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These included another stirring disco cover of Sylvester's "You Make Me Feel ( Mighty Real )", which made the top five, and Francoise Hardy's "Comment Te Dire Adieu", a duet in French with June Miles Kingston. He also contributed to the Aids awareness project album "Red Hot and Blue", recording a cover of Cole Porter's "From This Moment On".
Jimmy's continued outspokeness on gay issues didn't prevent his records being played and selling in huge quantities. His honesty as a gay performer almost certainly helped to pave the way.
Since he disappeared from the charts in 1991, Jimmy has deliberately taken time out of his high profile celebrity existence to, as he puts it, live his life to the full as a gay man in the 90's. His new solo material draws, if anything, even more than before on his personal experiences and the periods of both elation and anger he has passed through in the last 4 years. Jimmy & San Francisco
Although he has dabbled in some film work, appearing in Sally Potter's "Orlando" and setting up a gay film company "Normal Films", with Isaac Julien and others, to produce "Postcards From America", which previewed at 1994's New York Film Festival, the singing voice has taken a long holiday.
"In the last few years" says Jimmy, "I've really lived life and discovered myself. I've also discovered what it's like to be a part of a peer group that's been touched by the grief and anger of Aids, which has taken away several close friends. The new songs I've written deal with these very personal experiences of life, love, sex and death."
The album "Dare To Love" was released in June '95 and is a typical rollercoaster mix of upbeat pop dance numbers and more serious songs exploring gay issues. The title track, about a man who loves a younger boy of 16 and is threatened with prison and persecution, is typically upfront and provides a topical link with his earlier material.
"It's still very much a pop album" enthuses Jimmy, "a bit of disco and some jazzy blues but basically just jolly pop, gay pop if you like. I'm not going to come out with a pile of shit about being a mature artist now," he continues, "although I am more pleased with my vocals this time round. I've got more control over them than before and I wasn't scared to let go."
The first single from "Dare To Love" was "Heartbeat", released on January 16th 1995. It entered the UK charts at number 24 and was number one in the USA dance chart. The E-Smoove and the Armand Van Heldon mixes are still being played in clubs today.

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These included another stirring disco cover of Sylvester's "You Make Me Feel ( Mighty Real )", which made the top five, and Francoise Hardy's "Comment Te Dire Adieu", a duet in French with June Miles Kingston. He also contributed to the Aids awareness project album "Red Hot and Blue", recording a cover of Cole Porter's "From This Moment On". Jimmy's continued outspokeness on gay issues didn't prevent his records being played and selling in huge quantities. His honesty as a gay performer almost certainly helped to pave the way. Since he disappeared from the charts in 1991, Jimmy has deliberately taken time out of his high profile celebrity existence to, as he puts it, live his life to the full as a gay man in the 90's. His new solo material draws, if anything, even more than before on his personal experiences and the periods of both elation and anger he has passed through in the last 4 years. Jimmy & San Francisco Although he has dabbled in some film work, appearing in Sally Potter's "Orlando" and setting up a gay film company "Normal Films", with Isaac Julien and others, to produce "Postcards From America", which previewed at 1994's New York Film Festival, the singing voice has taken a long holiday. "In the last few years" says Jimmy, "I've really lived life and discovered myself. I've also discovered what it's like to be a part of a peer group that's been touched by the grief and anger of Aids, which has taken away several close friends. The new songs I've written deal with these very personal experiences of life, love, sex and death." The album "Dare To Love" was released in June '95 and is a typical rollercoaster mix of upbeat pop dance numbers and more serious songs exploring gay issues. The title track, about a man who loves a younger boy of 16 and is threatened with prison and persecution, is typically upfront and provides a topical link with his earlier material. "It's still very much a pop album" enthuses Jimmy, "a bit of disco and some jazzy blues but basically just jolly pop, gay pop if you like. I'm not going to come out with a pile of shit about being a mature artist now," he continues, "although I am more pleased with my vocals this time round. I've got more control over them than before and I wasn't scared to let go." The first single from "Dare To Love" was "Heartbeat", released on January 16th 1995. It entered the UK charts at number 24 and was number one in the USA dance chart. The E-Smoove and the Armand Van Heldon mixes are still being played in clubs today.