DEAN, JIMMY
(*1928)
DEAN, JIMMY (b. Seth Ward, near Plainview, Tex., August 10, 1928) Dean had a series of melodramatic hits in the early 1960s and also a successful career on television. He is now more famous for his sausage than his music. Dean was born to a poor, one-parent household; his father had abandoned his mother, who managed a local barbershop to make ends meet. As a child Dean worked as a field hand and showed an early interest in music, learning piano, GUITAR, accordion, and harmonica in rapid…