Black Oak Arkansas feat. Ruby Starr - Jim Dandy (to the Rescue) (Live, California Jam 1974)

Jim Dandy to the rescue
Jim Dandy to the rescue
Jim Dandy to the rescue
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!

I was sitting on a mountain top
30,000 feet to drop
Tied me on a runaway horse
Uh huh, that's right, of course
Jim Dandy to the rescue
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!

One day, I met a girl named Sue
She was feeling kind of blue
I'm Dandy, the kind of guy
Who can't stand to see a little girl cry
Jim Dandy to the rescue
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!

Jim Dandy to the rescue
Jim Dandy to the rescue
Jim Dandy to the rescue
Go, Jim Dandy! Go!

I was riding on a submarine
Got a message from my mermaid queen
She was hanging on a fishing line
Mr. Dandy didn't waste no time
Jim Dandy to the rescue
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!

Once upon a time, I went to Maine
Got a ticket on a DC plane
Mr. Dandy didn't need no chute
I was high and ready to boot
Jim Dandy to the rescue
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!

Jim Dandy to the rescue
Jim Dandy to the rescue
Jim Dandy to the rescue
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!

Go, go, go, Jim Dandy!
Go, go, go, Jim Dandy!
Jim Dandy to the rescue
Go, go, go, Jim Dandy!
Jim Dandy to the rescue
Go, go, go, Jim Dandy!
Jim Dandy to the rescue

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"Jim Dandy" (sometimes known as "Jim Dandy to the Rescue") is a song written by Lincoln Chase, and was first recorded by American R&B singer LaVern Baker on December 21, 1955. It reached the top of the R&B chart and No. 17 on the pop charts in the United States. It was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and was ranked No. 352 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The song is about a man (Jim Dandy) who rescues women from improbable or impossible predicaments. It proved popular enough that Chase wrote a second song for Baker entitled "Jim Dandy Got Married."

The American English term jim-dandy for an outstanding person or thing predates the song; first attested in 1844, it may itself come from the title of an old song, "Dandy Jim of Caroline".

In 1973 the song was covered by southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas. It hit No. 25 on the pop chart and featured Jim Mangrum (who had already been using "Jim Dandy" as a stage name before they covered the song) and female vocalist Ruby Starr trading off vocals. It was the first single from their 1973 album High on the Hog, the band's most commercially successful album. In Canada, the song reached No. 13, and was No. 131 in the year-end top 200.

This version of the song was used in the 1993 film Dazed and Confused. A version by the Wright Brothers Band was used in the 1987 film Overboard. In the early-to-mid 2000s, a used car lot called J. D. Byrider produced a version replacing "Jim Dandy" with "JD" to advertise that they would "rescue" buyers with bad credit.


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