Jimmy Dean - Greatest Hits

Jimmy Dean | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 27, 1998)
• Original Release Date: January 27, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002AIS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,575 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Big Bad John

2. The Cajun Queen

3. Harvest of Sunshine

4. Little Black Book

5. Steel Men

6. First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev'ry Night)

7. Sam Hill

8. P.T. 109

9. To a Sleeping Beauty

10. The Farmer and the Lord

11. I Won't Go Huntin' With You Jake (But I'll Go Chasin' Wimmin)

12. Dear Ivan [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big Bad John & much more..., January 7, 2002

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Pam Crabtree (Fayetteville, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jimmy Dean - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

My Daddy used to cry each time I'd play "Sleeping Beauty" on this old LP that I had. I'd always threaten to have it played at my wedding reception, but he said he wouldn't be able to endure it. For anyone that loves the old "story" type songs, there is NONE better than Jimmy Dean. He paints such a vivid picture in "Big Bad John", that you can almost taste the soot and smoke from the bottom of the coal mine. This music brought back WONDERFUL memories for me from my childhood...YOU"LL LOVE IT!!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive hits collection of Jimmy Dean, August 27, 1999

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Bradley Olson (Bemidji, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jimmy Dean - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This reissue of a greatest hits package originally released in 1966 is an excellent CD featuring his biggest hits for Columbia on one CD, 12 songs in all. The 12th track on the CD, the top 10 hit "Dear Ivan", wasn't on the vinyl version of this compilation, but is on this 1998 reissue as a bonus track. The only top 40 hit on Columbia that has been omitted is his cover of Hank Williams's "Mind Your Own Business." A nice addition to this compilation is the original B side of "Big Bad John", which is the first track on the album, entitled "I Won't Go Huntin' With You Jake (But I'll Go Chasin' Wimmin)" which is the 11th track on the album. There are also great liner notes, great remastering and great sound.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Wide at the Shoulder and Narrow at the Hip", July 13, 2003

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T. Thompson (Wales, ME) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jimmy Dean - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

"Everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John."
My parents had this LP when I was a little kid and I swear I wore the thing out!
I used to listen to the whole thing over and over again. The song "Big Bad John" is the grand- daddy of all story songs. No one tells a story like Jimmy Dean. (Makes a good sausage too!:-)
I also loved the song, "PT 109". Of course as a little guy I had no understanding of who JFK was but this story song helped.
If you like good old fashioned story songs this album is for you!