I Got Stripes

"On a Monday"
Single by Lead Belly
Released1939 (1939)
GenreCountry
"I Got Stripes"
Single by Johnny Cash
A-side"I Got Stripes"
"Five Feet High and Rising"
ReleasedJuly 1959 (1959-07)
GenreCountry
Length2:04
LabelColumbia 4-41427
SongwritersCharlie Williams, Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash singles chronology
"Katy Too"
(1959)		 "I Got Stripes"
(1959)		 "Goodbye Little Darlin'"
(1959)
Audio
"I Got Stripes" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BillboardSpotlight winner of the week

"I Got Stripes" is a song recorded by Johnny Cash. The song is credited to Charlie Williams and Cash, but they borrowed from a song by Lead Belly titled "On a Monday".

Lead Belly's original, also known as "Yellow Women's Door Bells" and "Almost Done", was recorded and released by him in 1939 and reflected his "prison experiences".

Johnny Cash version

The song was recorded by Cash on March 12, 1959, and released as a single in July, with "Five Feet High and Rising" (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side.[excessive citations]

According to Robert Hilburn and his book Johnny Cash: The Life, "I Got Stripes" is a "raucous prison tale" written by Johnny Cash and Charlie Williams, a DJ from Los Angeles and Cash's friend.

Charts

Chart (1959) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 10043
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)4

References

  1. ↑ "I Got Stripes / Five Feet High And Rising". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  2. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 6 July 1959. pp. 27–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ↑ Robert K. Oermann (1999). A Century of Country: An Illustrated History of Country Music. TV Books. ISBN 978-1-57500-083-1. I Got Stripes Five Feet High And Rising.
  4. 1 2 3 Robert Hilburn (31 October 2013). Johnny Cash: The Life. Orion. pp. 136–. ISBN 978-0-297-86658-9.
  5. ↑ "Song: On a Monday written by Leadbelly | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  6. ↑ Schmid, Will (1990). A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly, Teacher's Guide. R&L Education. ISBN 9780940796850.
  7. 1 2 Johnny Cash (2004). Johnny Cash, the Songs. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 9781560256298.
  8. 1 2 Don Cusic (15 July 2011). The Cowboy in Country Music: An Historical Survey with Artist Profiles. McFarland. pp. 148–. ISBN 978-0-7864-6314-5.
  9. ↑ Johnny Cash - I Got Stripes, retrieved 2019-06-15
  10. ↑ Steve Turner (30 October 2005). The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend. Thomas Nelson. pp. 245–. ISBN 978-1-4185-7809-1.
  11. ↑ C. Eric Banister (1 August 2014). Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. Backbeat Books. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-1-61713-608-5.
  12. ↑ John M. Alexander (16 April 2018). The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-1-61075-628-0.
  13. ↑ Red Robinson; Peggy Hodgins (1983). Rockbound: Rock'n'roll Encounters. Hancock House. ISBN 978-0-88839-162-9.
  14. ↑ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  15. ↑ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.