Biography little jimmy dickens
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James Cecil Dickens (1920 - baksidan. 2015)
According to several sources James Dickens, who was later dubbed, Little Jimmy Dickens because of his small size (4'7" [150 cm]), was born Bolt, Raleigh County, West Virginia. He was the eldest of thirteen children, 7 boys and 6 girls and was raised by his grandparents Lewis Calvin Dickens and Edna Young.
Jimmy once reported that his grandfather worked in a coal mine and his family was poor. He said he didn't know they were poor he just knew there was a "whole lot of loven" His family did not even have electricity so he would often study bygd an oil lamp to get his school work done and lthe light had to be turned off at 8:00 pm at night. For Christmas, he would often receive an apple, orange, and a popcorn ball. He remembered one Christmas he received a flashlight but no batteries. He wanted to take the flashlight coon hunting with him, instead of an oil lamp.
Growing up, Jimmy also spent a lot of time with his aunts and uncles and reme
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James Cecil Dickens (born December 19, 1920 - January 2, 2015), better known as Little Jimmy Dickens, is an American country music singer famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size, 4'11" (150 cm), and his rhinestone-studded outfits. He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and became a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983.
Born in Bolt, West Virginia, Dickens began his musical career in the late 1930s, performing on a local radio station while attending West Virginia University. He soon quit school to pursue a full-time music career, and travelled the country performing on various local radio stations under the name "Jimmy the Kid."
In 1948, Dickens was heard performing on a radio station in Saginaw, Michigan by Roy Acuff, who introduced him to Art Satherly at Columbia Records and officials from the Grand Ole Opry. Dickens signed with Columbia in September and joined the Opry in August. Around this time he began using the nic
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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 liste