Little Jimmy Dickens "Country Boy" (Bear Family Records, 1997)
A 4-CD set that includes a hefty chunk of gospel material...
Little Jimmy Dickens "Out Behind The Barn" (Bear Family Records, 1998)
A 4-CD set...
Little Jimmy Dickens "I'm Little But I'm Loud" (Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight series) (Bear Family Records, 2005)
Little Jimmy Dickens "The Best Of The Best Of..." (Hollywood Records, 1990)
Little Jimmy Dickens "I'm Little, But I'm Loud: The Little Jimmy Dickens Collection" (Razor & Tie Records, 1996)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Country Music Hall Of Fame - 1982" (King Records, 1999)
Little Jimmy Dickens "16 Biggest Hits" (Sony Legacy, 2006)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Hot Diggity Dog" (BACM, 2005)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Old Country Church" (Columbia Records, 1954) (10" LP)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Raisin' The Dickens" (Columbia Records, 1957) (LP)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Big Songs" (Columbia Records, 1960) (LP)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Out Behind The Barn" (Columbia Records, 1962) (LP)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Little Jimmy Dickens' Best" (Columbia-Harmony Records, 1964) (LP)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Alone With God" (Columbia-Harmony Records, 1964) (LP)
A gospel album, reissuing all of the 1954 Country Church album with a few added tracks...
Little Jimmy Dickens "Handle With Care" (Columbia Records, 1965) (LP)
Little Jimmy Dickens "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" (Columbia Records, 1965) (LP)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Greatest Hits" (Columbia Records, 1966) (LP)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Ain't It Fun" (Columbia-Harmony Records, 1967) (LP)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Big Man In Country Music" (Columbia Records, 1968) (LP)
Little Jimmy Dickens "...Sings" (Decca Records, 1968) (LP)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Comes Callin' " (Decca Records, 1969) (LP)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Greatest Hits" (Decca Records, 1969) (LP)
Little Jimmy Dickens "Hymns Of The Hour" (Queen City Albums, 1976) (LP)
(Produced by Reggie Wallace)
An all-gospel album, sung with backup by the Blue Ridge Quartet and their band, the Mark IV, with pedal steel player Marvin Leonard playing one of his Marlen models. Most of the songs oare oldies or standards, though there is also a new tune written by Red Lane, "Raggedy Ann," a super-corny recitation song which was released (twice!) as a single. Dickens definitely sounds diminished by age, and the Blue Ridge boys seem to mostly be going through the motions. This one's okay, I guess, but it didn't really grab me.
Little Jimmy Dickens "Country Music Hall Of Fame" (Tater Patch Records, 19--?) (LP)
The Country Boys "Little Jimmy Dickens Presents: The Country Boys" (National Sound Corporation, 197--?) (LP)
Not to be confused with the Arkansas ensemble below -- or any of the numerous other Country Boys combos -- this was actually Little Jimmy Dickens tour band, which in this particular lineup included Bob Anderson, Cecil Johnson, Ernie Miller and Bill Pitcock, each of whom gets a number or two in the spotlight. Like many band albums, this leans a little heavy on older stuff, including chestnuts like "There Goes My Everything," "Another Bridge To Burn," "For The Good Times" and "Streets Of Laredo," although there might be some original material on here as well. I'm not 100% sure it's the same guy, but Bill Pitcock seems to have released a solo album and a few singles of his own; the other guys are a little harder to track down.
A longtime star of the Grand Ole Opry, Little Jimmy Dickens (1920-2015) specialized in uptempo novelty material, and made a lot of hay with his diminutive stature (he was 4'11") which was frequently the butt of many good-natured jokes and on-stage schtick that nowadays might be seen as distasteful. Another big part of his public image was his love of flashy, rhinestone-studded Nudie suits, and his manic personality... Dickens recorded prolifically, although he wasn't actually a big success on the charts. His biggest hit was the chart-topping novelty tune, "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose," which hit #1 in 1965, nearly two decades after he'd first become a recording artist.
