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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 InchBig Bad JohnInch, 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 InchDeep Blue SeaInch with his first Columbia . It was with his unique narrative recitation InchBig Bad JohnInch 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 InchDear IvanInch and InchP.T. 109Inch, 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. Album Tracks 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. M
