Everything about Pt-109 Song totally explained
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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