“Folsom Prison Blues” is a song by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, originally released in 1955 as a single on Sun Records and later featured on several albums, including With His Hot and Blue Guitar (1957). The song became one of Cash’s signature pieces and is widely recognized as a classic of country and American roots music. Background Johnny Cash wrote “Folsom Prison Blues” in 1953 while serving in the U.S. Air Force. Inspired

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