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"Five Feet High and Rising"
Single by Johnny Cash
from the album Songs of Our Soil
A-side"Five Feet High and Rising"
"I Got Stripes"
ReleasedJuly 1959 (1959-07)
Genre
Length1:46
LabelColumbia 4-41427
Songwriter(s)Johnny Cash[1]
Producer(s)Don Law
Audio
"Five Feet High and Rising" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard[2]Spotlight winner of the week

"Five Feet High and Rising" is a song written[3] and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.

The song was recorded by Cash on March 12, 1959[4][5] for his third Columbia album[6] and released as a single on July 6, 1959,[7] with "I Got Stripes" (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side.[4][5][6][8][9][10][11]

Content

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The song is a first person account of the 1937 flood that Cash, then aged four years and 11 months, endured with his family. They had to leave their home and flee.[5][6][9][10]

Legacy

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The song provided the inspiration for the name of De La Soul's debut album "Three Feet High and Rising" and is sampled in the song "The Magic Number."[12]

Charts

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Chart (1959) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 76
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14] 14

References

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  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. ^ a b Johnny Cash (2004). Johnny Cash, the Songs. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 9781560256298.
  5. ^ a b c 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.
  6. ^ a b c Robert Hilburn (31 October 2013). Johnny Cash: The Life. Orion. pp. 136–. ISBN 978-0-297-86658-9.
  7. ^ Johnny Cash - I Got Stripes, retrieved 2019-06-15
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ a b 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.
  10. ^ a b 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.
  11. ^ Red Robinson; Peggy Hodgins (1983). Rockbound: Rock'n'roll Encounters. Hancock House. ISBN 978-0-88839-162-9.
  12. ^ Simpson, Dave (29 April 2014). "How we made 3 Feet High and Rising". The Guardian.
  13. ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  14. ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
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