Daddy sang bass
Daddy Sang Bass is a country song written by Carl Perkins and recorded by Johnny Cash .
It was written in 1968 for Cash's religious concept album The Holy Land , which was released in February of the following year. The piece was released as a single in January 1969 and was number one on Billboard Country Songs for six weeks . The single stayed in the charts for a total of 19 weeks.
Perkins based the piece musically and lyrically on the Traditional Will the Circle Be Unbroken , which had been rewritten years earlier by AP Carter and made known by the Carter Family . The text is about a person who had to help his parents with hard work as a child and who made it easier to sing together in the family. Besides Cash (vocals, rhythm guitar), the musicians involved were Luther Perkins (lead guitar), Marshall Grant (bass), Carl Perkins (electric guitar), WS Holland (drums) as well as the Carter Family and the Statler Brothers (backing vocals).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Roland: The Billboard Book Of Number One Country Hits . Billboard Books Publ., New York City 1991, p. 18, ISBN 0-8230-7553-2 .
- ↑ Joel Whitburn: The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits. 1944-2006 . Billboard Books Publ., New York 2006, p. 75, ISBN 0-8230-7632-6 .