Mean-Eyed Cat

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"Mean-Eyed Cat"
Single by Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
A-side"Mean Eyed Cat"
"Port of Lonely Hearts"
Released1960 (1960)
Genrecountry
LabelSun 347
Songwriter(s)Johnny Cash[1]
Music video
"Mean-Eyed Cat" (audio only) on YouTube

"Mean-Eyed Cat" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.[2][3]

The song was recorded by Cash at Sun Records on July 30, 1955.[2] Sun released as a single (Sun 347, with "Port of Lonely Hearts" on the opposite side)[4][5][6][7][8] in October[9] or December 1959,[10] when Cash had already left the label for Columbia

Charts

Chart (1960) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 30

References

  1. ^ "Mean Eyed Cat / Port Of Lonely Hearts". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Cover versions of Mean Eyed Cat by Johnny Cash". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  4. ^ John Edwards Memorial Foundation (1974). JEMF Quarterly. John Edwards Memorial Foundation.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Tim Neely (2004-05-01). Goldmine Records & Prices. Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87349-781-7.
  7. ^ Colin Escott; Martin Hawkins (1980). Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label. Quick Fox. ISBN 978-0-8256-3161-0.
  8. ^ George Albert (1984-01-01). The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1685-5.
  9. ^ Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.
  10. ^ The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1994. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-0-313-29506-5.
  11. ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-25.