Five Feet High and Rising (song)

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

"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)
GenreCountry
LabelColumbia 4-41427
Songwriter(s)Johnny Cash[1]
Producer(s)Don Law
Music video
"Five Feet High and Rising" (audio only) on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard[2]Spotlight winner of the week

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

Content

The song is a first person account of the 1937 Mississippi 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]

Charts
Chart (1959) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 76
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 14

References
  1. "I Got Stripes / Five Feet High And Rising". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  2. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (6 July 1959). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 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. Johnny Cash (2004). Johnny Cash, the Songs. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 9781560256298.
  5. 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. 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. 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. 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. "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  13. "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
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