Jimmie Dale

US mid-50s rockabilly singer. Jimmie Dale Wilcoxson was born in New Albany on May 16, 1941. He grew up listening to the Grand Ole Opry and even hitch-hiked to Nashville when he was 13 years old. In 1953 he began playing music regularly with Bill Wright, a Kentucky transplant who played the “talking harp”. Looking for adventure, he forged his birth certificate and entered the US Air Force when he was only 14 years old. After his mother found out, she produced his true birth certificate and he was on his way home. For the late 40s/early 50s country singer, see Jimmie Dale (4).