Little Jimmy Dickens

Little Jimmy Dickens

Biografia
Naixement	19 desembre 1920 Bolt (Virgínia de l'Oest) (en)
Mort	2 gener 2015 (94 anys) Nashville (Tennessee)
Causa de mort	Aturada cardiorespiratòria
Dades personals
Altres noms	Little Jimmy Dickens
Formació	Universitat de Virgínia de l'Oest
Activitat
Ocupació	músic, cantant, compositor de cançons
Activitat	1936  –
Gènere	Country
Instrument	Guitarra i veu
Segell discogràfic	Columbia Records

James Cecil Dickens, més conegut com a Little Jimmy Dickens (Bolt, Virgínia Occidental, 19 de desembre de 1920 − Nashville, Tennessee, 2 de gener de 2015), va ser un cantant de country estatunidenc. Es va fer conegut pel bon humor de les lletres de les seves cançons, la seva petita alçada (150 cm), i el seu vestuari adornat amb esborradores. Va ser membre del Grand Ole Opry durant 60 anys, així com del Country Music Hall of Fame.

El seu estil

Algunes de les frases que formen part de les seves cançons:

• “Lord, have mercy, John. There goes Mighty Mouse in his pajamas!”
• “I cannot do both.”
• “Daddy’s name was Ferdinand, Mommy’s name was Lizer, so they named him Fertilizer.”
• “Shake hands, old man, I married your sister!”
• “You’d better run, idiot, we’re brothers!”
• “Rose! What’s the name of that medicine I’m takin'?!”
• “No, but if you’ll go up to the front desk and ask the nurse she’ll tell you who you are.”
• “That all depends. The lady that lives here lets me sleep with her.”
• “Get it over with, Shorty. I’m the janitor and I’d like to go home.”
• “Now I know what I did with my hearing aid!”

Discografia

Àlbums d'estudi

Any	Detalls	Posició
		US Country
1954	Old Country Church Llançament: 1954 Discogràfica: Columbia	—
1960	Big Songs by Little Jimmy Dickens Llançament: Setembre 1960 Discogràfica: Columbia	—
1962	Little Jimmy Dickens Sings Out Behind the Barn Llançament: Setembre 1962 Discogràfica: Columbia	—
1965	Handle with Care Llançament: Febrer 1965 Discogràfica: Columbia	—
	May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose Llançament: novembre 1965 Discogràfica: Columbia	4
1968	Big Man in Country Music Llançament: 1968 Discogràfica: Columbia	—
	Little Jimmy Dickens Sings Llançament: Març 1968 Discogràfica: Decca	—
1969	"Jimmy Dickens Comes Callin" Llançament: Febrer 1969 Discogràfica: Decca	—
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Recopilatoris

Any	Detalls	Posició
		US Country
1957	Raisin' the Dickens Llançament: novembre 1957 Discogràfica: Columbia	—
1966	Little Jimmy Dickens' Greatest Hits Llançament: 1966 Discogràfica: Columbia	39
1969	Greatest Hits Llançament: 1969 Discogràfica: Decca	—
1976	Hymns of the Hour Llançament: 1976 Discogràfica: Quàntum	—
1983	Historic Edition Llançament: 1983 Discogràfica: Columbia	—
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Singles

