50+ Music<p>"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ShelSilverstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShelSilverstein</span></a> and made famous by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnnyCash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyCash</span></a>. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969, at California's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SanQuentinStatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanQuentinStatePrison</span></a> for his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AtSanQuentin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtSanQuentin</span></a> album. Cash also performed the song (with comical variations on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theOriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theOriginal</span></a> performance) in December 1969 at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Madison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Madison</span></a> Square Garden. The live San Quentin version of the song became Cash's biggest hit on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100 chart. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z1Ple-qYuU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=-Z1Ple-qYuU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>