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"Big Bad John" is a country song originally performed by Jimmy Dean, who wrote and composed it. It was released in September 1961 and by the beginning of November it had gone to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It won Dean the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year.
BIG BAD JOHN ~ Jimmy Dean (1961) Columbia # CL 1735 Jimmy Dean - (August 10, 1928 – June 13, 2010) ...more.
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He is known as “Big Bad John” or “Big John” and is depicted as a heroic man who, in this song, sacrifices his life to save trapped miners from a collapsing cave.
Aug 18, 2013 · This rare Live performance of Big Bad John appeared on The Jimmy Dean Show in 1963. See more incredible clips unveiled at TheJimmyDeanShow.com and LegendFlix.com.
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Provided to YouTube by Columbia Nashville Legacy Big Bad John · Jimmy Dean Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales ℗ Originally released 1961.
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The man rears back to hit the child, when he hears a very deep powerful booming voice....BULLSH**! There's a crowd by now and they all kind of gasp. The man says, 'what did you ...' and wheels around and finds himself looking up at an enormous Big John type. His voice trails off 'call mmmme...'.
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He stood six-foot-six and weighed two-forty-five. Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip. And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to big John. (Big John, big John) Big bad John (big John) Nobody seemed to know where John called home. He just drifted into town and stayed all alone.
