Inducted 2007

His professional career began in March 1944 after his discharge from the Army’s Medical Division.  He began singing on KTHS radio in Hot Springs AR, with Otis Echols and the Melody Boys Quartet.  Moving to Dallas, TX, in 1951, Jimmy joined the Rangers Quartet as bass singer.  In 1954 he and his brother Brownie formed the Deep South Quartet in Atlanta, GA, and worked the regular concert circuit until 1956 when they moved to Washington, D.C., to perform and work with Jimmy Dean on his popular television show.  In 1957, Jones joined the LeFevres, and it was during this time that the Gospel Singing Caravan was formed and toured throughout the US and Canada.  Jimmy was featured on the weekly Caravan Shows in an audience favorite segment, “Poetry Corner with Jimmy Jones,”  highlighting some of his exceptionally touching poetry.  Upon retirement from the road, Jones remained in Atlanta, GA, where he owned and operated the LeFevres’ Sing Publishing Company until 1975. Until his death, Jimmy maintained a part-time quartet, The Heralds, which consisted of the same personnel for their entire 23-year tenure. 

Jimmy was inducted into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993, was the recipient of the Grand Ole Gospel Reunion’s Living Legend Award in 1995, was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in September 2005 as a member of the Sunshine Boys Quartet, and was awarded a plaque from the Gaither Homecoming for his ten-year participation in the popular gospel music series. Some of the outstanding songs from the pen of Jimmy Jones are “The Common Man,”  “Lord, It’s Me Again,” “A Table Spread with Love,” and “I Won’t Have to Worry Anymore.”