Jim Dandy (song)

"Jim Dandy"
Song by LaVern Baker from the album LaVern Baker
Released	1956
Genre	Rhythm and Blues
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Lincoln Chase

"Jim Dandy"
Song by Black Oak Arkansas from the album High on the Hog
Released	1973
Genre	Rhythm and Blues, Southern Rock
Label	Atco Records
Writer(s)	Lincoln Chase

"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 in 1956. It reached the top of the R&B chart and #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 #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 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".

The tenor saxophone solo is by Sam "The Man" Taylor The drummer on the session was veteran Panama Francis.

The song is the b-side to James Reyne's 1989 single, "One More River".

The song was covered by southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas. It hit #25 on the pop chart and featured Jim "Dandy" Mangrum and female vocalist Ruby Starr trading off vocals. It was the first single from their 1973 album High on the Hog, Black Oak's most commercially successful album.

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