Red Velvet

"Red Velvet" is a song written by Ian Tyson and recorded by Johnny Cash. While the Cash version is the best known, it was first recorded by Ian & Sylvia Tyson in 1965 on their album Early Morning Rain. Recorded by Cash at the Columbia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, the song was released in September 1967 as a single (Columbia 4-44288, with "The Wind Changes" on the opposite side). U.S. Billboard gave the song a "Country Spotlight" review, stating: "Folkster Ian Tyson's plaintive ballad serves as potent material for Cash as he performs it in his compelling and winning style. Another big Cash hit," but in the end, "Red Velvet" did not chart at all, while the flip side charted on the Billboard country chart, but made it only to number 60 and dropped off completely after only six weeks. Later the song was included on Johnny Cash's album Old Golden Throat (1968).