| Girl in Saskatoon | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Johnny Cash |
| Album: | Heart of Cash |
| A-Side: | "Girl in Saskatoon" "Locomotive Man" |
| Genre: | Country, pop |
| Length: | 2:12 |
| Label: | Columbia 4-41920 |
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| Prev Title: | Mean-Eyed Cat |
| Prev Year: | 1960 |
| Next Title: | Oh Lonesome Me |
| Next Year: | 1960 |
"Girl in Saskatoon" is a song co-written by Johnny Cash with Johnny Horton[1] and originally recorded by Cash for Columbia.
It was released as a single (Columbia 4-41920, with "Locomotive Man" on the opposite side).[2] [3] [4] [5] in December 1960, the same month Sun Records released "Oh, Lonesome Me" / "Life Goes On" (Sun 355).[6]
U.S. Billboard picked the song "Girl in Saskatoon" as one of the "Spotlight winners of the week", giving it four stars that corresponded to a "very strong sales potential". The review called the song "another fine folkish effort by Cash" and continued:Nevertheless, the song didn't chart on Billboard at all:
On the Cash Box country singles chart, "Girl in Saskatoon" reached number 25 during its nine weeks stay.[7]
Later the song was included on Johnny Cash's albums "Heart of Cash" (1968) & "More of Old Golden Throat" (1969).
John M. Alexander writes in his book The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash: