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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Written by Beasley Smith, also That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) (Louis Armstrong), My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine) (The Beach Boys) and Night Train to Memphis (Roy Acuff)
Part of The Fabulous Johnny Cash, also Don’t Take Your Guns to Town, I Still Miss Someone and Pickin’ Time
Written by Billy Vaughn, also Hummin’ the Blues (Pat Boone)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Beasley Smith wrote 10 songs on fono
Beasley Smith’s most frequent co-writer is Haven Gillespie (5 songs together)
Beasley Smith first appears on fono in 1948, 10 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Beasley Smith, Billy Vaughn and Randy Wood
- Part of
- The Fabulous Johnny Cash
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Beasley Smith, Billy Vaughn and Randy Wood
- Part of
- The Fabulous Johnny Cash
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Beasley Smith
Same writer: Billy Vaughn
Same label: Columbia
Same release: The Fabulous Johnny Cash
Same writer: Beasley Smith
Same label: Columbia
Same release: The Fabulous Johnny Cash
Same writer: Beasley Smith
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz I’d Rather Die Young was written by Beasley Smith
I’d Rather Die Young was written by Beasley Smith
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2MusicBrainz I’d Rather Die Young was written by Billy Vaughn
I’d Rather Die Young was written by Billy Vaughn
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz I’d Rather Die Young was written by Randy Wood
I’d Rather Die Young was written by Randy Wood
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4MusicBrainz I’d Rather Die Young is part of the release The Fabulous Johnny Cash
I’d Rather Die Young is part of the release The Fabulous Johnny Cash
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song I’d Rather Die Young
Columbia is the label of the song I’d Rather Die Young
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz I’d Rather Die Young was released on 1958-11
I’d Rather Die Young was released on 1958-11
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026