5/2/2023 0 Comments Tales of escape mine answersIn the US, "Big Bad John" spent five weeks at number 1 on the pop chart, two weeks on the country chart, and nine weeks on the Easy Listening chart. In June 1962, the story concludes with the arrival of " Little Bitty Big John", the flip side to " Steel Men" on Columbia 4-42483, learning about his father's act of heroism. This song's events are more exaggerated than the first, extending the story into the realm of tall tales. Eventually, they have "110 grandchildren". Its 1962 sequel " The Cajun Queen" (written and performed by Dean), describes the arrival of "Queenie", Big John's Cajun Queen, who rescues John from the mine and marries him. This song is told from the point of view of the "Cajun Queen" that drove John away – her search for him, then discovering about his death. In October 1961, Dottie West recorded a sequel called " My Big John". The mine itself is never reopened, but a marble stand is placed in front of it, with the words "At the bottom of this mine lies one hell of a man – Big John." (Some versions of the song change the last line to "lies a big, big man" to replace what was considered profane language.) Sequels Just as men are about to re-enter with the tools necessary to save him, the mine fully collapses and John is believed dead. The situation looks hopeless until John "grabbed a saggin' timber, gave out with a groan / and like a giant oak tree just stood there alone", then "gave a mighty shove", opening a passage and allowing the 20 other miners to escape. One day, a support timber cracks at the mine where John works. He apparently hails from New Orleans, where, with "a crashin' blow from a huge right hand", he allegedly killed a man in a fight over a Cajun Queen. The song is about a mysterious and quiet miner who earns the nickname Big John because of his height, weight, and muscular physique – "He stood six foot six and weighed 245". Big Bad John was also the title of a 1990 television movie starring Dean. The song and its sequels tell a story typical of American folklore, reminiscent of Paul Bunyan or John Henry. It won Dean the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. It was released in September 1961 and by the beginning of November it had gone to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Big Bad John" is a country song originally performed by Jimmy Dean, who wrote and composed it. From the album Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales
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