Five Feet High and Rising is a compilation album of songs performed by country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

 released in 1974 by Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

. It is also the name of a short film by Peter Sollett

Peter Sollett

Peter Sollett is an American film director and screenwriter known for his feature films Raising Victor Vargas and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist .-Career:...

 and Eva Vives that was later made into a feature length film entitled Raising Victor Vargas

Raising Victor Vargas

Raising Victor Vargas is a 2002 film directed by Peter Sollett, written by Sollett and Eva Vives. The film follows Victor, a Lower East Side teenager, as he deals with his eccentric family, including his strict grandmother, his bratty sister, and a younger brother who completely idolizes him...

.

The album is made of songs from the 1960s up to the album Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me

Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me

The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me is an album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1974 . It includes performances by his daughters Rosanne Cash and Carlene Carter...

. Five Feet High and Rising rose to the #33rd spot on the Billboard Album chart.

The song of the same name was referenced by De La Soul

De La Soul

De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres...

 with the title "Three Feet High and Rising

3 Feet High and Rising

3 Feet High and Rising is the debut album from American hip hop trio De La Soul, released in 1989.The album marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties. It is consistently placed on 'greatest...

" for their 1989 debut album

Track listing

1. "In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home
   Cotton Fields
   "Cotton Fields" is a song written by blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly who made the first recording of the song in 1940.-Early versions:...
   
    (Leadbelly
   Leadbelly
   Huddie William Ledbetter was an iconic American folk and blues musician, notable for his strong vocals, his virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the songbook of folk standards he introduced....
   
   )
2. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
   I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
   "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1949. The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Sheppard...
   
   " (Hank Williams)
3. "Frankie's Man Johnny" (Cash)
4. "In the Jailhouse Now
   In the Jailhouse Now
   "In The Jailhouse Now" is an American novelty blues song originally found in vaudeville performances from the early 20th century, usually credited to Jimmie Rodgers...
   
   " (Rodgers)
5. "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" (Ross, Wills)
6. "Don't Take Your Guns to Town
   Don't Take Your Guns to Town
   "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" is a 1958 single by Johnny Cash. The song tells the story of a young cowboy who, ignoring the titular advice from his mother, gets into a gunfight at a saloon and is killed. The single became his fifth release to reach the number one position on the country chart,...
   
   " (Cash)
7. "Great Speckled Bird
   The Great Speckled Bird (song)
   "The Great Speckled Bird" is a Southern hymn whose lyrics were written by the Reverend Guy Smith. It is an allegory referencing Fundamentalist self-perception during the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy. The song is in the form of AABA and has a 12 bar count...
   
   " (Carter, Smith)
8. "Five Feet High and Rising" (Cash)
9. "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" (Null)

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1974	Country Albums	33