Port of Lonely Hearts explained

Port of Lonely Hearts
Type:	single
Artist:	Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
Album:	Sings Hank Williams
A-Side:	"Port of Lonely Hearts" "Mean-Eyed Cat"
Genre:	country
Label:	Sun 347

"Port of Lonely Hearts" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The song was recorded by Cash at Sun Records in 1955.^{[4] [6] [7] [8] [9]} in October 1960^{[10] [11] [12]} when Cash had already left the label for Columbia.

Composition and background

According to C. Eric Banister's Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black,

Notes and References

1. Book: John L. Smith. Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. 1 January 1999. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-3629-7.
2. Web site: Cover versions of Mean Eyed Cat by Johnny Cash. SecondHandSongs. 2019-01-25.
3. Book: Robert Hilburn. Johnny Cash: The Life. 2013-10-31. Orion. 978-0-297-86658-9. 70–.
4. Book: John Edwards Memorial Foundation. JEMF Quarterly. 1974. John Edwards Memorial Foundation.
5. Sun released it as a single (Sun 347, with "Mean-Eyed Cat" on the opposite side)^[4]
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: Tim Neely. Goldmine Records & Prices. registration. Mean Eyed Cat Port of Lonely Hearts Sun 347.. 2004-05-01. Krause Publications. 978-0-87349-781-7.
8. Book: Colin Escott. Colin Escott. Martin Hawkins. Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label. registration. Mean Eyed Cat Port of Lonely Hearts.. 1980. Quick Fox. 978-0-8256-3161-0.
9. Book: George Albert. The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. 1984-01-01. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-1685-5.
10. Book: Peter Lewry. I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. 2001. Helter Skelter. 978-1-900924-22-1.
    October
    “Mean Eyed Cat"/"Port Of Lonely Hearts” (Sun 347) released..
11. Book: The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. 1994. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-29506-5. 21–.
12. Book: Colin Escott. Colin Escott. Martin Hawkins. Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll. 2011-03-01. Open Road Media. 978-1-4532-1314-8. 415–.
    Book: Colin Escott. Martin Hawkins. Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll. 1 August 2017. St. Martin's Press. 978-1-250-18211-1.