You Beat All I Ever Saw

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"You Beat All I Ever Saw"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album More of Old Golden Throat
A-side"You Beat All I Ever Saw"
"Put the Sugar to Bed"
ReleasedNovember 1966 (1966-11)
Genrecountry
LabelColumbia 4-43921
Songwriter(s)Johnny Cash
Producer(s)Don Law and Frank Jones[1]
Audio
"You Beat All I Ever Saw" on YouTube

"You Beat All I Ever Saw" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.

Released in November 1966[2] as a single (Columbia 4-43921, with "Put the Sugar to Bed" on the opposite side),[3][4][2] it debuted on the U.S. Billboard country chart at number 66 on the week of December 24,[5] eventually reaching number 20[6]. On the Cash Box country chart, the song peaked at number 28 [7]


Later the song was included on the U.K. compilation album More of Old Golden Throat (1969).

Track listing

7" single (Columbia 4-43921,[1] 1966)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Beat All I Ever Saw"J. Cash3:11
2."Put the Sugar to Bed"J. Cash, M. Carter1:58

Charts

Chart (1966–1967) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 20

References

  1. ^ a b "Johnny Cash - You Beat All I Ever Saw". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  2. ^ a b The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1994. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-313-29506-5.
  3. ^ Steve Turner (1 November 2005). The man called Cash: the life, love, and faith of an American legend. Thomas Nelson Inc. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-8499-0815-6.
  4. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (23 May 1970). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 1–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
    Standard Catalog of American Records, 1950-1975. Krause Publications. 2000. ISBN 978-0-87341-934-5.
    Tim Neely (31 August 2006). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975. Krause Publications.
  5. ^ Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.
    24 December
    "You Beat All I Ever Saw" makes its chart debut at #66. It will manage to reach the top twenty early in 1967.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ George Albert (1984-01-01). The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1685-5.
  8. ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-20.

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