Happy to Be with You explained

Happy to Be with You
Type:	single
Artist:	Johnny Cash
Album:	Happiness Is You
A-Side:	"Happy to Be with You" "Pickin' Time"
Genre:	Country
Label:	Columbia 4-43420
Producer:	Don Law and Frank Jones

"Happy to Be with You" is a song co-written by Johnny Cash with June Carter and Merle Kilgore.^[1]

Released in October 1965 as a single (Columbia 4-43420, with "Pickin' Time" on the opposite side),^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} it entered the country charts in November, eventually reaching #9 on the U.S. Billboard country chart^{[6] [7]} and #11 on the Cash Box country chart.

Later the song was included on the album Happiness Is You^[8] (October 1966).

External links

• "Happy to Be with You" on the Johnny Cash official website

Notes and References

1. Book: Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash, the Songs. 2004. Thunder's Mouth Press. 9781560256298 . "Happy To Be With You," written with Merle Kilgore and June Carter.
2. Book: Steve Turner. The man called Cash: the life, love, and faith of an American legend. 1 November 2005. Thomas Nelson Inc. 978-0-8499-0815-6. 266.
3. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 23 May 1970. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 1–. 0006-2510.
   Book: Standard Catalog of American Records, 1950-1975. 2000. Krause Publications. 978-0-87341-934-5.
   Book: Tim Neely. Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975. 31 August 2006. Krause Publications. 9780896893078 .
4. Book: The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. 1994. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-29506-5. 8.
5. Book: George Albert. The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. 1984-01-01. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-1685-5.
6. Book: Joel Whitburn. Top Country Singles, 1944 to 2001: Chart Data Compiled from Billboard's Country Singles Charts, 1944-2001. 2002. Record Research. 978-0-89820-151-2.
   Book: Joel Whitburn. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. 2005. Record Research. 978-0-89820-165-9.
7. Book: Peter Lewry. I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. 2001. Helter Skelter. 978-1-900924-22-1.
   1 January
   Although it first charted back in November 1965, "Happy To Be With You" reaches its high of #9 on this day.. 50.
8. Book: C. Eric Banister. Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black. 1 August 2014. Backbeat. 978-1-61713-609-2. 137–. This is another of the albums that many want to forget exists (per Tost's comment above). Featuring the earlier single "Happy to Be with You," it kicks off with the title track, another sappy Cash/Carter co-write..