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Recorded in 1969

Five Feet High and Rising

Written by Johnny Cash Unreleased

Last updated on March 26, 2025


Timeline This song was recorded in 1969

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This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

Other songs by Johnny Cash

From Wikipedia:

“Five Feet High and Rising” is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.

The song was recorded by Cash on March 12, 1959 for his third Columbia album and released as a single on July 6, 1959, with “I Got Stripes” (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side.

The song is a first person account of the 1937 flood that Cash, then aged four years and 11 months, endured with his family. They had to leave their home and flee. […]

On January 21, 1969, during the “Get Back” sessions, Paul McCartney and John Lennon played a version of “Five Feet High and Rising“. The four Beatles with Billy Preston played it again on January 31, with George Harrison on vocals.


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Cover versions played during the "Get Back" sessions

"Five Feet High and Rising" was covered during The Beatles' "Get Back" sessions in January 1969. Here is the complete list of covers recorded by Paul McCartney, either alone or with other Beatles, during these sessions:

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