Jimmy Dean - Most Richly Blessed and Other Great Inspirational Songs '1967 / 2017

Tracks list

Tracklist:

1. It Is No Secret (03:11)
2. Just a Little Talk with Jesus (02:12)
3. Standing in the Need of Prayer (02:36)
4. I'll Fly Away (02:13)
5. You're Not Home Yet (02:39)
6. These Hands (02:36)
7. Old Time Religion (01:50)
8. Precious Memories (02:54)
9. Lord, I'm Coming Home (03:14)
10. Peace in the Valley (03:08)
11. Just a Closer Walk with Thee (03:00)
12. Most Richly Blessed (02:45)


 moreDuring the mid-'50s, Dean hosted a local television show devoted to
country music, giving important early exposure to regulars Patsy Cline and Roy
Clark. The show proved popular enough that CBS offered him his own national
program in 1957, though it wasn't as successful. In the meantime, Dean signed
with Columbia, and when his show was canceled, he recorded a series of singles
for the label that didn't get much attention. That all changed when he recorded
the self-penned "Big Bad John" in 1961. Establishing Dean's flair for spoken
narratives, the song went to number one on both the pop and country charts. He
followed it with a string of popular singles in 1962: "Dear Ivan," "Little Black
Book," and "P.T. 109" (the latter about John F. Kennedy's war exploits in the
South Pacific) all made the country Top Ten, and the latter also made the pop
Top Ten. Meanwhile, "To a Sleeping Beauty" and "The Cajun Queen" reached the
country Top 20; all of Dean's hits from this hot streak charted at least in the
pop Top 40.

In 1963, Dean returned to television as the host of his own daily variety show
on ABC. Roger Miller became a regular, helping to jump-start his career, and the
show also helped introduce America to another talent: puppeteer Jim Henson,
whose regular appearances made Rowlf the piano-playing dog the first Muppet to
become a household name. The Jimmy Dean Show ran until 1966, by which point Dean
had switched labels to RCA; he returned to the country Top Ten that year with
"Stand Beside Me," and placed several more minor chart entries through 1971,
leaving off with "Slowly," a Top 40 duet with Dottie West. In the meantime, he
developed an acting career, appearing as a regular on the TV series Daniel Boone
during the late '60s, and landing the part of reclusive billionaire Willard
Whyte in the 1971 James Bond flick Diamonds Are Forever.

Dean had invested most of his showbiz earnings in hog-farming concerns, and
founded the Jimmy Dean Meat Company in the late '60s. His sausage recipes soon
turned into a popular mass-market product, and while he accepted the occasional
guest acting role on TV during the '70s and '80s, he spent most of his time
focusing on his burgeoning business. He recorded a bit more for Casino in 1976,
landing a final Top Ten country hit that year with "I.O.U.," a narrative tribute
to his mother. Dean eventually sold his meat company to Sara Lee Foods, but
remained its TV spokesman until he was let go in a less than amicable split
during 2003. In the years thereafter, Dean was in semi-retirement at his estate
outside of Richmond, VA, where he died at age 81 on June 13, 2010. © Steve
Huey



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