Little Jimmy Dickens was born as James Cecil Dickens on the 19th December 1920 in Bolt, West Virginia, USA, and was a country music singer, probably best recognized for being one of the members of the Grand Ole Opry. He released 13 albums, such as “Old Country Church” (1954), “Handle With Care” (1965), “Historic Edition” (1983), etc. His musical career was active from the late 1930s until his death in 2015.
Have you ever wondered how rich Little Jimmy Dickens was? According to authoritative sources, it was estimated that the total size of Jimmy’s net worth was over $10 million, an amount which was accumulated through his successful involvement in the music industry as a country musician.
Little Jimmy Dickens Net Worth $10 Million
Little Jimmy Dickens family and early life are unknown in the media, except that he had 12 siblings, and that he enrolled at West Virginia University, but quit education to pursue his career as a musician.
Thus, his musical career began in the late 1930s, when he began to perform on the radio station WJLS while still in college. After dropping out, Jimmy started to sing at the local radio stations, and travel around the country. In 1948, he joined the Grand Ole Opry in a weekly country-music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, and in the same year, he signed a contract with Columbia Records, and in 1949 releasing such hits as “Country Boy”, “Take An Old Cold ‘Tater (And Wait)”, both of which peaked No. 7 on the US Country chart. This had a huge influence on his net worth.
Furthermore, Jimmy released a number of singles before his debut album came out, including “Hillbilly Fever”, which reached No. 3 on the US Country chart, “Old Rugged Cross”, “Lola Lee”, and “I’m Making Love To A Stranger” among others. His first studio album was released in 1954, entitled “Old Country Church”, spawning hits like “No Tears In Heaven”, “Wedding Bell Waltz”, and “That Little Old Country Church House”, all of which increased his popularity and net worth as well.
In the following years, Jimmy’s career went only upwards, and so did his net worth, releasing several albums such as the compilation album “Raisin’ The Dickens” (1957), and studio albums “Big Songs By Little Jimmy Dickens” (1960), and “Little Jimmy Dickens Sings Out Behind The Barn” (1962). Three years later, he released two studio albums in a year – “Handle With Care” and “May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose”, which reached No. 1 on the country chart, which added a considerable amount to his wealth.
Jimmy continued to line up success after success, and in 1968 came out his last album via Columbia Records, entitled “Big Man In Country Music”. Later that year he signed a contract with Decca Records, releasing “Little Jimmy Dickens Sings”, which failed to even chart; however, it still added to his net worth. During the following year, he released the compilation album “Greatest Hits”, and the studio album “Jimmy Dickens Comes Callin’”, after which his career began to decline.
Nevertheless, thanks to his accomplishments in the music industry, Jimmy was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983.
Speaking about his personal life, Little Jimmy Dickens was married to Connie Chapman(1944-55), and then Ernestine(1955-68). His third wife – until his passing – was Mona Dickens, with whom he had two daughters. Their residence was in Brentwood, Tennessee. He passed away from cardiac arrest at the age of 94, on the 2nd January 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee.
