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Folsom Prison Blues

original song written, composed, and performed by Johnny Cash
Music Composition Musical Work Composition Q742829

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
musical work/composition
Performer
Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two[6]
Genre
rockabilly, country blues[3][4]
Language of work or name
English[7]
Publication date
1955[8]
Composer
Johnny Cash[2]
Form of creative work
song[11]
Lyricist
Johnny Cash[9]
Named after
Folsom State Prison[5]
Title
Folsom Prison Blues[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Folsom Prison Blues zh 佛森监狱蓝调 zh-hant 佛森監獄藍調
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Freebase ID
/m/038pjk
ISWC
T0700550408
MusicBrainz work ID
8bd3625e-a993-3388-bfb2-23dc1350fa4d
Reddit topic ID (obsolete)
folsom_prison_blues
SecondHandSongs work ID
1253
Songlexikon ID
folsom-prison-blues

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🔗 Connections
Genre 2
rockabilly, country blues
← Mb:composer 2
Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash
← Mb:lyricist 2
Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash
Composer 1
Johnny Cash
Created notable works 1
Johnny Cash
Form of creative work 1
song
Instance of 1
musical work
Language of work or name 1
English
Lyricist 1
Johnny Cash
Named after 1
Folsom State Prison
Record label 1
Sun Records
← Mb:based on 1
Crescent City Blues
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Summary

Folsom Prison Blues is a musical work/composition[1].

Related Entities

Johnny Cash Sun Records

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
    Form of creative work → song
    Publication date → 1955
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: ISWC: T0700550408, см. / see autofix на / on P1827"
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