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STORY BEHIND THE SONG According to Jerry Chestnut, he wrote the 1972 Johnny Cash hit song, "Oney," from a true experience. Chestnut commented, "I wrote "Oney" especially for Johnny Cash and it was one of the very few songs that I wrote for a specific artist. I thought Johnny Cash needed a song like that—about a working man with a boss that stood over him. And I had a boss just like that one time." "I was working for the Florida railroad and my foreman was a guy named Frank Oney. And he did stand over me every minute I was on the job. I just decribed him in the song and I added a few things, like retirement. "Oney" entered the country music charts for Johnny Cash on August 26th, 1972. It went to number two, where it stuck for two weeks. It was his 81st charted song and was on the charts for 15 weeks. |
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