Everybody Loves a Nut (song)

"Everybody Loves a Nut"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album Everybody Loves a Nut
A-side"Everybody Loves a Nut"
"Austin Prison"
ReleasedMay 1966 (1966-05)
Genrecountry, novelty
LabelColumbia 4-43673
Songwriter(s)Jack Clement
Producer(s)Don Law and Frank Jones[1]
Audio
"Everybody Loves a Nut" on YouTube

"Everybody Loves a Nut" is a song written by Jack Clement and originally recorded by Johnny Cash on Columbia Records for his 1966 novelty album Everybody Loves a Nut.

Released in May 1966[2] as the second single (Columbia 4-43673, with "Austin Prison" on the opposite side) from the yet-to-be-released album,[3][4][5][6] the song became a U.S. country top-20 hit.[2][7][3][8]

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  2. ^ a b Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.
    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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  4. ^ Steve Turner (1 November 2005). The man called Cash: the life, love, and faith of an American legend. Thomas Nelson Inc. ISBN 978-0-8499-0815-6. ... and started recording a lighthearted album that appeared to be a deliberate diversion from all the morbidity around him. In the first ...
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    Tim Neely (31 August 2006). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975. Krause Publications. ISBN 9780896893078.
    The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1994. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-313-29506-5.
  6. ^ George Albert (1984-01-01). The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1685-5.
  7. ^ 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.
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