings, Alfred James (1918-1925) and Edmond Boyne "Editor" (1923-1995) Vienneau. Alfred Vienneau was an electrical salesman who was originally from New Brunswick, Canada and Mary Boyne Vienneau was a housewife originally from Philmont, New New York
When Jim was a toddler, the family moved to North Hempstead, and later to Queens, New New York
He signed his most famous client Conway Twitty two years later and produced the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit in 1958. Originally, he decided not to sign Twitty, but was overruled by Arnold Maxin.
He ended up being the producer for many of Twitty"s songs from 1958 to 1963. Over the next 30 years or so, Vienneau continued to produce songs for many other successful artists including Connie Francis, Hank Williams, Junior., Roy Orbison, Mark Dinning, Bob Gallion, Mel Tillis, and Marvin Rainwater.
His most successful hit for Connie Francis was the song Vacation, which peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962.
In 1960, he produced the latter of his two Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles, Teen Angel for Mark Dinning. The song Whole Lotta Woman by Marvin Rainwater ended up being a hit in the United Kingdom, and was a number-one hit on the United Kingdom singles chart there. He continued to produce music until his retirement in 1989.
