The Story of a Broken Heart

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| name = The Story of a Broken Heart

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| type = single

| artist = Johnny Cash

| album = Now Here's Johnny Cash

| A-side = "The Story of a Broken Heart"
"Down the Street to 301"

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| released = {{start date|1960|06|}}

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| genre = Country, honky-tonk

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| label = Sun 343

| writer = Tommy Blake{{cite web

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|title=The Story Of A Broken Heart / Down The Street To 301

|website=Discogs|year=1960

|accessdate=2019-01-20}} or Sam Phillips

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"The Story of a Broken Heart" (or "Story of a Broken Heart") is a song originally recorded by Johnny Cash. It was written for him by Tommy Blake or Sam Phillips.{{cite book|author=John M. Alexander|title=The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0NEDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Story+of+a+Broken+Heart%22&pg=PA38|date=2018-04-10|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|isbn=978-1-68226-051-7|pages=31–}}{{cite book|author=John L. Smith|title=Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vysKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Story+of+a+Broken+Heart%22|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-3629-7}}

The song was recorded by Cash at Sun Records in May 1958. and released as a single (Sun 343, with "Down the Street to 301" on the opposite side){{cite book|author=John Edwards Memorial Foundation|title=JEMF Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yh7aAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Story+of+a+Broken+Heart%22+%22Sun+343%22|year=1974|publisher=John Edwards Memorial Foundation}}{{cite book|author=Tim Neely|title=Goldmine Records & Prices|url=https://archive.org/details/goldminerecordsp00neel|url-access=registration|quote=Down the Street to 301 The Story of a Broken Heart Sun 343.|date=2004-05-01|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=978-0-87349-781-7}}{{cite book|author1=Colin Escott|author2=Martin Hawkins|title=Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label|url=https://archive.org/details/sunrecordsbriefh00esco|url-access=registration|quote=Down the Street to 301 The Story of a Broken Heart.|year=1980|publisher=Quick Fox|isbn=978-0-8256-3161-0}} in June 1960.{{cite book|author=Peter Lewry|title=I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ocQK9YBdRhkC&q=%22Down+the+Street+to+301%22+%22Story+of+a+Broken+Heart%22+%22Sun+343%22|year=2001|publisher=Helter Skelter|isbn=978-1-900924-22-1|quote=
June
Both Columbia and Sun Records release singles this month – “Second Honeymoon”/“Honky Tonk Girl” (Columbia 4-41707) and “Story Of A Broken Heart”/“Down The Street To 301” (Sun 343).}}{{cite book|title=The Johnny Cash Record Catalog|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ihbEBcJEx4C&q=%22Sun+343%22&pg=PA21|year=1994|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29506-5|pages=21–}}