Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town

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Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town
Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town cover
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released April 13, 1987
Recorded September 1986 -
January 1987
Genre Country
Length 32:37
Label Mercury
Producer Jack Clement
Professional reviews
Johnny Cash chronology
Class of '55
(1986)		 Johnny Cash is Coming to Town
(1987)		 Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series
(1988)

Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music), and his first for Mercury Records. It was re-released in 2003, paired with Boom Chicka Boom on a single CD. "Sixteen Tons" was previously a hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford, "The Big Light" is an Elvis Costello song from his album King of America, released the previous year and "Let Him Roll" is from Guy Clark's debut, Old No. 1. The album reached No. 36 on the country charts, while the only released single, "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town", peaked at No. 43.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Big Light" (Elvis Costello) – 2:41
  2. "Ballad of Barbara" (Cash) – 4:21
  3. "I'd Rather Have You" (Cash) – 3:11
  4. "Let Him Roll" (Guy Clark) – 4:29
  5. "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" (Bobby Braddock/Charlie Williams) – 3:24
  6. "Sixteen Tons" (Merle Travis) – 2:46
  7. "Letters from Home" (J.C. Crowley/Jack Wesley Routh) – 3:21
  8. "W. Lee O'Daniel and the Light Crust Doughboys" (James Talley) – 2:46
  9. "Heavy Metal (Don't Mean Rock and Roll to Me)" (Clark/Jim McBride) – 2:50
  10. "My Ship Will Sail" (Allen Reynolds) – 2:46

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1987 Country Albums 36

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1987 "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" Country Singles 43

[edit] External links

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