James Cecil Dickens, better known as “Little Jimmy Dickens” was born December 19, 1920 in Bolt, West Virginia. He passed away January 2, 2015 in Nashville. The 4'11" country music artist was married twice. His first wife Ernestine died in a car accident on New Years' Day in 1968 when her car slid off an icy overpass. He then married Mona Evans on Christmas Eve 1971. He is the father of Pamela and Lisa.

On February 22, 1956 Elvis Presley opened for Little Jimmy in Waycross, Georgia. Just a few of the songs that Jimmy was known for are “Take an Old Cold Tater (and Wait)”, “I’m Little But I’m Loud”, and “May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose”.