Asher and Little Jimmie Sizemore Radio Program Reference Collection

Asher Sizemore (1906-1975) initially worked as a bookkeeper for a mining company in Pike County, Kentucky, but aspired to be a singer. In 1931, singing old-time and cowboy songs, he appeared on radio in Huntington, West Virginia, before moving to WCKY Cincinnati and then WHAS Louisville, where he was first joined on air by his five-year-old son Jimmie (1928-  ). In 1933, the duo were hired by the WSM Grand Ole Opry, where they remained a popular act for about 10 years. Asher and Little Jimmie continued to tour regularly and augmented their income with very successful mail-order sales of their annual books of "Hearth and Home Songs" that also included many family photographs. They also made transcription disc recordings that Asher syndicated to radio stations. By the late 30s, the act also included Jimmie’s younger brother Buddy—Little Buddy Boy. Drawing mainly on sentimental songs and hymns, the Sizemore act maintained a successful career throughout the 1940s.  Jimmie and Buddy both served in the US Forces in Korea, Buddy being killed in action in 1950. Asher and Jimmie later moved to Arkansas where they would both work on radio. Asher Sizemore died in 1975. Jimmie moved to Oklahoma and continued to work on radio in an executive capacity.