Jimmy Buffett
Over the course of a four-decade career, singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett established a vast business empire built entirely around the popularity of a single song. For those who doubted such a feat, the tune in question was his 1976 song "Margaritaville," a breezy, instantly likable song about the joys, and secret heartache, of a carefree existence in a tropical paradise that captured the imagination of millions of listeners. By 1998, the song was played over four million times on radio and television since its debut, which roughly translated into 200,000 hours of continuous play. Buffett shrewdly parlayed the song's landslide popularity into a yearly concert tour that attracted millions of dedicated fans, or "Parrotheads," who enthusiastically purchased anything associated with Buffett - from best-selling novels and beer, to meals at his Margaritaville Cafes or a vacation at the Margaritaville resort on the Turks and Calicos islands in the Caribbean. Throughout his transformation from artist to brand, Buffett continued to deliver his effortlessly party-inducing music in concert and on record, which spread the gospel of good times to generations of fans.
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Jimmy Buffett
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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93% |
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Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story |
Self, Executive Producer |
- | 2022 |
94% |
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Under the Volcano |
Unknown (Character), Self |
- | 2021 |
58% |
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The Beach Bum | Self | $3.5M | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Parrot Heads | Self | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Sun Dogs | Producer | - | 2007 |
26% |
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Hoot |
Mr. Ryan (Character), Producer, Original Music |
$8.1M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce | Self | - | 1986 |
73% |
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Rancho Deluxe | Original Music | - | 1975 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon |
Music Performer, Guest |
2014 2018 2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Blue Bloods | Dickie Delaney (Guest Star) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2018 2020 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Frank Bama (Guest Star) | 2011 2013 2015 2017-2020 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 11% | The View | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Music Performer | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CMT Crossroads | Self | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Music Performer | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Music Performer | 1978 |