Hey, Porter

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“Hey, Porter”
Single by Johnny Cash
B-side	"Cry! Cry! Cry!"
Released	July 1955
Format	7" single
Recorded	September 1954
Genre	Country
Length	2:14
Label	Sun Records
Writer(s)	Johnny Cash
Producer	Sam Phillips
Johnny Cash singles chronology
Hey, Porter" (1955) "Folsom Prison Blues" (1955)

Hey, Porter is a song by Johnny Cash. It was recorded in September 1954 and released as a single in July the following year.

[edit] Origins

Cash wrote the song while on his way home from a four year stint in the United States Air Force. He was stationed in Landsberg, Germany, and as such felt elated to be returning to his native South.