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Originally posted by Ketadream
I think a boy named sue was written by syndey sheldon...
Was he in jail with cash?...
Wait no wasent it Shell Silverstein or something like that...
Same deal though also was a kids book writer
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No Syndey Shelton released the song first ... he is a close personal friend of Johnny Cash.
When Johnny was released Sydney gave all rights to the song back to Johnny Cash who then wrote a contract with the original writer of the song.
The contract stated That the writer of the song had to stay out of Jail and support his family to recieve royalties and commisions on the song. This contract only lasted 3 months when the writer was rearrested and sent back to Jail for another 7 years.
The contract was renegotiated in 1978 when the writer was again released from Jail that contract stayed in place until 1993 when the writer got rearrested in indiana for murder and rape.