Hey, Porter
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“Hey, Porter” | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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.