- Little Jimmy Dickens
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Little Jimmy Dickens 
Dickens en el Grand Ole Opry en 2004Nombre real James Cecil Dickens Origen Bolt, West Virginia Información artística Alias Little Jimmy Dickens
TaterGénero(s) Country Instrumento(s) Guitarra Período de actividad 1936 - Discográfica(s) Columbia Records, Decca Records, United Artists Records James Cecil Dickens (19 de diciembre de 1920), Little Jimmy Dickens, es un cantante de country estadounidense conocido por el buen humor de las letras de sus canciones, su pequeña estatura 4'11" (150 cm), y sus rhinestone-studded outfits. Ha sido miembro del Grand Ole Opry durante 60 años, así como del Country Music Hall of Fame.
Contenido
Su estilo
Forman parte de sus canciones grandes frases como:[1]
- “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!”
Discografía
Álbumes de estudio
Año Detalles Posición US Country 1954 Old Country Church - Released: 1954
- Label: Columbia
— 1960 Big Songs by Little Jimmy Dickens - Released: September 1960
- Label: Columbia
— 1962 Little Jimmy Dickens Sings Out Behind the Barn - Released: September 1962
- Label: Columbia
— 1965 Handle with Care - Released: February 1965
- Label: Columbia
— May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - Released: November 1965
- Label: Columbia
4 1968 Big Man in Country Music - Released: 1968
- Label: Columbia
— Little Jimmy Dickens Sings - Released: March 1968
- Label: Decca
— 1969 "Jimmy Dickens Comes Callin" - Released: February 1969
- Label: Decca
— "—" denotes releases that did not chart. Recopilatorios
Year Album details Chart positions US Country 1957 Raisin' the Dickens - Released: November 1957
- Label: Columbia
— 1966 Little Jimmy Dickens' Greatest Hits - Released: 1966
- Label: Columbia
39 1969 Greatest Hits - Released: 1969
- Label: Decca
— 1976 Hymns of the Hour - Released: 1976
- Label: Quantum
— 1983 Historic Edition - Released: 1983
- Label: Columbia
— "—" denotes releases that did not chart. Singles
Año Canción Peak positions Álbum 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" — — non-album singles "Hillbilly Fever" 3 — "F-o-o-l-i-sh Me" — — "Walk Chicken, Walk" — — "Out of Business" — — "I'm Little, But I'm Loud" — — Raisin' the Dickens 1951 "Cold Feet" — — non-album singles "What About You" — — "Sign of the Highway" — — "Poor Little Darlin'" — — "Old Rugged Cross" (with the 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" — — non-album single 1953 "I Shall Not Be Moved" — — Old Country Church "Sidemeat and Cabbage" — — non-album singles "I'm Making Love to a Stranger" — — "Thick and Thin" — — "No Place Like Home on Christmas" — — 1954 "That Little Old Country Church House" — — Old Country Church "Y'All Come Home" — — non-album singles "You Better Not Do That" — — "Out Behind the Barn" 9 — Raisin' the Dickens "Blackeyed Joe's" — — non-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" (with The Country Boys) — — "Cornbread and Buttermilk" — — "Say It Now" — — "Raisin' the Dickens" (with 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 Ma (Hide the Daughter)" — — 1960 "We Lived It Up" — — "Fireball Mail" — — Big Songs by Little Jimmy Dickens 1961 "Talking to the Wall" — — non-album single 1962 "Twenty Cigarettes" — — Out Behind the Barn "The Violet and the Rose" 10 — "Police, Police" — — non-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]]"[A] 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 Red 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" — — non-album singles 1970 "(You've Been Quite a Doll) Raggedy Ann" 75 — "Everyday Family Man" 70 — 1971 "Here It Comes Again" — — "You Only Want Me for My Body" — — 1972 "Try It, You'll Like It" 61 — "Alabam" — — 1976 "Preacherman" — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart. - Notes
- A^ "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" also peaked at #4 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles Chart.
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Año Canción Peak positions A-Side Single US Country 1949 "Pennies for Papa" 12 "Take an Old Cold 'Tater (And Wait)" Referencias
Enlaces externos
- Little Jimmy Dickens, "Hannah", en Ozark Jubilee,el uno de agosto de 1959
- Dickens in the Country Music Hall of Fame
- Miembro del Grand Ole Opry
- Vídeo
Categorías:- Nacidos en 1920
- Cantantes de country
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