San Quentin & Other Hits

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

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1A Boy Named Sue
recording of:
A Boy Named Sue
lyricist and composer:
Shel Silverstein
3:39
2Jackson
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1967-01-11)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
instruments:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
vocals:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Johnny Cash (country music legend)
performer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1967)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 112)
live cover recording of:
Jackson (on 1967-01-11)
writer:
Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
recording of:
Jackson
writer:
Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
cover recording of:
Jackson
writer:
Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
42:46
3San Quentin
recording of:
San Quentin
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:52
4(Ghost) Riders in the Sky
producer:
Brian Ahern
banjo [banjo-lute] and mandocello:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
electric bass guitar:
Marshall Grant (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
electric guitar:
Bob Wootton (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
fiddle:
Ricky Skaggs (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
French horn:
Jack Hale (trombone) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Bob Lewin (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Jack Clement (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Jerry Hensley (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Jack Routh (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
hammered dulcimer:
Alisa Jones (US hammered dulcimer player) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
percussion:
Mark Morris (drummer & percussionist) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
piano:
Earl Poole Ball (US country pianist) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
trumpet:
Jack Hale (trombone) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Bob Lewin (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Johnny Cash (country music legend) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Jan Howard (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1979)
cover recording of:
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
lyricist and composer:
Stan Jones (US songwriter and actor “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky”) (on 1948-06-05)
publisher:
Revega Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
version of:
Spookrijder in de nacht
4.353:46
5Ring of Fire
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1963-03-25)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
performer:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1963, in 1977)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 25), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 87), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 201) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 388)
cover recording of:
Ring of Fire (on 1963-03-25)
writer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Merle Kilgore
publisher:
Painted Desert Music Corporation
recording of:
Ring of Fire
writer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Merle Kilgore
publisher:
Painted Desert Music Corporation
4.32:40
6You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-05-15)
producer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven (on 1958-05-15)
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
2:44
7The Rebel - Johnny Yuma
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-08-14)
producer:
Don Law
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1961)
cover recording of:
The Rebel (on 1959-08-14)
writer:
Andrew Fenady and Richard Markowitz
1:54
8The One on the Right Is on the Left2:51
9It Ain't Me Babe
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1964-08-27)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
performer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1970)
cover recording of:
It Ain’t Me, Babe (on 1964-08-27)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1964-05)
publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1964 until 1992) and Special Rider Music (from 1992 to present)
3:05
10The Ballad of Ira Hayes
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1964-03 until 1964-06)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1964)
cover recording of:
The Ballad of Ira Hayes (from 1964-03 until 1964-06)
lyricist and composer:
Peter La Farge
recording of:
The Ballad of Ira Hayes
lyricist and composer:
Peter La Farge
44:10
11Orange Blossom Special
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1964-12-20)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
harmonica:
Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1964-12-20)
instruments:
Boots Randolph (on 1964-12-20)
performer:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1965)
cover recording of:
Orange Blossom Special (on 1964-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
Ervin Thomas Rouse
publisher:
Glanco Music (BMI-affiliated) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
recording of:
Orange Blossom Special
lyricist and composer:
Ervin Thomas Rouse
publisher:
Glanco Music (BMI-affiliated) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
43:09
12Goodbye Little Darlin', Goodbye
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. (company that specialized in library and production music) (on 1940-05-07)
2:16
13Understand Your Man
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) (in 1964) and Don Law (in 1964)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1964)
recording of:
Understand Your Man (1964 song)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)
2:43
14Don't Take Your Guns to Town
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13)
producer:
Don Law
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-13)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (on 1958-08-13)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-08-13)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13)
recording of:
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town (on 1958-08-13)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
43:02
15Straight A's in Love
recording of:
Straight ‘A’s in Love
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:15
16I 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)
2:24