Jimmy Dean, country crooner and hometown hero, is also America’s pork prince: 'One hell of a man'
"It was country music's first gold record," says Bean of the Jimmy Dean Museum. The success of the song helped give Dean the ...
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The Number Ones: Jimmy Dean’s “Big Bad John”
Before you ask: Yes, the Jimmy Dean who hit #1 with “Big Bad John” was the Jimmy Dean Sausages Jimmy Dean. Dean founded the Jimmy Dean Sausage Company in 1969, and he appeared in its TV ads ...