Allegheny (song)

"Allegheny"
Single by Johnny Cash and June Carter
from the album Johnny Cash and His Woman
B-side"We're for Love"
ReleasedAugust 1973 (1973-08)[1]
GenreCountry
LabelColumbia 4-45929
Songwriter(s)Chris Gantry

"Allegheny" is a song written[2][3] and originally recorded by Chris Gantry.

Gantry included it on his 1970 album Motor Mouth[4] and also released it as a single.[5]

The song was covered by the duo Johnny Cash and June Carter. The cover was included on their 1973 album Johnny Cash and His Woman[6] and also released as a single (Columbia 4-45929, with "We're for Love" from the same album on the opposite side),[1][7] reaching number 69 on the U.S. Billboard's country chart for the week of November 17.[8][9]

  1. ^ a b "Allegheny". Johnny Cash official site. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  2. ^ Jim Allen (2017-12-08). "Chris Gantry's Dizzying 1973 Acid-Country LP Finally Sees the Light of Day". Bandcamp Daily. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  3. ^ Duncan Haskell (2017-10-27). "Interview: Chris Gantry". Songwriting Magazine. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  4. ^ "Chris Gantry - Motor Mouth | Releases". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  5. ^ "Chris Gantry - Allegheny/Bad Time". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-10-14. ALLEGHENY (C. Gantry) CHRIS GANTRY Prod. by Fred Foster-Jim Malloy
  6. ^ "Johnny Cash and His Woman". Johnny Cash official site. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash - Allegheny was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Allegheny Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  9. ^ "Hot Country Songs Chart (The week of November 17, 1973)". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-10-14.