"Girl in Saskatoon" is a song co-written by

Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...

with

Johnny Horton John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Initially performing traditional country, Horton later performed rockabilly songs. He is best known for a series of history-inspired narrat ...

and originally recorded by Cash for Columbia. It was released as a

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(Columbia 4-41920, with "Locomotive Man" on the opposite side).

in December 1960, the same month Sun Records released "

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" / "Life Goes On" (Sun 355). U.S. ''

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'' picked the song "Girl in Saskatoon" as one of the "Spotlight winners of the week", giving it four stars that corresponded to a "very strong sales potential". The review called the song "another fine folkish effort by Cash" and continued: Nevertheless, the song didn't chart on ''Billboard'' at all: On the ''

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'' country singles chart, "Girl in Saskatoon" reached number 25 during its nine weeks stay. Later the song was included on Johnny Cash's albums "

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" (1968) & "

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" (1969).

Background

John M. Alexander writes in his book ''The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash'':

Track listing

References

External links

"Girl in Saskatoon"
on the Johnny Cash official website {{authority control Johnny Cash songs 1960 songs 1960 singles Columbia Records singles Songs written by Johnny Cash Songs written by Johnny Horton