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Girl in Saskatoon
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Girl in Saskatoon
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| type = single
| artist = Johnny Cash
| album = Heart of Cash
| A-side = "Girl in Saskatoon"
"Locomotive Man"
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| genre = Rock and roll, country
| length = 2:12
| label = Columbia 4-41920
| writer = Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton
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| prev_title = Mean-Eyed Cat
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| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Oh Lonesome Me
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"'Girl in Saskatoon'" is a song co-written by Johnny Cash with Johnny Horton and originally recorded by Cash for Columbia.
It was released as a single (Columbia 4-41920, with "Locomotive Man" on the opposite side).
in December 1960, the same month Sun Records released "Oh, Lonesome Me" / "Life Goes On" (Sun 355).
U.S. 'Billboard' 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 'Cash Box' country singles chart, "Girl in Saskatoon" reached number 25 during its nine weeks stay.
Later the song was included on Johnny Cash's albums "Heart of Cash" (1968) & "More of Old Golden Throat" (1969).
Background
John M. Alexander writes in his book 'The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash':
Track listing
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| title1 = Girl in Saskatoon
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| writer1 = J. Cash, J. Horton
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| length1 = 2:12
| title2 = Locomotive Man
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References
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