The Last Gunfighter Ballad (song)

"The Last Gunfighter Ballad"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album The Last Gunfighter Ballad
B-side"City Jail"
Released1977 (1977)[1]
GenreCountry
LabelColumbia 3-10483
Songwriter(s)Guy Clark
Producer(s)Charlie Bragg, Don Davis[2]
Johnny Cash singles chronology
"It's All Over"
(1976) 		"The Last Gunfighter Ballad"
(1977) 		"Lady"
(1977)
Audio
"The Last Gunfighter Ballad" on YouTube

"The Last Gunfighter Ballad" is a song written by Guy Clark and originally recorded by Johnny Cash for his 1977 album The Last Gunfighter Ballad.

Released in early 1977 as a single (Columbia 3-10483, with "City Jail" on the B-side),[2][3][4] the song reached number 38 on U.S. Billboard's country chart for the week of April 2.[5][6]

  1. ^ "The Last Gunfighter Ballad". Johnny Cash Official Site. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Johnny Cash - The Last Gunfighter Ballad was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.
  4. ^ John L. Smith (1994). The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. p. 10. ISBN 9780313295065.
  5. ^ "Johnny Cash". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Hot Country Songs Chart (The week of April 2, 1977)". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-10-06.