Folsom Prison Blues

1955 · via Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash wrote “Folsom Prison Blues” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1955. Also recorded by Merle Haggard (released 1987), Brandi Carlile (released 2006) and Porter Wagoner (released 1967), among 471 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Cash wrote it and had it on record with the Tennessee Two in 1955, and in 2001 Bob Dylan took his own turn at it. Play them back to back and listen for what survives the trip.

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Liner notes

Credited writer: Johnny Cash.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1955.

Other recordings on file · first release year

Porter Wagoner1967
Conway Twitty1968
Waylon Jennings1968
Merle Haggard1987
Bobby Bare1993
David Allan Coe1998
Bob Dylan2001
Gunter Gabriel2002
Steve Earle2003
Brandi Carlile2006
Jerry Lee Lewis2006
The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican2007

471 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Johnny Cash → Jeff Lynne

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Johnny Cash → Bob Dylan

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