This week the Treasure Island Oldies Top Five Countdown spotlights 1961.
Jimmy Dean recorded two versions of this week's Number One song. Big Bad John had two endings. In the original version he says One Hell of a Man, while the second version replaced it with A Big Big Man. The original was deemed to be perhaps offensive to listeners at that time and era. When I play the song on the show, I always choose the original with One Hell of a Man; and that's the version I played on the show this week.
Here now is Jimmy Dean in a clip from his own show, The Jimmy Dean Show, and a live performance of Big Bad John.
Enjoy!
Michael
Jimmy Dean recorded two versions of this week's Number One song. Big Bad John had two endings. In the original version he says One Hell of a Man, while the second version replaced it with A Big Big Man. The original was deemed to be perhaps offensive to listeners at that time and era. When I play the song on the show, I always choose the original with One Hell of a Man; and that's the version I played on the show this week.
Here now is Jimmy Dean in a clip from his own show, The Jimmy Dean Show, and a live performance of Big Bad John.
Enjoy!
Michael
