What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Recorded at Sun Studio, also When Love Comes to Town (B.B. King), Next in Line and Ballad of a Teenage Queen
Produced by Sam Phillips, also Next in Line, Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis) and Tryin’ to Get to You (Elvis Presley)
Released on Sun Record Company, also Folsom Prison Blues, High School Confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis) and Breathless (Jerry Lee Lewis)
Part of Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar, also Next in Line, Ballad of a Teenage Queen and Guess Things Happen That Way
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
85 other songs on fono were recorded at Sun Studio, by Elvis Presley and Acda en De Munnik and others
Sam Phillips produced 68 songs on fono
Sam Phillips’s most frequent co-producer is Jack Clement (18 songs together)
Jimmie Davis wrote 17 songs on fono
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- Fern Jones and Jimmie Davis
- Produced by
- Sam Phillips
- Performed by
- Johnny Cash, Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant
- Recorded at
- Sun Studio
- Released on
- Sun Record Company
- Written by
- Fern Jones and Jimmie Davis
- Produced by
- Sam Phillips
- Performed by
- Johnny Cash, Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant
- Recorded at
- Sun Studio
- Released on
- Sun Record Company
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Sam Phillips
Same writer: Jimmie Davis
Same studio: Sun Studio
Same label: Sun Record Company
Same producer: Sam Phillips
Same writer: Jimmie Davis
Same label: Sun Record Company
Same release: Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz I Was There When It Happened was performed by Johnny Cash
I Was There When It Happened was performed by Johnny Cash
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz I Was There When It Happened was performed by Luther Perkins
I Was There When It Happened was performed by Luther Perkins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz I Was There When It Happened was performed by Marshall Grant
I Was There When It Happened was performed by Marshall Grant
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz I Was There When It Happened was produced by Sam Phillips
I Was There When It Happened was produced by Sam Phillips
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz I Was There When It Happened was written by Fern Jones
I Was There When It Happened was written by Fern Jones
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz I Was There When It Happened was written by Jimmie Davis
I Was There When It Happened was written by Jimmie Davis
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7MusicBrainz I Was There When It Happened is part of the release Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar
I Was There When It Happened is part of the release Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz I Was There When It Happened was recorded at Sun Studio
I Was There When It Happened was recorded at Sun Studio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Sun Record Company is the label of the song I Was There When It Happened
Sun Record Company is the label of the song I Was There When It Happened
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz I Was There When It Happened was released on 1957-10-11
I Was There When It Happened was released on 1957-10-11
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026