Straight A's in Love

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"Straight A's in Love"
Single by Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
from the album Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams
A-side"Straight A's in Love"
"I Love You Because"
ReleasedDecember 1959 (1959-12)
Genre
LabelSun 334
Songwriter(s)Johnny Cash[1]
Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two singles chronology
"Little Drummer Boy"
(1959)
"Straight A's in Love"
(1959)
"Smiling Bill McCall"
(1960)
Audio
"Straight A's in Love" on YouTube

"Straight A's in Love" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.[2]

The song was released by Sun Records as a single (Sun 334, with "I Love You Because" on the opposite side)[3][4][5][6][7] in December 1959,[8][9] when Cash had already left the label for Columbia.

Charts[edit]

Chart (1960) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 84
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 16

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Straight A's In Love / I Love You Because". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  2. ^ John L. Smith (1 January 1999). Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3629-7.
  3. ^ John Edwards Memorial Foundation (1974). JEMF Quarterly. John Edwards Memorial Foundation.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn (2002). Top Country Singles, 1944 to 2001: Chart Data Compiled from Billboard's Country Singles Charts, 1944-2001. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-151-2.
    Joel Whitburn (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-165-9.
  5. ^ Tim Neely (2004-05-01). Goldmine Records & Prices. Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87349-781-7. Straight A's in Love I Love You Because Sun 334.
  6. ^ Colin Escott; Martin Hawkins (1980). Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label. Quick Fox. ISBN 978-0-8256-3161-0. Straight A's in Love I Love You Because.
  7. ^ George Albert (1984-01-01). The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1685-5.
  8. ^ Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.
    December
    "Straight A's In Love"/"I Love You Because" (Sun 334) released. Both sides of this single will chart during February and March 1960.
  9. ^ The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1994. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-0-313-29506-5.
  10. ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  11. ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-20.