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"Big Bad John"
Single by Jimmy Dean
from the album Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales
B-side
"I Won't Go Huntin' With You Jake"
Released
September 1961
Recorded
August 18, 1961
Genre
Country, Talking blues
Length
3:00
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Jimmy Dean
Producer(s)
Don Law
Jimmy Dean singles chronology
"Give Me Back My Heart" (1961)
"Big Bad John" (1961)
"Dear Ivan" (1962)
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. It won Dean the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year.
The song and its sequels tell a story typical of American folklore, reminiscent of Paul Bunyan or John Henry. Big Bad John was also the title of a 1990 television movie starring Dean.
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