People named James Dickens

James Alfred Dickens of Frankston Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Alfred Dickens.

James Alfred Dickens of Victoria Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Alfred Dickens.

Little Jimmy Dickens stood just 4’10” tall but, wearing the right boots and hat—a white straw Stetson with a 5.5” crown—he towered at 5’5". Known for his small stature, his comic songs, and his rhinestone-studded “Nudie suits,” Dickens has been called country music’s foremost entertainer and was the first country musician to circle the globe on a world tour. Though he never had a consistent presence in the upper levels of the country charts, Dickens had a reputation as an outstanding ballad singer and managed to have hits in every decade between 1940 and 1980. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. The eldest of 13 children, James Cecil Dickens was born at home in the tiny unincorporated town of Bolt, deep in the coal-mining region of southern West Virginia. He was raised by his grandparents and spent Saturday nights gathered around a battery-powered radio, listening to the Grand Ole Opry. In 1938, while still in high school, he began appearing on radio station WJLS-Beckley, where he opened the morning show by crowing like a rooster. Well now, that rooster crow goes way back. That rooster crow was before they let me sing! My uncle and two of his buddies had a fifteen-minute program on WJLS and they'd take me with ‘em. One day the manager said, “We need somebody to crow like a rooster.” I said, “You got him right here!” Dickens spent the next ten years performing on stations throughout the Midwest, often capitalizing on his diminutive size to play roles much younger than his actual age, and it was during a stint on WIBC-Indianapolis that T. Texas Tyler dubbed him “Little Jimmy.” In 1946, Roy Acuff heard him perform in Cincinnati and was impressed. Two years later, Acuff invited him to Nashville; he introduced Dickens to Art Satherly at Columbia Records and officials from the Grand Ole Opry. Dickens joined the Opry in August and signed with Columbia in September. Columbia released their first Dickens single, “Take an Old Cold Tater and Wait,” that February. It peaked at No. 7 and kicked off a string of hits for Dickens. His biggest, “May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose,” came in 1965 and reached No. 1 on the country music charts and No. 15 on the pop charts. Famous for such novelty songs, Dickens also excelled as a singer of more serious pieces. His “heart” songs – “Take Me As I Am,” “We Could,” “Just When I Needed You,” and others – are “some of the best ballads the industry had to offer,” biographer Eddie Stubbs argues, “interpreted by one of the genre’s most emotion packed voices.” Toward the end of Dickens’s life, fellow West Virginia native Brad Paisley included him in a number of country music videos and featured him on several CDs, along with other Opry mainstays George Jones and Bill Anderson, calling themselves “the Kung-Pao Buckaroos.” He continued to make regular appearances as a host on the Opry. His last appearance on the show was just days before he suffered the stroke that would lead to his death, a week later. At his passing, Little Jimmy Dickens had been a member of the Grand Ole Opry for more than 66 years, longer than any other country artist in history. Born: December 19, 1920, Bolt, West Virginia; Died: January 2, 2015, Nashville, Tennessee

James Duncan Dickens of Mans Australia was born in 1865 in Mans, and died at age 4 years old in 1869.

James Everett Dickens was born on November 5, 1926 in Oak Hill, Jackson County, Ohio United States. He was married to Margaret Evelyn (Nance) Dickens Mrs, and they were together until Margaret's death on August 27, 1997. He had a child Jeffery Miller. James Dickens died at age 81 years old on May 26, 2008 in Jackson, and was buried on May 26, 2008 at Monroe hollow cemetary Monroe Hollow Rd, in Oak Hill. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Everett Dickens.

James M Dickens was born on December 24, 1920, and died at age 62 years old on October 19, 1983. James Dickens was buried at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery Section 1 Site 1832 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio, Tx. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James M Dickens.

James Clyde Dickens of Springfield, Sangamon County, IL was born on April 19, 1926, and died at age 82 years old on February 12, 2009. James Dickens was buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 8 Site 1675 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood.

James E Dickens was born on June 2, 1922, and died at age 60 years old on July 8, 1982. James Dickens was buried at Nashville National Cemetery Section HH Site 258 1420 Gallatin Road, South, in Madison, Tn. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James E Dickens.

James Pickering Dickens of El Paso, El Paso County, TX was born on July 27, 1914, and died at age 86 years old on September 15, 2000. James Dickens was buried at Ft. Bliss National Cemetery Section J Site 3289 P.o. Box 6342 - 5200 Fred Wilson Avenue, in El Paso.

James W Dickens of Harris County, TX was born circa 1961. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James W. Dickens.

James R Dickens of Bexar County, TX was born circa 1959. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James R. Dickens.

James M Dickens Iii of Cameron County, TX was born circa 1966. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James M. Dickens Iii.

James M Dickens of Smith County, TX was born circa 1954. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James M. Dickens.

James T Dickens of Upshur County, TX was born circa 1974. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James T. Dickens.

James E Dickens of Anderson County, TX was born circa 1944. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James E. Dickens.

James O Dickens of Dallas County, TX was born circa 1939. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James O. Dickens.

James G Dickens of Tarrant County, TX was born circa 1962. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James G. Dickens.

James C Dickens of Collin County, TX was born circa 1968. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James C. Dickens.

James L Dickens of Harrison County, TX was born circa 1948. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James L. Dickens.

James E Dickens of Midland County, TX was born circa 1948. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James E. Dickens.

James E Dickens of Dallas County, TX was born circa 1951. James Dickens was married to Sue A. (Livingston) Dickens on March 26, 1986 in Dallas County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James E. Dickens.

James E Dickens of El paso County, TX was born circa 1965. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James E. Dickens.

James H Dickens of Gregg County, TX was born circa 1963. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James H. Dickens.

James M Dickens Jr of Cameron County, TX was born circa 1943. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James M. Dickens Jr.

James E Dickens of Collin County, TX was born circa 1951. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James E. Dickens.

James P Dickens of Dallas County, TX was born circa 1953. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James P. Dickens.

James P Dickens of Angelina County, TX was born circa 1957. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James P. Dickens.

James R Dickens of Callahan County, TX was born circa 1952. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James R. Dickens.

James L Dickens of Dallas County, TX was born circa 1955. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James L. Dickens.