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Johnny Cash was one of the most imposing and influential figures in
post-World War II country music. With his deep, resonant baritone and
spare, percussive guitar, he had a basic, distinctive sound. Cash
didn't sound like Nashville, nor did he sound like honky tonk or rock
& roll. He created his own sub-genre, falling halfway between the
blunt emotional honesty of folk, the rebelliousness of rock & roll,
and the world weariness of country. Cash's career coincided with the
birth of rock & roll, and his rebellious attitude and simple, direct
musical attack shared a lot of similarities with rock. However, there
was a deep sense of history -- as he would later illustrate with his
series of historical albums -- that kept him forever tied with
country. And he was one of country music's biggest stars of the '50s
and '60s, scoring well over 100 hit singles.
Johnny Cash was born and raised in Arkansas, moving to Dyess when he
was three. By the time he was 12 years old, Cash had begun writing his
own songs. Johnny was inspired by the country songs he had heard on
the radio. While he was in high school, he sang on the Arkansas radio
station KLCN. Johnny Cash graduated from college in 1950, moving to
Detroit to work in an auto factory for a brief while. With the
outbreak of the Korean War, he enlisted in the Air Force. While he was
in the Air Force, Cash bought his first guitar and taught himself to
play. He began writing songs in earnest, including "Folsom Prison
Blues." Cash left the Air Force in 1954, married a Texas woman named
Vivian Leberto, and moved to Memphis, where he took a radio announcing
course at a broadcasting school on the GI Bill. During the evenings,
he played country music in a trio that also consisted of guitarist
Luther Perkins and bassist Marshall Grant. The trio occasionally
played for free on a local radio station, KWEM, and tried to secure
gigs and an audition at Sun Records.
Cash finally landed an audition with Sun Records and its founder, Sam
Phillips, in 1955. Initially, Cash presented himself as a gospel
singer, but Phillips turned him down. Phillips asked him to come back
with something more commercial. Cash returned with "Hey Porter," which
immediately caught Phillips' ear. Soon, Cash released "Cry Cry
Cry"/"Hey Porter" as his debut single for Sun. On the single, Phillips
billed Cash as "Johnny" which upset the singer, because he felt it
sounded too young; the record producer also dubbed Perkins and Grant
the Tennessee Two. "Cry Cry Cry" became a success upon its release in
1955, entering the country charts at number 14 and leading to a spot
on the Louisiana Hayride, where he stayed for nearly a year. A second
single, "Folsom Prison Blues," reached the country Top Five in early
1956 and its follow-up, "I Walk the Line," was number one for six
weeks and crossed over into the pop Top 20.
Johnny Cash had an equally successful year in 1957, scoring several
country hits including the Top 15 "Give My Love to Rose." Cash also
made his Grand Ole Opry debut that year, appearing all in black where
the other performers were decked out in flamboyant, rhinestone-studded
outfits. Eventually, he earned the nickname of "The Man in Black."
Cash became the first Sun artist to release a long-playing album in
November of 1957, when Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar hit
the stores. Cash's success continued to roll throughout 1958, as he
earned his biggest hit, "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" (number one for
ten weeks), as well another number one single, "Guess Things Happen
That Way." For most of 1958, Cash attempted to record a gospel album,
but Sun refused to allow him to record one. Sun also was unwilling to
increase Cash's record royalties. Both of these were deciding factors
in the vocalist's decision to sign with Columbia Records in 1958. By
the end of the year, he had released his first single for the label,
"All Over Again," which became another Top Five success. Sun continued
to release singles and albums of unissued Cash material into the '60s.
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town," Cash's second single for Columbia, was
one of his biggest hits, reaching the top of the country charts and
crossing over into the pop charts in the beginning of 1959. Throughout
that year, Columbia and Sun singles vied for the top of the charts.
Generally, the Columbia releases -- "Frankie's Man Johnny," "I Got
Stripes," and "Five Feet High and Rising" -- fared better than the Sun
singles, but "Luther Played the Boogie" did climb into the Top Ten.
That same year, Cash had the chance to make his gospel record -- Hymns
by Johnny Cash -- which kicked off a series of thematic albums that
ran into the '70s.
The Tennessee Two became the Tennessee Three in 1960 with the addition
of drummer W.S. Holland. Though he was continuing to have hits, the
relentless pace of his career was beginning to take a toll on Cash. In
1959, he had begun taking amphetamines to help him get through his
schedule of nearly 300 shows a year. By 1961, his drug intake had
increased dramatically and his work was affected, which was reflected
by a declining number of hit singles and albums. By 1963, he had moved
to New York, leaving his family behind. He was running into trouble
with the law, most notably for starting a forest fire out West.
June Carter -- who was the wife of one of Cash's drinking buddies,
Carl Smith -- would provide Cash with his return to the top of the
charts with "Ring of Fire," which she co-wrote with Merle Kilgore.
