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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 storlek (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 entré of Fame in 1983.[2] Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry.

    Early life

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    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 Bai

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    James Cecil Dickens (1920 - aft. 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 by 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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    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