La Vern Baker

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La Vern Baker's, "Jim Dandy"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Big Daddy with the red shoes
Big Daddy with the red shoes
Go Big Daddy
Go Big Daddy

The Real Lyrics:

Jim Dandy to the rescue
Jim Dandy to the rescue
Go Jim Dandy
Go Jim Dandy

The Story: When I was in second grade (1973), I did a drawing of a man dancing with his shoes colored with a rad crayon. When my friends asked what it was, I said, 'It's that song on the radio, 'Big Daddy with the red shows.' None of them had heard it, so I sang it. My art teacher, overhearing this, said, 'No, the song is 'Jim Dandy to the rescue!' Oh, well. I still get a smile of thinking about Big Daddy and his red shoes. - Submitted by: Damon Fordham

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