Down the Street to 301

"Down the Street to 301"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album Now Here's Johnny Cash
A-side"Down the Street to 301"
"The Story of a Broken Heart"
ReleasedJune 1960 (1960-06)
GenreCountry, rock and roll, pop
LabelSun 343
Songwriter(s)Jack Clement[1]
Johnny Cash singles chronology
"Second Honeymoon (song)"
(1960) 		"Down the Street to 301"
(1960) 		"Going to Memphis"
(1960)
Music video
"Down the Street to 301" (audio only) on YouTube

"Down the Street to 301" is a song originally recorded by Johnny Cash. It was written for him by Jack Clement.[2][3]

The song was recorded by Cash on July 17, 1958 during his final session for Sun Records[4][3] (or on May 15)[5] and released as a single (Sun 343, with "The Story of a Broken Heart" on the opposite side)[6][7][8][9] in June 1960.[10][11]

  1. ^ "The Story Of A Broken Heart / Down The Street To 301". Discogs. 1960. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  2. ^ "Down The Street To 301 - Composition by Johnny Cash, Traditional, Jack Clement - Discogs Tracks". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  3. ^ a b John L. Smith (1 January 1999). Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3629-7.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Alexander2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ John Edwards Memorial Foundation (1974). JEMF Quarterly. John Edwards Memorial Foundation.
  6. ^ John Edwards Memorial Foundation (1974). JEMF Quarterly. John Edwards Memorial Foundation.
  7. ^ Tim Neely (2004-05-01). Goldmine Records & Prices. Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87349-781-7. Down the Street to 301 The Story of a Broken Heart Sun 343.
  8. ^ Colin Escott; Martin Hawkins (1980). Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label. Quick Fox. ISBN 978-0-8256-3161-0. Down the Street to 301 The Story of a Broken Heart.
  9. ^ George Albert (1984-01-01). The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1685-5.
  10. ^ Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.
    June
    Both Columbia and Sun Records release singles this month – "Second Honeymoon"/"Honky Tonk Girl" (Columbia 4-41707) and "Story Of A Broken Heart"/"Down The Street To 301" (Sun 343).
  11. ^ The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1994. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-0-313-29506-5.