Jimmy Dean and The Western Gentlemen LP and 44 similar items

Cover is VG- (top seam split three inches, discoloration) Record is VG Labels are clean Visually Graded Tracklist Side 1 1 Release Me 2 There Stands The Glass 3 A Million Tears From Now 4 Bumming Around 5 Paper Love Affair Side 2 1 Frankie Johnnie 2 Rawhide Trail 3 Caribou Mash 4 Five Strings, Ten Fingers 5 Pickin’ N’ Grinin' Jimmy Ray Dean (August 10, 1928 – June 13, 2010) was an American country music singer, television host, actor and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman for its TV commercials. He became a national television personality starting on CBS in 1957. He rose to fame for his 1961 country music crossover hit into rock and roll with "Big Bad John" and his 1963 television series The Jimmy Dean Show gave puppeteer Jim Henson his first national exposure with his character, Rowlf. His acting career included appearing in the early seasons in the Daniel Boone TV series as the sidekick of the famous frontiersman played by star Fess Parker. Later he was on the big screen in a supporting role as billionaire Willard Whyte in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971), starring Sean Connery. He lived near Richmond, Virginia, and was nominated for the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010, but died before his induction that year at the age of 81.