Big Bad John

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title: Big Bad John
text: "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. 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 te
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description: Single by Jimmy Dean
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bad_John
date created: 2006-03-31T21:46:32Z
date modified: 2024-09-03T14:37:43Z
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