<P> `` A Boy Named Sue '' is a song written by humorist and poet Shel Silverstein and made popular by Johnny Cash . Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24 , 1969 at California 's San Quentin State Prison for his At San Quentin album . Cash also performed the song ( with comical variations on the original performance ) in December 1969 at Madison Square Garden . The live San Quentin version of the song became Cash 's biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and his only top ten single there , spending three weeks at No. 2 in 1969 , held out of the top spot by `` Honky Tonk Women '' by The Rolling Stones . The track also topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts that same year and was certified Gold on August 14 , 1969 , by the RIAA . </P>
<P> `` A Boy Named Sue '' is a song written by humorist and poet Shel Silverstein and made popular by Johnny Cash . Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24 , 1969 at California 's San Quentin State Prison for his At San Quentin album . Cash also performed the song ( with comical variations on the original performance ) in December 1969 at Madison Square Garden . The live San Quentin version of the song became Cash 's biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and his only top ten single there , spending three weeks at No. 2 in 1969 , held out of the top spot by `` Honky Tonk Women '' by The Rolling Stones . The track also topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts that same year and was certified Gold on August 14 , 1969 , by the RIAA . </P>
when did johnny cash write a boy named sue
when did johnny cash write a boy named sue
1969
1969