Gone Girl (album)

Gone Girl
Gone Girl
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	November 13, 1978
Genre	Country; country rock;
Length	32:07
Language	English
Label	Columbia
Producer	Larry Butler
Johnny Cash chronology

Gone Girl is the 58th album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1978. It features The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet song "No Expectations", the original "It Comes and Goes" and Rodney Crowell's "A Song for the Life", as well as a version of Kenny Rogers' famous single "The Gambler", released just a month before Gone Girl. Three singles from the album, "Gone Girl", "I Will Rock and Roll with You" and "It'll Be Her", were released, but did not reach the country chart's top 20.^[1]

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Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gone Girl"	Jack Clement	3:12
2.	"I Will Rock and Roll with You"	Cash	2:54
3.	"The Diplomat"	Roger Bowling	4:03
4.	"No Expectations"	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	3:14
5.	"It Comes and Goes"	Cash	2:34
6.	"It'll Be Her"	Billy Ray Reynolds	3:09
7.	"The Gambler"	Don Schlitz	3:43
8.	"Cajun Born"	Kermit Goell, Jo-El Sonnier	3:21
9.	"You and Me" (with June Carter Cash)	Roger Bowling, Larry Butler	2:45
10.	"Song for the Life"	Rodney Crowell	3:12

Personnel[]

Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
Marshall Grant – bass
W.S. Holland – drums
Bob Wootton – electric guitar
Jimmy Capps, Tommy Allsup – acoustic guitar
Jack Clement – rhythm guitar
Earl Ball – piano
Jerry Hensley – electric and acoustic guitar
Jack Hale, Bob Lewin – trumpet
Jo-El Sonnier – concertina, harmonica
Terry Jacks – guitar
The Carter Family, Jan Howard, The Jordanaires, Rosanne Cash – background vocals
– strings

Additional personnel[]

Produced by Larry Butler
Engineers: Billy Sherrill, Charlie Bradley, Charlie Bragg, Jerry Watson
Recorded at Jack Clement Recordings Studios and Sound Spectrum Studios, Nashville, Tn
"Gone Girl", "The Diplomat", "It'll Be Her", and "A Sing for the Life" arranged by Bill Justis
Photography: Norman Seeff
Art Direction: Virginia Team

Charts[]

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	"Gone Girl"	Country Singles	44
1978	"It'll Be Her"	Country Singles	89
1978	"I Will Rock and Roll with You"	Country Singles	21

References[]

^ Hilburn, Robert (2013-10-31). Johnny Cash: The Life. Orion. ISBN 978-0-297-86658-9.

External links[]

Luma Electronic entry on Gone Girl

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[1] Hilburn, Robert (2013-10-31). Johnny Cash: The Life. Orion. ISBN 978-0-297-86658-9.

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