PT-109 (song)

PT-109 (song)

Infobox Single
Name = PT-109


Artist = Jimmy Dean
from Album = Portrait Of Jimmy Dean
Released = 1962
Format = 45
Recorded = 1962
Genre = Pop
Length =
Label = Columbia
Writer = Marijohn Wilkin and Fred Burch
Producer =
Video director =
Certification =
Chart position = #3 on the country chart and #8 on the pop chart in 1962(United States)
Professional reviews =
Last single =
This single =
Next single =

"PT-109" was a song by Jimmy Dean about the adventures of John F. Kennedy and the crew of the PT-109. The boat was famous even before Kennedy ran for office because it was cut in two after being rammed by a Japanese destroyer, after which came a survival story, and rescue by native islanders Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana by canoe, though the islanders were not included in this version of the story.

In 1961 Dean had recorded Big Bad John, a song that would become his biggest hit ever, and echoed at the end of PT-109. It went to number one on the country and pop charts. He had five more top forty songs in 1962. PT-109 was his biggest hit in 1962, reaching the top ten as Kennedy was still president. It peaked at #3 on the country chart and peaked at #8 on the pop chart. It was one of the few military themed singles of the 1960s, along with the Ballad of the Green Berets, "Billy and Sue," "Gonna Raise A Rukus Tonight," "Sky Pilot (Part One)" and "Soldier Boy."

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