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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!
Despite little initial promotion by Columbia, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison was a hit in the United States, reaching number one on the country charts and the top 15 of the national album chart. The lead single, a live version of "Folsom Prison Blues", was a top 40 hit, Cash's first since 1964's "Understand Your Man".
An interesting aspect of the song is that the singer "shot a man in Reno." Reno is in the State of Nevada; Folsom Prison is just outside of the city of Folsom, California. Prisoners convicted of a crime in one state may end up serving their time in another, especially if there are concerns about overcrowding, safety, escape attempts, etc.
Folsom Prison Blues; Fools Hall Of Fame; Foolish Questions; For Lovin' Me; For The Good Times; For You; Forever Young; Forty Shades Of Green; Four Months To Live; Four Strong Winds; The Fourth Man (In The Fire) Frankie's Man, Johnny; Friendly Gates; Friends In California; From Sea To Shining Sea; A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing
Forever Words is a 2018 album by various artists recording poetry and lyrics by Johnny Cash set to music for the first time. The album follows a 2016 book release of the poems entitled Forever Words: The Unknown Poems (ISBN 0399575138). [4]
Music/lyrics attributed to T. J. 'Red' Arnall; 1940s Chain Gang Blues - Riley Puckett; 1940s Bad Lee Brown - Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston; 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 ...
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Live in Cook County Jail is a 1971 live album by American blues musician B.B. King, recorded on September 10, 1970, in Cook County Jail in Chicago.Agreeing to a request by jail warden Winston Moore, King and his band performed for an audience of 2,117 prisoners, most of whom were young black men.