Any	Cançó	Posició més alta		Àlbum
		US Country	US
1949	"Take an Old Cold 'Tater (And Wait)"	7	—	Raisin' the Dickens
	"Country Boy"	7	—
	"My Heart's Bouquet"	10	—	Big Songs by Little Jimmy Dickens
	"A-Sleeping at the Foot of the Bed"	6	—	Raisin' the Dickens
1950	"A Rose From Bride's Bouquet"	—	—	senar-album singles
	"Hillbilly Fever"	3	—
	"F-o-o-l-i-sh Em"	—	—
	"Walk Chicken, Walk"	—	—
	"Out of Business"	—	—
	"I'm Little, But I'm Loud"	—	—	Raisin' the Dickens
1951	"Cold Feet"	—	—	senar-album singles
	"What About You"	—	—
	"Sign of the Highway"	—	—
	"Poor Little Darlin'"	—	—
	"Old Rugged Cross" (amb Johnson Family Singers)	—	—
1952	"They Locked God Outside the Iron Curtain"	—	—
	"Lola Lee"	—	—
	"Hot Diggity Dog"	—	—
	"Waitress, Waitress"	—	—
	"Take Up Thy' Cross"	—	—	Old Country Church
	"No Tears in Heaven"	—	—
	"Wedding Bell Waltz"	—	—	senar-album single
1953	"I Shall Not Be Moveu"	—	—	Old Country Church
	"Sidemeat and Cabbage"	—	—	senar-album singles
	"I'm Making Love to a Stranger"	—	—
	"Thick and Thin"	—	—
	"No Plan Like Home on Christmas"	—	—
1954	"That Little Old Country Church House"	—	—	Old Country Church
	"I'All Come Home"	—	—	senar-album singles
	"You Better Not Do That"	—	—
	"Out Behind the Barn"	9	—	Raisin' the Dickens
	"Blackeyed Joe's"	—	—	senar-album singles
	"Stinky Pass That Hat Around"	—	—
1955	"Salty Boogie"	—	—
	"We Could"	—	—
	"I'm Braver Now"	—	—
1956	"Hey Worm (You Wanna Wiggle)"	—	—
	"Big Sandy"	—	—
	"Country Boy Bounce" (amb The Country Boys)	—	—
	"Cornbread and Buttermilk"	—	—
	"Say It Now"	—	—
	"Raisin' the Dickens" (amb The Country Boys)	—	—
1957	"I Never Had the Blues"	—	—
	"Makin' the Rounds"	—	—
	"Family Reunion"	—	—
1958	"(I Got a) Hole in My Pocket"	—	—
1959	"When Your House Is Not a Home"	—	—
	"Hannah"	—	—
	"Hey Dt. (Hide the Daughter)"	—	—
1960	"We Lived It Up"	—	—
	"Fireball Mail"	—	—	Big Songs by Little Jimmy Dickens
1961	"Talking to the Wall"	—	—	senar-album single
1962	"Twenty Cigarettes"	—	—	Out Behind the Barn
	"The Violet and the Rose"	10	—
	"Police, Police"	—	—	senar-album single
1963	"Another Bridge to Burn"	28	—	Handle with Care'
1964	"I Leaned Over Backwards for You"	—	—
	"Is Goodbye That Easy to Say"	—	—
1965	"He Stands Real Tall"	21	—
	"May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose"	1	15	May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
1966	"When the Ship Hit the Sand"	27	103	Greatest Hits
	"Who Licked the Xarxa Off Your Candy"	41	—	Big Man in Country Music
	"Where the Buffalo Trud"	—	—
1967	"Country Music Lover"	23	—
	"Johnny Needs a G-String (For Her Old Guitar)"	—	—
	"Daddy and the Wine"	—	—	Little Jimmy Dickens Sings
1968	"I Love Lucy Brown"	—	—
	"How to Catch an African Skeeter Alive"	69	—	Little Jimmy Dickens Comes Callin'
	"Someday You'll Call My Name"	—	—
	"When You're Seventeen"	55	—	Greatest Hits (1966)
1969	"Times Are Gonna Get Better"	—	—	senar-album singles
1970	"(You'vés Been Llevi a Doll) Raggedy Ann"	75	—
	"Everyday Family Man"	70	—
1971	"Here It Menges Again"	—	—
	"You Only Want Em for My Bodi"	—	—
1972	"Try It, You'll Like It"	61	—
	"Alabam"	—	—
1976	"Preacherman"	—	—
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Nota

• "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" també va arribar al #4 a la llista canadenca RPM.

Cares B

Any	Cançó	Màxima posició a les llistes	A-Side Single
		Estats Units
1949	"Pennies for Papa"	12	"Take an Old Cold 'Tater (And Wait)"

Enllaços externs

A Wikimedia Commons hi ha contingut multimèdia relatiu a: Little Jimmy Dickens

• Little Jimmy Dickens, "Hannah", en Ozark Jubilee,l'un d'agost de 1959
• Dickens in the Country Music Vestíbul of Fame
• Membre del Grand Ole Opry Arxivat 2006-03-13 a Wayback Machine.
• Vídeo