Gone Girl

Gone Girl
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	December 1978
Genre	Country
Length	32:07
Label	Columbia
Producer	Larry Butler
Johnny Cash chronology
Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 (1978) Gone Girl (1978) The Unissued Johnny Cash (1978)

Gone Girl is the 58th album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1978. It features The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet song "No Expectations", the original "It Comes and Goes" and Rodney Crowell's "A Song for the Life", as well as a version of Kenny Rogers' famous single "The Gambler", released just a month before Gone Girl. Three singles from the album, "Gone Girl", "I Will Rock and Roll with You" and "It'll Be Her", were released, but did not reach the country chart's top 20.

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Track listing

1. "Gone Girl" (Jack Clement) – 3:12
2. "I Will Rock and Roll With You" (Cash) – 2:54
3. "The Diplomat" (Roger Bowling) – 4:03
4. "No Expectations" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:14
5. "It Comes and Goes" (Cash) – 2:34
6. "It'll Be Her" (Billy Ray Reynolds) – 3:09
7. "The Gambler" (Don Schlitz) – 3:43
8. "Cajun Born" (Kermit Goell, Jo-El Sonnier) – 3:21
9. "You and Me" (Roger Bowling, Larry Butler) – 2:45
   • With June Carter Cash
10. "Song for the Life" (Rodney Crowell) – 3:12

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - vocals, guitar
• Marshall Grant - bass
• W.S. Holland - drums
• Bob Wootton - electric guitar
• Jimmy Capps, Tommy Allsup - acoustic guitar
• Jack Clement - rhythm guitar
• Earl Ball - piano
• Jerry Hensley - electric and acoustic guitar
• Jack Hale, Bob Lewin - trumpet
• Jo-El Sonnier - concertina, harmonica
• The Carter Family, Jan Howard, The Jordanaires, Rosanne Cash - background vocals
• The Shelly Kurland Strings - strings

Additional personnel

• Produced by Larry Butler
• Engineers: Billy Sherrill, Charlie Bradley, Charlie Bragg, Jerry Watson
• Recorded at Jack Clement Recordings Studios and Sound Spectrum Studios, Nashville, Tn
• "Gone Girl", "The Diplomat", "It'll Be Her" and "A Sing for the Life" arranged by Bill Justis
• Photography: Norman Seeff
• Art Direction: Virginia Team

Charts

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	"Gone Girl"	Country Singles	44
1978	"It'll Be Her"	Country Singles	89
1978	"I Will Rock and Roll with You"	Country Singles	21

External links

• Luma Electronic entry on Gone Girl