Verified listings:
- One Piece At A Time - Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three
- One Piece At A Time - Johnny Cash
Recording location:
- Nashville, TN
Available on (*):
- 1976 45 rpm single (Columbia 3-10321, March, 1976)
- 1976 LP One Piece At A Time (Columbia KC-34193, May, 1976)
- 1996 CD The Dr. Demento Collection: The Mid '70s (Time-Life Music R2-7173, late 1996)
- 2002 CD set The Essential Johnny Cash (Columbia/Legacy C2K 86290, February 12, 2002)
Parody of:
- Auctioneer - Leroy Van Dyke (1956) (ending only)
Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
- cars
- stealing
- crime
- factory work
- patience
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- Johnny Cash worked in an auto factory around the same time that the character in this song started his career.
Chart information:
- #29 1976 (single)
- #185 1976 (as part of album One Piece At A Time)
- #2 1976 (country, as part of album One Piece At A Time)
Also credited as:
- Johnny Cash
General type of music:
- country
Also recorded with:
- The Tennessee Three
- Oscar The Grouch
- The Tennessee Two
- The Carter Family
- June Carter Cash
- many others
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- one of the most successful country singers and songwriters of all time
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