Big River (Johnny Cash song)

For other songs titled "Big River", see Big River (disambiguation) § Music.
"Big River"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
ReleasedMarch 1958
GenreRockabilly[1]
Length2:35
LabelSun
Songwriter(s)Johnny Cash
Producer(s)Sam Phillips, Jack Clement
Johnny Cash singles chronology
"Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
(1958) 		"Big River"
(1958) 		"Guess Things Happen That Way"
(1958)

"Big River" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash. Released as a single by Sun Records in 1958, it went as high as #4 on the Billboard country music charts and stayed on the charts for 14 weeks.[2] The song tells a story of the chase of a lost love along the course of Mississippi River from Saint Paul, Minnesota to New Orleans, Louisiana.

  1. ^ Stewart, Brett (December 8, 2023). "Top 10 Johnny Cash Songs". Classic Rock History. Retrieved May 21, 2024. In 1958, Cash released a single called 'Big River,' a rockabilly song that further concreted his stardom as it shot to the top of the charts for quite some time.
  2. ^ "Wiki Music Guide". Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2009-08-16.