Jimmy Little Dickens - Singles Collection 1949-62 (CD)

The Singles Collection 1949-62 Little Jimmy Dickens Little Jimmy Dickens was one of the most distinctive personalities on the country scene during the post-war era, famous not only for his short stature from which he derived his nickname, but for the novelty country songs he became associated with and his ostentatious rhinestone-studded suits - he as one of the first country performers to adopt the style. He enjoyed a long career, and when he died in 2014 at the age of 94, he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry. This collection focuses on the first phase of his career, from his 1949 debut in the country charts through to 1962, when a return to the country Top 10 kicked off another period in the limelight as the country scene continued to evolve. It comprises most of the A and B sides of his singles for Columbia during that time, featuring all his country hits in those years, including the Top 10 successes "country Boy", "My Heart's Bouquet", "Pennies For Papa", "Take An Old Cold 'Tater", "A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed", "Hillbilly Fever", "Out Behind The Barn and "The Violet And A Rose", many of them typical of his quirky novelty style. It's a comprehensive and entertaining overview of his significant early career. This collection focuses on the first phase of his career, from his 1949 debut in the country charts through to 1962

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Take An Old Cold 'Tater (And Wait)
2. Pennies for Papa
3. Country Boy
4. My Heart's Bouquet
5. A-Sleeping at the Foot of the Bed
6. A Rose from the Bride's Bouquet
7. Hillbilly Fever
8. Walk Chicken, Walk
9. Out of Business
10. I'm Little, But I'm Loud
11. Cold Feet
12. It May Be Silly But Ain't It Fun
13. What About You
14. Sign By the Highway
15. Poor Little Darlin'
16. They Locked God Outside the Iron Curtain
17. Lola Lee
18. They Don't Know Nothin' at All
19. Just a Closer Walk with Thee
20. No Tears in Heaven
21. Wedding Bell Waltz
22. I Shall Not Be Moved
23. Sidemeat and Cabbage
24. I'm Making Love to a Stranger
25. Thick and Thin
26. That Little Old Country Church House

Disc: 2

1. Y'all Come Home
2. You Better Not Do That
3. Out Behind the Barn
4. Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go)
5. Blackeyed Joe's
6. Stinky Pass the Hat Around
7. Salty Boogie
8. When They Get Too Rough (They're Just Right for Me)
9. We Could
10. I'm Braver Now
11. Hey Worm (You Wanna Wiggle)
12. Big Sandy
13. Country Boy Bounce
14. Cornbread and Buttermilk
15. Say It Now
16. Raisin' the Dickens
17. I Never Had the Blues
18. Makin' the Rounds
19. Family Reunion
20. (I Got a) Hole in My Pocket
21. Me An My Big Loud Mouth
22. When Your House Is Not a Home
23. Country Ways and City Ideas
24. Hannah
25. Hey Ma (Hide the Daughter)
26. We Lived It Up
27. Fire Ball Mail
28. Talking to the Wall
29. Eight More Miles
30. Honky Tonk Troubles
31. The Violet and the Rose