He had a hand in countless recordings as a songwriter, producer, arranger, and session musician—including “Rescue Me” and “Higher and Higher.' | ✍️ Steve Krakow
Since 2004 Plastic Crimewave has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in the first place.
Gerald Sims was born in Chicago on January 5, 1940, but when he was still very young his mother moved him and his three brothers by bus to Kalamazoo, Michigan—she thought there was too much trouble for them to get into in the big city. Because Sims had developed a limp due to a childhood polio infection, though, he avoided a lot of physical activities. He didn’t get into sports like his brothers, instead teaching himself how to play guitar.
Sims got noticed by Carl Davis of Okeh Records , and he left the Daylighters to release a few singles for Okeh under his own name. By the mid-60s, though, he’d grown more interested in the production side of music making. While at Okeh, Sims worked with Davis on scoring and arranging recordings by the likes of Gene Chandler and Walter Jackson.
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