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12th November 2022, 07:43 PM
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Big John
1959 on the "Tremeadow" approaching the us coast and picked up the local stations,the top song on most of them was "Big John", remember the words of the song to this day.
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12th November 2022, 08:16 PM
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Re: Big John
Oh yes! Who could forget that song indeed "Big John, Big Bad John"
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13th November 2022, 11:08 AM
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Re: Big John
*Big John* was first sung by Jimmy Dean, his friend John Minto , who was 6ft 5inches tall, Dean liked the sound of saying big bad john, and was the inspiration for the song. All found by google, clever lad that Google fella, he knows nearly as much as my wife.
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13th November 2022, 11:18 AM
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Still on music, in 2012 the song from the wizard of Oz, called *ding dong, the witch is dead *reached no 2 in the charts, with out using google, does anyone know why ?. kt
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14th November 2022, 04:53 AM
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I suspect the witch was a very unpopular politician or political leader at the time.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
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14th November 2022, 06:18 PM
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Re: Big John
Back then when there were minimal forms of entertainment in comparison to today, silly songs climbed the charts. How about "I taught I saw a puddy cat."? and the "Woddy wood, wood pecker song"?
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15th November 2022, 12:08 AM
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Re: Big John
They were still in the days when people listened, and didn't as yet have that glazed look in their eyes as they walked through the moving traffic like Lemmings. fingers tapping away.
Des
Last edited by Des Taff Jenkins; 15th November 2022 at 12:09 AM.
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15th November 2022, 04:36 AM
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Re: Big John
and not forgetting "Deck of cards " by Wink Martindale.
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