Straight A's in Love explained

Straight A's in Love
Type:	single
Artist:	Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
Album:	Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams
A-Side:	"Straight A's in Love" "I Love You Because"
Label:	Sun 334
Prev Title:	Little Drummer Boy
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Smiling Bill McCall
Next Year:	1960

"Straight A's in Love" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.^[1]

The song was released by Sun Records as a single (Sun 334, with "I Love You Because" on the opposite side)^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} in December 1959,^{[7] [8]} when Cash had already left the label for Columbia.

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. Book: John Edwards Memorial Foundation. JEMF Quarterly. 1974. John Edwards Memorial Foundation.
3. 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.
4. Book: Tim Neely. Goldmine Records & Prices. registration. Straight A's in Love I Love You Because Sun 334.. 2004-05-01. Krause Publications. 978-0-87349-781-7.
5. Book: Colin Escott. Colin Escott. Martin Hawkins. Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label. registration. Straight A's in Love I Love You Because.. 1980. Quick Fox. 978-0-8256-3161-0.
6. Book: George Albert. The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. 1984-01-01. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-1685-5.
7. Book: Peter Lewry. I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. 2001. Helter Skelter. 978-1-900924-22-1.
   December
   “Straight A's In Love"/"I Love You Because” (Sun 334) released. Both sides of this single will chart during February and March 1960..
8. Book: The Johnny Cash Record Catalog. 1994. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-29506-5. 21–.