JIMMY "LITTLE JIMMY" DICKENS - CONTRACT SIGNED 03/01/1967 CO-SIGNED BY: CURT SAPAUGH - HFSID 56364

JIMMY DICKENS
The country music star signs a document to appear at the Vets Club in Wilcox, Arizona
Contract signed: "Jimmy Dickens", 1p, 8¼x15. Nashville, Tennessee, 1967 March 1. Moeller Talent, Inc. contract for the appearance of "Jimmy Dickens and the Country Boys" at the Vets Club in Wilcox, Arizona from 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. on May 4, 1967. Dickens was to perform three 30-minutes shows for compensation of $550. Also signed: "Curt Sapaugh" as Employer. Jimmy Dickens (1920-2015), born James Cecil Dickens, was an American country music singer. He performed at the Grand Ole Opry since the 1940s and was known as much for his funny novelty songs and flamboyant, rhinestone-encrusted outfits as much for his short size - four feet 11 inches. The 13th child of a farmer, he began performing professionally while a student at the University of West Virginia in the late 1930s, singing on a local radio station. Originally known as Jimmy the Kid, he first appeared on the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and became a permanent performer there in 1949, whenhe changed his nickname to Little Jimmy. He's released at least one hit every decade between the 1940s and 1970s, including "Take a Cold Tater and Wait" - his first single, released in 1949 - as well as "Out Behind the Barn" (1954), "The Violet and the Rose "(1962) and his biggest hit, "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" (1965). He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Lightly creased with folds, not at signatures. Staple holes and rust stains at upper left blank corner, which has tack head-size hole. Otherwise, fine condition. Framed in the Gallery of History style: 23¾x21¼.