Big River (Jimmy Nail song) Big River (Jimmy Nail song) "Big River" is a song written and performed by Jimmy Nail and released on the album "Big River". It was released as a single in 1995. In 2011, it was recorded by Joe McElderry for the DVD, "Big River Big Songs: The Tyne". McElderry also performed it for "Sunday for Sammy" in 2012. The big river referred to in the title is the River Tyne that runs through Nail's home town, Newcastle upon Tyne. The song is an elegy to the days when shipbuilding and industry in general were at their height in Newcastle and
Billboard Top Hits: 1995 Billboard Top Hits: 1995 Billboard Top Hits: 1995 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 2000, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1995. Of all the albums in the Billboard Top Hits series, the 1995 volume is the only one to not include any of the songs that reached No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The highest-charting song from that chart to appear on this album is "Run Away" by Real McCoy, which peaked at No. 3 in the spring of the year. However, each of the songs peaked in the top 5 of "Billboard"'s other charts, for