Today he’s known for sausage. But before that? He was a country singer lauded for a big spoken-word hit in 1961 with “Big Bad John.” The ballad is about a miner of considerable proportions, and it hit No. 1 on the charts and even earned Dean a Grammy for Best Country & Western Recording.
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