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Jimmy Dean "Big Bad John" is a country song originally performed by Jimmy Dean, who wrote and composed it. [1] It was released in September 1961 and by the beginning of November it had gone to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Sixteen Tons" is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. [2] Travis first recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California, on August 8, 1946. Cliffie Stone played bass on the recording.
The song is told from the point of view of the "Cajun Queen" that drove John away – her search for him, then discovering about his death. The song follows the same format as "Big Bad John" except that the chorus intoning the title periodically is made up of male voices and is sung in a different key; unusually for "answer songs", the composer of the original - Jimmy Dean, in this case - is ...
Jimmy Ray Dean (August 10, 1928 – June 13, 2010) [1] was an American country music singer, television host, actor and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman for its TV commercials, and his likeness and voice continue to be used in advertisements after his death.
Jimmy Dean's Hour of Prayer: Release date: 1957; Label: Columbia Records — Bumming Around: Release date: 1959; Label: Mercury Records — Favorites of Jimmy Dean: Release date: 1960; Label: King Records — Hymns by Jimmy Dean: Release date: 1960; Label: Harmony Records — Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales: Release date: 1961 ...
Jimmy Dean as Cletus Morgan; Jack Elam as Jake Calhoun; Doug English as John "Big Bad John" Tyler; Bo Hopkins as Lester; Romy Windsor as Marie Mitchelle; Jeff Osterhage as Alvin Mahoney; Ned Vaughn as Billy Mahoney; Buck Taylor as Bob Simmons; Amzie Strickland as Nellie; Jerry Potter as Blany; Red Steagall as Monahan; Dan Kamin as Jacque (as ...
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"Coal County Country" – Ed and Jolene Bullard, 1983. ... written and recorded by Stuart Hamblen, 1952; later recorded by Jimmy Dean, ... 2008. (The song's lyrics as ...