"Austin Prison" | |
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Single by Johnny Cash | |
from the album Everybody Loves a Nut | |
A-side | "Everybody Loves a Nut" "Austin Prison" |
Released | May 1966 |
Genre | country |
Label | Columbia 4-43673 |
Songwriter(s) | Johnny Cash |
Producer(s) | Don Law and Frank Jones[1] |
Audio | |
"Austin Prison" on YouTube |
"Austin Prison" is a song written by Johnny Cash[2] and originally recorded by him on Columbia Records for his 1966 novelty album Everybody Loves a Nut.
It was first released in May 1966[3] as the flip side to the second single (Columbia 4-43673, "Everybody Loves a Nut" / "Austin Prison") from the yet-to-be-released album.[4][5][6][7]
This song was followed by "Everybody Loves a Nut," also written by Clement, which has Cash proclaim that the world likes people a little off center and slightly weird.
May
"Everybody Loves A Nut"/"Austin Prison" (Columbia 4-43673) released. This is the second single to be lifted from the forthcoming Everybody Loves A Nut album and it will spend nine weeks on the charts in July and August, reaching a high of #17.
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