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Hey, Porter

original song written, composed, and performed by Johnny Cash
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Hey, Porter

Summary

Hey, Porter is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hey, Porter's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Hey, Porter's composer is recorded as Johnny Cash[4].
  • Hey, Porter's genre is rockabilly[5].
  • Hey, Porter was performed by Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two[6].
  • Hey, Porter's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Hey, Porter was published on 1955[8].
  • Hey, Porter's lyricist is recorded as Johnny Cash[9].
  • Hey, Porter's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hey Porter'}[10].
  • Hey, Porter's has characteristic is recorded as train song[11].
  • Hey, Porter's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 303d7a47-612a-4c1a-8760-6ffb1a1f0411[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Hey, Porter was Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two[6].

Publication

Hey, Porter was published on 1955[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is rockabilly[5].

Why It Matters

Hey, Porter ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

Related Entities

Johnny Cash

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
    Form of creative work → song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0700735405, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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