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"Folsom Prison Blues" is a song by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, based on material composed by Gordon Jenkins. Written in 1953, [ 1 ] it was first recorded and released as a single in 1955, and later included on his debut studio album Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!
The album release of At Folsom Prison was prepared in four months. Despite the recent success of "Rosanna's Going Wild", a Cash single released just before the Folsom concerts that reached number two on the country charts, Columbia initially invested little in the album or its single "Folsom Prison Blues". This was due partially to Columbia's ...
The Johnny Cash Sun Records discography details the music recorded by country music legend Johnny Cash and released on Sun Records.From late 1954 to July, 1958, Cash recorded for Sun Records, a label founded by Sam Phillips and located at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
"Folsom Prison Blues" Cash: Another Johnny Cash cover, first recorded by Cash in 1956. "A Fool Such as I" Bill Trader: This was a hit for Hank Snow on the country charts in 1953, and a number 2 pop hit for Elvis Presley in 1959. [26] "Four Strong Winds" Ian Tyson: One of a number of Ian and Sylvia Tyson songs.
Cash's next record, "Folsom Prison Blues", made the country top five. His "I Walk the Line" became number one on the country charts and entered the pop charts top 20. "Home of the Blues" followed, recorded in July 1957. That same year, Cash became the first Sun artist to release a long-playing album. Although he was Sun's most consistently ...
His second single, "Folsom Prison Blues", was released in December 1955 and reached the country Top Five in early 1956. His final single on With His Hot and Blue Guitar! , " I Walk the Line ", continued his success, reaching number one on the country charts and staying there for six weeks, eventually crossing over into the pop Top 20.
1959 Badman Ballad - Cisco Houston The Cisco Special! album; 1960 Transfusion Blues - Johnny Cash Now, There Was A Song album, and on 1968 album At Folsom Prison. 1960 Bad Man's Blunder - The Kingston Trio String Along album; 1960 Whiskey Blues - Slim Dusty Songs for Rolling Stones album; 1968 Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison album
Gordon Hill Jenkins (May 12, 1910 – May 1, 1984) was an American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s. [1] Jenkins worked with The Andrews Sisters, Johnny Cash, The Weavers, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, Harry Nilsson, Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald.