A Boy Named Sue

~ Recording by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5A Boy Named Sue?:??Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsFinal Fling: One Last Time (Just for Kicks)Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum
  • US1969-12-22
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CS 9945
1.6A Boy Named Sue?:??Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsA Boy Named SueLester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)C 32244
4.10A Boy Named Sue3:54Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs1964-1969, PlusLester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-10-17
Bear Family RecordsBCD 15879
1.17A Boy Named Sue3:55Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsHard Travelin' / Final FlingLester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-14
Collectables (US reissue label)
1.17A Boy Named Sue3:54Flatt & ScruggsBreaking Out / A Boy Named SueFlatt & ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Custom Marketing Group, Wounded Bird RecordsA 739575, WOU 347
1.5A Boy Named Sue3:53Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsFinal Fling: One Last Time (Just for Kicks)Lester Flatt & Earl ScruggsAlbum
  • XW2013-10-08
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
Bootleg
1.18A Boy Named Sue3:50Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain BoysThe Chronogical Classics: Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs 1968–1969Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain BoysAlbum + Compilation
Warped Records (US country reissue)WARPED 6876

Relationships

producer:Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
12 string guitar [rhythm 12 string guitar]:Charlie Daniels (on 1969-08-21)
banjo:Earl Scruggs (on 1969-08-21)
double bass:Henry Strzelecki (on 1969-08-21)
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1969-08-21)
drums (drum set):Kenny Buttrey (on 1969-08-21)
guitar and lead vocals:Lester Flatt (on 1969-08-21)
guitar [lead guitar]:Randy Scruggs (on 1969-08-21)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:Johnny Johnson (US country guitarist/bassist, active 1950s-1974) (on 1969-08-21)
resonator guitar:Josh Graves (on 1969-08-21)
recorded at:Columbia Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1969-08-21)
recording of:A Boy Named Sue (on 1969-08-21: cover)

A Boy Named Sue

lyricist and composer:Shel Silverstein
later translated versions:A Boy Named Sue (french version)
Ein Junge namens Susie (A Boy Named Sue)
Ein Mädchen namens Gerd
Man genaamd Marianne
Mijn naam is Mien
later versions:Un garçon nommé Suzy