The Complete Sun Releases and Columbia Singles: 1955-62 (3-CD Set)

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Hey Porter!
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-03-22)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1955-03-22)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1955-03-22)
lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1955)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1955) and Sun Record Company (in 1955)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-03-22)
recording of:
Hey, Porter (on 1955-03-22)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and West One Music (production music label, prefix: WOM)
3.52:14
2Cry! Cry! Cry!
recording of:
Cry! Cry! Cry!
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)
2:28
3So Doggone Lonesome
recording of:
So Doggone Lonesome
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:38
4Folsom Prison Blues
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-07-30)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1955-07-30)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1955-07-30)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1988)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-07-30)
recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues (on 1955-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
4.352:50
5Get Rhythm
recording of:
Get Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
2:14
6I Walk the Line
recording of:
I Walk the Line
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Bug Music, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
2:45
7Train of Love
recording of:
Train of Love
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:24
8There You Go
recording of:
There You Go
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
2:18
9Don’t Make Me Go
recording of:
Don’t Make Me Go
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:29
10Next in Line
recording of:
Next in Line
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)
2:48
11Home of the Blues
recording of:
Home of the Blues
writer:
Glen Douglas, John R. Cash (country music legend) and Lillie McAlpin
2:40
12Give My Love to Rose
recording of:
Give My Love to Rose
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher) and Carlin Music
2:45
13Ballad of a Teenage Queen
recording of:
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:12
14Big River
recording of:
Big River
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash) and Knox Music, Inc.
2:32
15Guess Things Happen That Way
recording of:
Guess Things Happen That Way
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
1:51
16Come in Stranger
recording of:
Come in Stranger
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:42
17The Ways of a Woman in Love
recording of:
Ways of a Woman in Love
writer:
Bill Justis and Charlie Rich (US country singer)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated)
2:15
18You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
recording of:
You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
lyricist:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
writer:
Jim Atkins (US country musician), John R. Cash (country music legend) and Hoyt Johnson
version of:
It’s a Little More Like Heaven
2:40
19What Do I Care
recording of:
What Do I Care
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:07
20All Over Again
recording of:
All Over Again
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:14
21I Just Thought You’d Like to Know
recording of:
I Just Thought You’d Like to Know
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich (US country singer)
2:23
22It’s Just About Me
recording of:
It’s Just About Time
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:09
23Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
recording of:
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
3:03
24I Still Miss Someone
recording of:
I Still Miss Someone
lyricist:
Roy Cash Jr.
composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Roy Cash Jr.
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), House of Cash Southwind Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:35
25Thanks a Lot
recording of:
Thanks a Lot (made popular by Johnny Cash: “You’re tellin’ everyone in town that I don’t treat you right / You even say I stay away and don’t come home at night”)
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich (US country singer)
2:37
26Luther Played the Boogie
recording of:
Luther Played the Boogie
writer:
Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Hoyt Johnson
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
2:01
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1Frankie’s Man, Johnny
recording of:
Frankie’s Man, Johnny (Johnny Cash arr.)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
arrangement of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of “Frankie and Albert”)
2:18
2You Dreamer You
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-03-12)
producer:
Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1959-03-12)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1959-03-12)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1959-03-12)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1959-03-12)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1959-03-12)
recording of:
You Dreamer You (on 1959-03-12)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
31:50
3I Forgot to Remember to Forget
recording of:
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
writer:
Charlie Feathers and Stan Kesler (US session musician, composer and producer)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
1:53
4Katy Too
recording of:
Katy Too
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Jack Clement
1:57
5I Got Stripes
recording of:
I Got Stripes
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Charlie Williams (Country songwriter)
is based on:
On a Monday
2:04
6Five Feet High and Rising
recording of:
Five Feet High and Rising
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
arrangement of:
Wo ist Zuhause, Mama
1:46
7You Tell Me
cover recording of:
You Tell Me
lyricist and composer:
Roy Orbison
1:18
8Goodbye Little Darlin’
cover recording of:
Goodbye Little Darlin’, Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”) and Johnny Marvin
publisher:
Western Music Publishing Co., Inc. (on 1940-03-15) and Chappell & Co., Inc. (library/production music) (on 1940-05-07)
2:12
9The Little Drummer Boy
cover recording of:
Little Drummer Boy (arr. Mensinger/Noris)
arranger:
Dietmar Mensinger and Günter Noris
is based on:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
2:33
10I’ll Remember You
recording of:
I’ll Remember You
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:06
11Straight A’s in Love
recording of:
Straight ‘A’s in Love
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:15
12I Love You Because
cover recording of:
I Love You Because
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-12)
2:26
13Seasons of My Heart
recording of:
Seasons of My Heart
writer:
Darrell Edwards and George Jones (US country music vocalist)
publisher:
Fort Knox Music Inc. and Trio Music Company
2:30
14Smiling Bill McCall
recording of:
Smiling Bill McCall
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:02
15Second Honeymoon
recording of:
Second Honeymoon
lyricist and composer:
Autry Inman
1:55
16Honky Tonk Girl
recording of:
Honky Tonk Girl
composer:
Chuck Harding and Hank Thompson
1:59
17Story of a Broken Heart
recording of:
Story of a Broken Heart
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:11
18Down the Street to 301
recording of:
Down the Street to 301
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:05
19Going to Memphis
recording of:
Going to Memphis (Johnny Cash arrangement)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend), Hollie “Bull” Dew (Blues singer, former Parchman inmate) and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
3:14
20Loading Coals
recording of:
Loading Coal
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
2:16
21Mean Eyed Cat
recording of:
Mean Eyed Cat
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd. and Knox Music, Inc.
