"Katy Too" is a song co-written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.[3]
| "Katy Too" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two | ||||
| from the album Greatest! | ||||
| A-side | "Katy Too" "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" | |||
| Released | June 1959 | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly | |||
| Label | Sun 321 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jack Clement, Johnny Cash[1] | |||
| Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Katy Too" (audio only) on YouTube | ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Billboard[2] | Spotlight winner of the week |
The song was recorded by Cash at Sun Records[3] on May 28, 1958, and released by Sun as a single (Sun 321, with "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" on the opposite side) in June 1959,[4] when he had already left the label for Columbia.
Composition
edit"Katy Too," cowritten by Cash and Clement, would be the last song Cash wrote or cowrote for Sun. The prevailing thought was that Cash was saving his new compositions for Columbia, where he would begin recording a few months later. "Katy Too" is a light, clever play on words, in which the singer lists all his girlfriends and what each does best. Although he can't make up his mind, and would like to marry all of them, he still misses "ol' Katy," too. It was released as a single by Sun in 1959, and reached number 11 on the country chart and number 66 pop.
— John M. Alexander. The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash.[5]
Charts
edit| Chart (1959) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 66 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 11 |
References
edit- ^ "I Forgot To Remember To Forget / Katy Too". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
- ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (6 July 1959). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 27–. ISSN 0006-2510.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ a b John L. Smith (1 January 1999). Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3629-7.
- ^ Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.
Sun Records issue another single pairing, "Katy Too" and "I Forgot To Remember To Forget" (Sun 321) and it reaches #11 during its chart residency.
- ^ John M. Alexander (April 16, 2018). The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-1-61075-628-0.
- ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 17, 2019.