Dean,Jimmy Complete Mercury & Columbia Singles As & Bs CD

Jimmy Dean was a country singer and radio and TV personality and actor whose primary claim to musical fame came with the iconic landmark 1961 crossover pop/country hit "Big Bad John", although he had many other significant hits over the years. Born in Texas, he became a professional entertainer after leaving the USAF in the late '40s, and graduated to being a popular performer on various radio shows, and with his band The Texas Wildcats made some recordings in the early '50s. When he was hosting the popular Washington, D.C. radio program 'Town and Country Time', he was signed by Mercury in 1955, making a number of records with them without a hit until signing to Columbia in 1957, scoring his debut hit "Deep Blue Sea" with his first Columbia release. It was with his unique narrative recitation "Big Bad John" that he came to true national and international prominence, making No. 1 in the US pop and country charts and reaching No. 2 in the UK. Other hits in similar style followed, notably "Dear Ivan" and "P.T. 109", the latter a tribute to John F. Kennedy's legendary wartime exploits. This great-value 51-track 2-CD set comprises all his A and B sides on the Mercury and Columbia labels during this key era of his career, and features all his eleven hits during these years, as well as some early Mercury titles which are otherwise unavailable on CD.

1. False Pride 2. Big Blue Diamonds 3. Find 'Em, Fool 'Em and Leave 'Em Alone 4. My World Is You 5. Freight Train Blues 6. Glad Rags 7. Hello Mr. Blues 8. I Found Out 9. Losing Game 10. Happy Child 11. Look on the Good Side 12. Do You Love Me 13. Bumming Around 14. Nothing Can Stop My Love 15. What This Old World Needs 16. A Fool in Love 17. Deep Blue Sea 18. Love Me So I'll Know 19. Little Sandy Sleighfoot 20. When They Ring the Golden Bells 21. Makin' Up My Mind 22. Starlight Starbright 23. School of Love 24. You Should See Tennessee, Mam'selle 25. My Heart Is An Open Book 26. Shark in the Bathtub 27. Sing Along 28. Weekend Blues 29. Counting Tears 30. Stay a Little Longer 31. There's Still Time, Brother 32. Thanks for the Dream 33. Little Boy Lost 34. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight 35. It's Been a Long, Long Time 36. Give Me Back My Heart 37. Big Bad John 38. I Won't Go Huntin' with You, Jake 39. Oklahoma Bill 40. Dear Ivan 41. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette 42. To a Sleeping Beauty 43. The Cajun Queen 44. P.T. 109 45. Walk on, Boy 46. Steel Men 47. Little Bitty Big John 48. Please Pass the Biscuits 49. Little Black Book 50. Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonight 51. A Day That Changed the World