Don't Make Me Go

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"Don't Make Me Go"
Single by Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two
from the album Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
A-side "Don't Make Me Go"
"Next in Line"
Released1957 (1957) [1]
Genre Country
Label Sun 266
Songwriter(s) Johnny Cash [2]

"Don't Make Me Go" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.

The song was recorded by Cash in April 1957 and released as a single on Sun Records (Sun 266) later in the year, with "Next in Line" (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side. [3] [1] The single reached #9 on the Billboard C&W Best Sellers in Stores chart. [4] [5] [6]

Composition

It is a melancholy love song, as is the song it was coupled with on the single. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Steve Turner (30 October 2005). The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend. Thomas Nelson. pp. 245–. ISBN   978-1-4185-7809-1.
  2. ↑ "Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two - Next In Line". Discogs . Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  3. ↑ Steve Turner (30 October 2005). The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend. Thomas Nelson. pp. 63–. ISBN   978-1-4185-7809-1.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Joel Whitburn (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. Record Research. ISBN   978-0-89820-165-9.
  6. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (24 June 1957). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp.  58–. ISSN   0006-2510.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  7. ↑ Robert Hilburn (31 October 2013). Johnny Cash: The Life. Orion. pp. 108–. ISBN   978-0-297-86658-9.
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