Girl in Saskatoon


"Girl in Saskatoon" is a song co-written by Johnny Cash with Johnny Horton and originally recorded by Cash for Columbia.
It was released as a single. in December 1960, the same month Sun Records released "Oh, Lonesome Me" / "Life Goes On".
U.S. Billboard picked the song "Girl in Saskatoon" as one of the "Spotlight winners of the week", giving it four stars that corresponded to a "very strong sales potential". The review called the song "another fine folkish effort by Cash" and continued:
Nevertheless the song didn't chart on Billboard at all:
On the Cash Box country singles chart, "Girl in Saskatoon" reached number 25 during its nine weeks stay.
Later the song was included on Johnny Cash's album Heart of Cash.

Background

John M. Alexander writes in his book The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash:

Track listing