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Big River (Johnny Cash song)
1958 single by Johnny Cash
Big River (Johnny Cash song)
"Big River" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash. Released as a single by Sun Records in 1958, it went as high as #4 on the Billboard country music charts and stayed on the charts for 14 weeks. The song tells a story of the chase of a lost love along the course of Mississippi River from Saint Paul, Minnesota to New Orleans, Louisiana. In June 2026, CBS News included the song in its list of the 250 essential American songs of the past 250 years.
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