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PT-109 (song)
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| "PT-109" | ||
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| Single by Jimmy Dean from the album Portrait Of Jimmy Dean |
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| Released | 1962 | |
| Format | 45 | |
| Recorded | 1962 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Writer | Marijohn Wilkin and Fred Burch | |
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.[1] It was one of the few military themed singles of the 1960s, along with the Ballad of the Green Berets.
In 2006, the song was largely forgotten, but the 1961 single was still available on download sites such as Napster.
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| Air and water craft | PT-109 • PT-109 Loss Report • PT-59 • PT boat • Elco • Japanese destroyer Amagiri • Fubuki class destroyer • Tokyo Express • Nakajima A6M2-N |
| People | John F. Kennedy • Arthur Reginald Evans • Coastwatchers • Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana • Andrew Jackson Kirksey and Harold W. Marney • Max Kennedy |
| Places | Solomon Islands • Kolombangara • Gizo • Kennedy Island • Lumbari Island • Rendova Island • Tulagi |
| Battles | Battle of Blackett Strait • Solomon Islands campaign • Battle of Vella Gulf |
| Media | PT 109 (film) • The Search for Kennedy's PT 109 • PT-109 (comic book) • PT-109 (song) • PT-109 (model) |
| Museums etc | John F. Kennedy Library • Battleship Cove |