Crescent City Blues
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Crescent City Blues is a 1953 slow-tempo blues ballad written by Gordon Jenkins, best known today as the melodic and lyrical basis for Johnny Cash’s later hit “Folsom Prison Blues.”
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues ballad
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song ⓘ |
| composer | Gordon Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| decadeOfRelease | 1950s ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
blues ballad ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedArtist | Johnny Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure | Gordon Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLyricalBasisFor | Folsom Prison Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMelodicBasisFor | Folsom Prison Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | ballad ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Crescent City Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Folsom Prison Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredWorkBy | Johnny Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Gordon Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the lyrical basis of Johnny Cash’s song "Folsom Prison Blues"
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being the melodic basis of Johnny Cash’s song "Folsom Prison Blues" ⓘ |
| originallyWrittenFor | Gordon Jenkins concept album ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | feelings of confinement and longing ⓘ |
| tempo | slow-tempo ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1953 ⓘ |
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