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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Part of The Essential Benny Goodman, also Can’t Teach My Old Heart New Tricks (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra), Let’s Dance (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) and Oh Baby
Written by Horace Henderson, also Kitty on Toast (Horace Henderson and His Orchestra)
Released on Legacy, also September (Earth, Wind & Fire), Sexy M.F. (Prince) and Can You Feel It (The Jacksons)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Horace Henderson first appears on fono in 1983, 22 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Horace Henderson
- Part of
- The Essential Benny Goodman
- Written by
- Horace Henderson
- Part of
- The Essential Benny Goodman
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Horace Henderson
Same label: Columbia
Same release: The Essential Benny Goodman
Same label: Legacy
Same label: Bluebird
Same label: Columbia
Same release: The Essential Benny Goodman
Same label: Legacy
Elsewhere
Sources (6)
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1MusicBrainz Big John’s Special was written by Horace Henderson
Big John’s Special was written by Horace Henderson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Big John’s Special is part of the release The Essential Benny Goodman
Big John’s Special is part of the release The Essential Benny Goodman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Bluebird is the label of the song Big John’s Special
Bluebird is the label of the song Big John’s Special
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Big John’s Special
Columbia is the label of the song Big John’s Special
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Legacy is the label of the song Big John’s Special
Legacy is the label of the song Big John’s Special
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Big John’s Special was released on 2005