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"Pick a Bale o' Cotton" is a work song from the repertoire of Lead Belly.[3]
| "Pick a Bale o' Cotton" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Johnny Cash | |
| from the album Ring of Fire | |
| A-side | "Bonanza!" "Pick a Bale o' Cotton" |
| Released | July or August 1962 |
| Genre | country |
| Label | Columbia 4-42512 |
| Producer(s) | Don Law and Frank Jones[1] |
| Audio | |
| "Pick a Bale o' Cotton" on YouTube | |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Billboard[2] |   |
Johnny Cash released his adaptation[4] as a single for Columbia Records (Columbia 4-42512, with "Bonanza!" on the flip side)[3][5][6] in July[7][8] or August 1962.[5]
The Billboard magazine evaluated the single upon its release as having a "moderate sales potential",[2] but "Bonanza" only grazed the Hot 100 and entirely missed the Billboard country chart,[4] while "Pick a Bale o' Cotton" didn't make either.
Background
"Pick a Bale O'Cotton" is a simple, repetitious song that Cash wrote on the subject of cotton. The carefree lyric "Jump down, turn around, pick a bale o' cotton," tries to put a positive spin on the grueling, merciless work of the cotton farmer. It might have been sung out in the fields as the cotton was being gathered to help alleviate the backbreaking boredom that would set in daily. The song was not released at the time.[when?]
— John M. Alexander. The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash[9]
Track listing
Johnny Cash version
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pick a Bale o' Cotton" | Johnny Cash | 1:56 |
| 2. | "Bonanza!" | Jay Livingston – Raymond Evans | 2:24 |
Personnel
- Johnny Cash – vocal, guitar
- Joe Hancock – banjo
- Marshall Grant – bass
- W. S. Holland – drums
- Luther Perkins – electric guitar
- Bill Pursell – piano[6]
References
- "Johnny Cash - Bonanza! / Pick A Bale O' Cotton". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
- Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (11 August 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 51–. ISSN 0006-2510.
- C. Eric Banister (1 August 2014). Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. Backbeat Books. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-1-61713-608-5.
- C. Eric Banister (1 August 2014). Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. Backbeat. pp. 89–. ISBN 978-1-61713-609-2.
- Steve Turner (2005-10-30). The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend. Thomas Nelson. pp. 246–. ISBN 978-1-4185-7809-1.
- John L. Smith (1 January 1999). Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3629-7.
John L. Smith (1 January 1999). Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3629-7. - Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.
July
"Bonanza"/"Pick A Bale O' Cotton" (Columbia 4-42512) released. - The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1994. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-313-29506-5.
- John M. Alexander (16 April 2018). The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-1-61075-628-0.
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