2:28
22Port of Lonely Hearts
recording of:
Port of Lonely Hearts
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:33
23Girl in Saskatoon
recording of:
Girl in Saskatoon
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Johnny Horton
2:14
24Locomotive Man
recording of:
Locomotive Man
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
2:49
25Oh Lonesome Me
recording of:
Oh Lonesome Me
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Publications Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Esperanza MV Frank Oldenburg e. K., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2:28
26Life Goes On
recording of:
Life Goes On
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Jack Clement
1:58
27The Rebel Johnny Yuma
recording of:
The Rebel
writer:
Andrew Fenady and Richard Markowitz
1:52
28Forty Shades of Green
recording of:
Forty Shades of Green
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:52
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1My Treasure
recording of:
My Treasure
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:14
2Sugartime
recording of:
Sugartime
composer:
Odis Echols and Charlie Phillips
1:49
3Tall Man
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1961-02-27)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
cover recording of:
Tall Man (on 1961-02-27)
lyricist and composer:
Ken Darby
1:55
4Tennessee Flat‐Top Box
recording of:
Tennessee Flat Top Box
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. and Song of Cash
3:01
5The Big Battle
recording of:
The Big Battle
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
4:05
6When I’ve Learned
cover recording of:
When I've Learned
writer:
Ray Baker (producer, likely from Nashville, TN), Buddy Killen and Delbert Wilson
2:46
7Blue Train
recording of:
Blue Train
lyricist and composer:
Billy Smith (1950s Ohio rockabilly artist)
2:03
8Born to Lose
recording of:
Born to Lose
lyricist and composer:
Frankie Brown
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1943-05-29)
2:09
9In the Jailhouse Now
cover recording of:
In the Jailhouse Now
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (in 1978)
2:24
10A Little at a Time
recording of:
Little at a Time
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Gordon Terry (Bluegrass/Country artist, guitarist and fiddle player.)
1:59
11Bonanza
recording of:
Bonanza
orchestrator:
David Rose (songwriter, pianist and orchestra leader)
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter)
composer:
Jay Livingston
publisher:
Livingston & Evans Inc. (ASCAP) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
Bonanza (American Western TV series 1959–1973)
2:22
12Pick a Bale o’ Cotton
recording of:
Pick a Bale of Cotton
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
1:58
13(There’ll Be) Peace in the Valley (for Me)
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-07-30)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
cover recording of:
There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me (on 1962-07-30)
publisher:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1939-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp., Rightsong Music, Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:48
14Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)
cover recording of:
Were You There When They Crucified the Lord
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:56
15Busted
recording of:
Busted
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
2:18
16Send a Picture of Mother
recording of:
Send a Picture of Mother
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:52
17Rock Island Line
recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
2:11
18(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
cover recording of:
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Jimmie Davis Music Company, Inc. (on 1951-12-31)
4.352:25
19Country Boy
recording of:
Country Boy
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
1:52
20If the Good Lord’s Willing
cover recording of:
If the Lord’s Willing and the Creeks Don’t Rise
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Reed
1:43
21Remember Me (I’m the One Who Loves You)
cover recording of:
(Remember Me) I’m the One Who Loves You
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
1:59
22I Was There When It Happened
recording of:
I Was There When It Happened
writer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Fern Jones
2:16
23Wreck of the Old 97
recording of:
Wreck of the Old 97
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 777)
1:47
24Doin’ My Time
recording of:
Doing My Time
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Skinner
2:36
25You Win Again
cover recording of:
You Win Again
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-09-03)
2:20
26Hey Good Lookin’
producer:
Jack Clement
cover recording of:
Hey, Good Lookin’ (on 1958-05-15)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-03-16)
1:42
27I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
recording of:
I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:14
28I Can’t Help It
cover recording of:
I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love With You)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-04-25)
1:43