Big River (Johnny Cash song)
| "Big River" | ||||
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| Single by Johnny Cash | ||||
| from the album Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | ||||
| Released | March 1958 | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly | |||
| Length | 2:35 | |||
| Label | Sun | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Johnny Cash | |||
| Producer(s) | Sam Phillips, Jack Clement | |||
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"Big River" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash. Released as a single by Sun Records in 1958, it went as high as #4 on the Billboard country music charts and stayed on the charts for 14 weeks. The song tells a story of the chase of a lost love along the course of Mississippi River from Saint Paul, Minnesota to New Orleans, Louisiana.