Recording: Folsom Prison Blues

Performed by

Hank Williams Jr

First release

On Audio album The Great Hits of Johnny Cash (June 1970)

Rating

Song info

Song

Folsom Prison Blues

Written by

Johnny Cash

Original written by

Gordon Jenkins

First recording

Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two (July 30, 1955)

First release

Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two on audio single Folsom Prison Blues (December 1955)

Language

English

Adaptation tree

The Conductor written by Gordon Jenkins - English
- Folsom Prison Blues written by Johnny Cash - English
  - Syöpäsairaala written by Roy Rabb - Finnish

Versions

The Conductor written by Gordon Jenkins - English

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
1		The Conductor	Gordon Jenkins	January 1954

Folsom Prison Blues written by Johnny Cash - English

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
1	Folsom Prison Blues	Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two	December 1955	Sampled by Beastie Boys
2	Folsom Prison Blues	Thumper Jones	1956
3	Folsom Prison Blues	Bobby Rowan	1959
4	Folsom Prison	Brian Hyland	1964
5	Folsom Prison	Randy Boone with The Gosdin Brothers and Orchestra	September 1965
6	Folsom Prison Blues	Porter Wagoner	January 1966
7	Folsom Prison Blues	Charley Pride	September 1966
8	Folsom Prison Blues / That's All Right	The International Submarine Band	April 1968
9	Folsom Prison Blues	Bobby Bare	August 1968
10	Folsom Prison Blues	Merle Haggard and The Strangers	September 3, 1968
11	Folsom Prison Blues	Conway Twitty	September 30, 1968
12	Folsom Prison Blues	Nat Stuckey	September 1968
13	Folsom Prison Blues	Ferlin Husky	October 1968
14	Folsom Prison Blues	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	December 14, 1968
15	Folsom Prison Blues	Waylon Jennings	December 1968
16	Folsom Prison Blues	Carl Perkins	May 1969
17	Folsom Prison Blues	The Charlatans	1969
18	Folsom Prison Blues	Chet Atkins	1969
19	Folsom Prison Blues	Slim Harpo	1969
20	Folsom Prison Blues	Hank Williams Jr	June 1970
21	Folsom Prison Blues	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	1970
22	Folsom Prison Blues	Hank Snow	April 1971
23	Folsom Prison Blues	Jerry Reed	1973
24	Folsom Prison Blues	Jerry Lee Lewis	August 1980
25	Folsom Prison	Blood on the Saddle	1987
26	Folsom Prison Blues	Mekons	1988
27	Folsom Prison Blues	Christ on a Crutch	1991
28	Folsom Prison Blues	D.O.A.	1993
29	Folsom Prison Blues	The Hitchin' Post	1993
30	Folsom Prison Blues	Brooks & Dunn with Johnny Cash	September 13, 1994
31	Folsom Prison Blues	Crazy Cracker's	1997
32	Folsom Prison Blues	Elliot Humberto Kavee	1997
33	Folsom Prison Blues	David Allan Coe	1998
34	Folsom Prison Blues	Al Holden	1998
35	Folsom Prison Blues	Johnny Cash / Willie Nelson	1998
36	Folsom Prison Blues	Jetsurfers	1999
37	Folsom Prison Blues	Ian Calford & The Brakemen	2000
38	Folsom Prison Blues	Eve Selis	2000
39	Folsom Prison Blues	The Razorbacks	February 12, 2002
40	Folsom Prison Blues	James Intveld	September 17, 2002
41	Folsom Prison Blues	Dave Lindholm & Keystone Cops	September 23, 2002
42	Folsom Prison Blues	Keb' Mo'	September 24, 2002
43	Folsom Prison Blues	Joel Harrison	April 2003
44	Folsom Prison Blues	Blackie & The Rodeo Kings	July 15, 2003
45	Folsom Prison	Les Williams & Country Fever	2003
46	Folsom Prison	P.J. Proby	2003
47	Folsom Prison Blues	Taggy Tones	2003
48	Folsom Prison Blues	Firewater	January 20, 2004
49	Folsom Prison Blues	Bobby Solo	December 16, 2004
50	Folsom Prison Blues	Bill Dewey	2004
51	Folsom Prison Blues	Cocknoose	May 3, 2005
52	Folsom Prison Blues	Wayne Scott	2005
53	Folsom Prison Blues	Joaquin Phoenix	2005
54	Folsom Prison Blues	The Pug Uglies	2006
55	Johnny Cash Medley - I Got Stripes - Folsom Prison Blues - Ring of Fire	Jimmy Buckley	2006
56	Folsom Prison Blues	George Canyon	October 9, 2007
57	Folsom Prison Blues	The Last Rock 'n' Roll Band	October 10, 2007
58	Folsom Prison Blues	Lonesome Spurs	October 26, 2007
59	Folsom Prison	The Rhythm Boys [1]	2007
60	Folsom Prison	Gee Gee Kettel	2007
61	Folsom Prison Blues	Shane Dwight	2007
62	Folsom Prison Blues	Brandi Carlile	September 16, 2008
63	Folsom Prison Blues	The Max Panconi Trio	September 16, 2008
64	Folsom Prison Blues	Chon Travis	October 21, 2008
65	Folsom Prison Blues	Tara Linda & Luna Nueva	2008
66	Folsom Prison Blues	Chilli & The Baracudas	2009
67	Folsom Prison Blues	"Buck" Pizzarelli and the West Texas Tumbleweeds	March 8, 2011
68	Folsom Prison Blues	The Mulberrys feat. B-Pug	May 1, 2011
69	Folsom Prison Blues	The Folsom Prison Gang	2011
70	Folsom Prison Blues	Ektomorf	February 17, 2012