Papa Was a Good Man

"Papa Was a Good Man"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album A Thing Called Love
A-side"Papa Was a Good Man"
"I Promise You"
Released1971 (1971)
Genrecountry
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Hal Bynum[1]
Producer(s)Larry Butler[1]
Johnny Cash singles chronology
"Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues"
(1971) 		"Papa Was a Good Man"
(1971) 		"A Thing Called Love"
(1971)
Audio
"Papa Was a Good Man" on YouTube

"Papa Was a Good Man" is a song written by songwriter Hal Bynum.[2]

Released in September 1971[3][4] as a single (Columbia 4-45460, with "I Promise You" on the opposite side) by Johnny Cash,[2][5] the song reached #16 on U.S. Billboard's country chart[6] and #104 on Billboard's Bubbling Under the Hot 100.[6]

Both "I Promise You" (which is "a promise of devotion to June")[2] and "Papa Was a Good Man" are part of Johnny Cash's 1972 album A Thing Called Love.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Johnny Cash - Papa Was A Good Man / I Promise You Discogs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Banister2014 (pages 206–207) was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.
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    "Papa Was A Good Man"/"I Promise You" (Columbia 4-45460) released.
  4. ^ The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1994. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0-313-29506-5.
  5. ^ Standard Catalog of American Records, 1950-1975. Krause Publications. 2000. ISBN 978-0-87341-934-5.
    Tim Neely (1 August 2002). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975. Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87349-471-7.
    Tim Neely (31 August 2006). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975. Krause Publications. ISBN 9780896893078.
  6. ^ a b Joel Whitburn (2002). Top Country Singles, 1944 to 2001: Chart Data Compiled from Billboard's Country Singles Charts, 1944-2001. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-151-2.
    Joel Whitburn (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-165-9.
    "Papa Was A Good Man Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-05-23.