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Papa Was a Good Man
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Papa Was a Good Man
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| type = single
| artist = Johnny Cash
| album = A Thing Called Love
| A-side = "Papa Was a Good Man"
"I Promise You"
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| genre = country
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| label = Columbia
| writer = Hal Bynum
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| producer = Larry Butler
| prev_title = Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues
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| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = A Thing Called Love
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"'Papa Was a Good Man'" is a song written by songwriter Hal Bynum.
Released in September 1971 as a single (Columbia 4-45460, with "I Promise You" on the opposite side) by Johnny Cash,
the song reached #16 on U.S. 'Billboard' country chart
and #104 on 'Billboard's Bubbling Under the Hot 100.
Both "I Promise You" (which is "a promise of devotion to June") and "Papa Was a Good Man" are part of Johnny Cash's 1972 album 'A Thing Called Love'.
Analysis
Track listing
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| length1 = 2:35
| title2 = I Promise You
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Charts
References
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