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Little Jimmy Dickens

American country music singer-songwriter (1920–2015)

Musical artist

James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 – January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'10" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits (which he is given credit for introducing into live country music performances).[1] He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983.[2] Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry.

Early life

Dickens was born in Bolt, West Virginia. He began his musical career in the late 1930s, performing on radio station WJLS in Beckley, West Virginia, while attending West Virginia University.[3] On the radio station, he got his experience with performers like Mel Steele, Molly O'Day and Johnnie Bailes.[2] In the 1940s, Jimmy hosted his own radio programs in places like West Virginia, In

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Little Jimmy Dickens

SINGER

1920 - 2015

Little Jimmy Dickens

James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 – January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'10" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits (which he is given credit for introducing into live country music performances). He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Little Jimmy Dickens has received more than 914,237 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Little Jimmy Dickens is the 2,855th most popular singer (down from 2,632nd in 2019), the 14,895th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,661st in 2019) and the 773rd most popular American Singer.

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    Grand Ole Opry Stardom

    Shortly after joining the Grand Ole Opry, Dickens took over Paul Howard’s band, which included crack guitarists Jabbo Arrington and Grady Martin (later, Jimmy “Spider” Wilson and Howard Rhoton), as well as bassist Bob Moore. Named the Country Boys, Dickens’s band became known for its topflight musicianship and for its pioneering twin-lead-guitar sound. Later, Dickens added young steel guitarist Buddy Emmons and guitarist Thumbs Carllile to the group.

    “Jimmy wanted a specific tone from the guitars,” Rhoton recalled in 1997, for the liner notes of a Bear Family boxed set, Country Boy. “Jimmy was keenly aware of what was going on all the time. He liked the single-string, hot-licks type of backup, while he was singing the up-tempo stuff. He was the only artist back in those days that you could play that way with.”

    Dickens and the Country Boys’ innovative, instantly identifiable sound drew plenty of radio listeners to the WSM-AM signal on Saturday nights. “Turn on all your radios, I know that you will wait /

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