Jeff Jimerson

{{Short description|Singer in Pittsburgh, US}}

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Jeff Jimerson (born May 15, 1955 in Pittsburgh) is a Pittsburgh-based singer, best known as the national anthem singer for the Pittsburgh Penguins for over two decades.{{Cite news|url=http://penguins.ice.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=96276|title=National Anthem Singer Auditions|access-date=2016-11-02}}{{Cite news| last = Grupp| first = John| title = Anthem singer fires up Mellon crowd| newspaper = Pittsburgh Tribune-Review| date = May 6, 2009| url = http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_623827.html| access-date = February 7, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090508012808/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_623827.html| archive-date = May 8, 2009| url-status = dead}}{{Cite news| last = Rutkoski| first = Rex| title = Penguins' anthem singer Jeff Jimerson goes Airborne in Ford City| newspaper = Valley News Dispatch| publisher = The Tribune-Review Publishing Co.| date = July 2, 2009| url = http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_631699.html}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He also performs with Airborne,{{Cite news|url=http://jeffjimersonmusic.com|title=Home|newspaper=Jeff Jimerson & Airborne|access-date=2016-11-02}} a Pittsburgh-based band.{{Cite news |last=Lenk |first=Laura |title=Easy Street brings a spring break atmosphere |newspaper=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |date=June 24, 2009 |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com:8000/x/pittsburghtrib/lifestyles/fooddrink/s_630924.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910120535/http://www.pittsburghlive.com:8000/x/pittsburghtrib/lifestyles/fooddrink/s_630924.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2012 |quote=...Jeff Jimerson, the Pittsburgh Penguins' national anthem singer, performing with Airborne on Fridays. |access-date=February 7, 2010 }}{{Cite web| title = Jeff Jimerson & Airborne| work = Entertainment Unlimited| publisher = | date = | url = http://www.entertainmentunlimited.com/actinfo.php?act_id=403}}

In 2011, Bleacher Report named Jimerson one of the eight best national anthem singers in hockey.{{Cite news|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/813972-the-8-best-national-anthem-singers-in-hockey/page/4|title=The 8 Best National Anthem Singers in Hockey|last=Khatchaturian|first=Andre|newspaper=Bleacher Report|access-date=2016-11-02}}

Jimerson, credited as "Anthem Singer," sang the national anthem in the 1995 Jean-Claude Van Damme film, ''Sudden Death.{{Cite web

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He performed on the 2004 B. E. Taylor album One Nation Under God.

As the Penguins anthem singer, he has sung the national anthem during the Stanley Cup Finals in {{scfy|2008}}, {{scfy|2009}}, {{scfy|2016}}, and {{scfy|2017}}.

He is known as "The Penguins' Own".