This album showcases Jimmy Dean's wonderful storytelling style, with such diverse hits as "To a Sleeping Beauty" (1962) and 1976's "I.O.U." (recorded as an ode of thanks to Jimmy's mother). Also... more

Jimmy Dean burst upon the music scene in the mid-'50s with an easy-going, crooning style that enabled him to bridge the gap between pop and country music easier than many other artists of the day.... more

His breakthrough Columbia hits AND early Mercury cuts (some of which can't be found elsewhere on CD)…51 A- and B-sides from the early prime of this tremendously talented singer, songwriter, TV... more

Every Top 10 country hit from this TV star and sausage-maker! Includes Big Bad John; P.T. 109; Bumming Around; Dear Ivan; Little Black Book; Stand Beside Me; The First Thing Every Morning; I.O.U.,... more