The General Lee (song)

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"The General Lee"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album The Dukes of Hazzard (soundtrack)
A-side "The General Lee"
B-side "Duelin' Dukes" (narration: Sorrell Booke)
Released1982 (1982) [1]
Genre Country, country rock, outlaw country
Label Scotti Bros. ZS5 02803
Songwriter(s) Thom Bresh, J. R. Cash
Johnny Cash singles chronology
"The Reverend Mr. Black" / "Chattanooga City Limit Sign"
(1982)
"The General Lee"
(1982)
"Georgia on a Fast Train"
(1982)
Audio
"The General Lee" on YouTube

"The General Lee" is a song co-written by and originally recorded by Johnny Cash for the 1982 soundtrack album to the television series The Dukes of Hazzard . [2] [3]

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The General Lee was the name of the car [2] the Dukes drove on the show.

Released as a single in 1982 (Scotti Bros. ZS5 02803, with "Duelin' Dukes" narrated by Sorrell Booke on the opposite side), [4] [2] "The General Lee" reached number 26 on U.S. Billboard 's country chart. [5]

Track listing

7" single (Scotti Bros. Records ZS5 02803, 1982) [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."The General Lee" T. Bresh, J. R. Cash Johnny Cash 2:47
2."Duelin' Dukes" J. R. Cash Narrator: Sorrell Booke 2:52

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 26

The song is featured in the game Grand Theft Auto V , where it can be heard on Rebel Radio. [7]

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  2. 1 2 3 Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. pp. 149, 153–154. ISBN   978-1-900924-22-1.
    [...] Records "The General Lee" for inclusion on the Dukes Of Hazzard album. A popular TV series, The Dukes Of Hazard featured the voice of Waylon Jennings as narrator and "The General Lee" was the car featured in the series. Jennings also sang the theme song "Good Ole Boys (Theme From Dukes Of Hazzard)"
    release of the Dukes Of Hazzard LP, drawn from the popular TV series featuring John Schneider, Tom Wopat and Catherine Bach. The initial single is "The General Lee"/"Duelin' Dukes" (ZS5-02803) and features Cash on the a-side.
    17 April
    Helped by the TV series Dukes Of Hazzard and the subsequent album, Cash's latest single, "The General Lee", debuts at #62 and will eventually rise to #26 during its [...]
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