Jimmy Dickens
Indian Ranch, Webster, Massachusetts, 1974

Jimmy Dickens was one of the preeminent country entertainers of the 1950s and 1960s. A typical Dickens show featured rhinestone suits, corny country jokes, fine ballad singing, and signature novelty songs, such as "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose," his noumber-one hit song of 1965, "Take an Old Cold Tater (and Wait)," and "Out Behind the Barn." His diminutive size—he was under five feet tall—lent him his nicknames ("Jimmy the Kid," "Little Jimmy") as well as ample opportunity to get laughs at his own expense. It also has provided him with hit songs such as "I'm Little, but I'm Loud." Dickens became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982.