Columbia CS-9292

Released   Original: May, 1966

Recorded  In Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville in March, 1965

                   In Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville in November, 1965

                   In Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville in January, 1966

Genre        Country

Length       Original: 29:51

Label         Columbia Records

Producer   Don Law, Frank Jones

"Everybody Loves A Nut" contains a collection of songs with a humouristic tone. -Wich is pretty unusual, coming from "the man in black". As Allmusic.com says, "The songs are just basically nutty".

"Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog" was one of Cash's favourite songs, mostly because he sang this on, what has been described as "the highlight of his career", the Muppet Show.

Johnny Cash has over and over again proved that he can make great music when in a dark mood, but on this album he also shows us that he can use other sides of his personality. It's fun to see that he explores the lighter side of his personality.

Johnny's experimenting with humouristic, childish songs, made him very popular amongst children.

Jack Clement has written most of the songs on this album, and Jack Davis (a popular cartoonist) created the album's cover.

Track listing:

1. 1.Everybody Loves A Nut (Jack Clement) - 2:04
   

2. 2.The One On The Right Is On The Left (Jack Clement) - 2:46
   

3. 3.Cup Of Coffee (Jack Elliott) - 4:40
   

4. 4.The Bug That Tried To Crawl Around The World (Johnny Cash) - 2:54
   

5. 5.The Singing Star's Queen (Jackson King, Bill Mack) - 2:55
   

6. 6.Austin Prison (Johnny Cash) - 2:06
   

7. 7.Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog (Jack Clement) - 2:05
   

8. 8.Take Me Home (Jack Clement, Allen Reynolds) - 2:37
   

9. 9.Please Don't Play Red River Valley (Johnny Cash) - 2:54
   

10. 10.Boa Constrictor (Shel Silverstein) - 1:45
    

11. 11.Joe Bean (Bud Freeman, Leon Prober) - 3:05
    

Personell:

1. •Johnny Cash - Guitar, Vocals
   

2. •Luther Perkins - Electric Guitar
   

3. •Norman Blake - Guitar
   

4. •Marshall Grant - Bass
   

5. •W.S. Holland - Drums
   

6. •Bill Pursell - Piano
   

7. •Jack Elliott - Yodel
   

8. •The Carter Family - Backing vocals
   

9. •The Statler Brothers - Backing vocals
   

10. •Don Law - Producer
    

11. •Frank Jones - Producer
    

Charts

The album achieved a position on the billboard:

Year    Chart                    Position

1966:   Pop Albums               88

Three singles from the album reached the billboards:

Year    Single                                              Chart                    Position

1966:   The One On The Right Is...              Country Singles         2

1966:   The One On The Right Is...              Pop Singles               46

1966:   Everybody Loves A Nut                   Country Singles         17

1966:   Everybody Loves A Nut                   Pop Singles               96

1966:   Boa Constrictor                                Country Singles         39