http://wildwestshow.videosift.com/member/gorgonheap VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control en 2008 videosift.com Tue, 13 May 2008 10:27:11 -0700 Wildwestshow http://www.varocms.com http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 15 http://static1.videosift.com/videosift/i/sifter_small.gifhttp://wildwestshow.videosift.com/member/gorgonheap http://wildwestshow.videosift.com/video/Jimmy-Dean-Big-Bad-John <img src="http://static1.videosift.com/thumbs/j/im/Jimmy_Dean_Big_Bad_John.jpg" /><br />(14 votes - 3 comments - 730 views)<br />"Big Bad John" is a country song originally performed by Jimmy Dean and composed by Dean and Roy Acuff. Released in September 1961, by the beginning of November it went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and won Dean the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.<br /> <br /> The song and its sequel tell a story typical of American folklore, reminiscent of Paul Bunyan or John Henry.<br /> <br /> Big Bad John was also the title of a 1990 television movie starring Dean.<br /> gorgonheap (http://wildwestshow.videosift.com/member/gorgonheap)Music Wildwestshow http://wildwestshow.videosift.com/video/Jimmy-Dean-Big-Bad-John http://wildwestshow.videosift.com/video/Jimmy-Dean-Big-Bad-John Tue, 13 May 2008 10:27:11 -0700