The Folk Singer

This article is about the Johnny Cash song. For the Tommy Roe song, see The Folk Singer (Tommy Roe song).
"The Folk Singer"
Single by Johnny Cash
A-side"Folsom Prison Blues"
ReleasedApril 1968 (1968-04)
Recorded1968
GenreFolk
Length3:01
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Charles E. Daniels, Johnny Cash

"The Folk Singer" is a folk song, written by Charles E. Daniels and American musician Johnny Cash and first recorded by Cash in 1968.[1] It is also known as "Folk Singer" or, less often, "The Singer".

Allegedly about American pop singer Tommy Roe, "The Folk Singer" was first recorded in 1968 and released as a B-side on a 45 RPM live reissue of Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" single in April 1968. Later recorded by Burl Ives (on the album, The Times They Are A-Changin') the same year[2] and Glen Campbell (on the album, Try a Little Kindness) in 1970,[3] the song reached a wider audience from these versions.

  1. ^ "Second Hand Songs – Recording: The Folk Singer – Johnny Cash". Second Hand Songs. 22 April 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ^ ""All My Best" song list". burlives.com. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  3. ^ Try a Little Kindness – Glen Campbell at AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2010.