"Ring of Fire" spent seven weeks on the top of the charts and was a
Top 20 pop hit. Cash continued his success in 1964, as "Understand
Your Man" became a number one hit. However, Cash's comeback was short
-lived, as he sank further into addiction and his hit singles arrived
sporadically. Cash was arrested in El Paso for attempting to smuggle
amphetamines into the country through his guitar case in 1965. That
same year, the Grand Ole Opry refused to have him perform and he
wrecked the establishment's footlights. In 1966, his wife Vivian filed
for divorce. After the divorce, Cash moved to Nashville. At first, he
was as destructive as he ever had been, but he became close friends
with June Carter, who had divorced Carl Smith. With Carter's help, he
was able to shake his addictions; she also converted Cash to
fundamentalist Christianity. His career began to bounce back as
"Jackson" and "Rosanna's Going Wild" became Top Ten hits. Early in
1968, Cash proposed marriage to Carter during a concert; the pair were
married in the spring of 1968.
In 1968, Johnny Cash recorded and released his most popular album,
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison. Recorded during a prison concert, the
album spawned the number one country hit "Folsom Prison Blues," which
also crossed over into the pop charts. By the end of the year, the
record had gone gold. The following year, he released a sequel, Johnny
Cash at San Quentin, which had his only Top Ten pop single, "A Boy
Named Sue," which peaked at number three; it also hit number one on
the country charts. Johnny Cash guested on Bob Dylan's 1969 country
-rock album, Nashville Skyline. Dylan returned the favor by appearing
on the first episode of The Johnny Cash Show, the singer's television
program for ABC. The Johnny Cash Show ran for two years, between 1969
and 1971.
Johnny Cash was reaching a second peak of popularity in 1970. In
addition to his television show, he performed for President Richard
Nixon at the White House, acted with Kirk Douglas in The Gunfight,
sang with John Willams and the Boston Pops Orchestra, and he was the
subject of a documentary film. His record sales were equally healthy,
as "Sunday Morning Coming Down" and "Flesh and Blood" were number one
hits. Throughout 1971, Cash continued to have hits, including the Top
Three "Man in Black." Both Cash and Carter became more socially active
in the early '70s, campaigning for the civic rights of Native
-Americans and prisoners, as well as frequently working with Billy
Graham.
In the mid-'70s, Cash's presence on the country charts began to
decline, but he continued to have a series of minor hits and the
occasional chart topper like 1976's "One Piece at a Time," or Top Ten
hits like the Waylon Jennings duet "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
and "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky." Man in Black, Johnny Cash's
autobiography, was published in 1975. In 1980, Johnny Cash became the
youngest inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. However, the '80s
were a rough time for Cash, as his record sales continued to decline
and he ran into trouble with Columbia. Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry
Lee Lewis teamed up to record The Survivors in 1982, which was a mild
success. The Highwaymen -- a band featuring Cash, Waylon Jennings,
Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson -- released their first album in
1985, which was also moderately successful. The following year, Cash
and Columbia Records ended their relationship and he signed with
Mercury Nashville. The new label didn't prove to be a success, as the
company and the singer fought over stylistic direction. Furthermore,
country radio had begun to favor more contemporary artists, and Cash
soon found himself shut out of the charts. Nevertheless, he continued
to be a popular concert performer.
The Highwaymen recorded a second album in 1992 and it was more
commercially successful than any of Cash's Mercury records. Around
that time, his contract with Mercury ended. In 1993, he signed a
contract with American Records. His first album for the label,
American Recordings, was produced by the label's founder, Rick Rubin,
and was a stark, acoustic collection of songs. American Recordings,
while not a blockbuster success, revived his career critically and
brought him in touch with a younger, rock-oriented audience. In 1995,
the Highwaymen released their third album, The Road Goes on Forever.
The following year, Johnny Cash released his second album for American
Records, Unchained, which featured support from Tom Petty & the
Heartbreakers. His VH-1 Storytellers outing was released in 1998, and
in the spring of 2000 Cash compiled Love, God, Murder, a three-disc
retrospective focusing on the major songwriting themes dominant
throughout his career. The new studio album American III: Solitary Man
appeared later that year.
Health problems plagued Cash throughout the '90s and into the 2000s,
but he continued to record with Rubin; their fourth collaboration,
American IV: The Man Comes Around, was released in late 2002. The
following year, the Mark Romanek-directed video for his cover of Nine
Inch Nails's "Hurt" garnered considerable acclaim and media attention,
culminating in an unexpected nomination for video of the year at the
MTV Video Music Awards. Not long after the video sparked numerous
stories, his beloved wife June Carter Cash died on May 15, 2003, of
complications following heart surgery. Four months later, Johnny Cash
died of complications from diabetes in Nashville, Tennessee. He was
71.
http://www.johnnycash.com/
Tracks:
01. The Night Hank Williams Came To Town (3:23)
02. Cry, Cry, Cry (2:26)
03. Long Black Veil (3:15)
04. I Walk The Line (2:33)
05. Tennessee Flat Top Box (3:06)
06. Get Rhythm (2:31)
07. I Still Miss Someone (2:59)
08. Blue Train (2:04)
09. Folsom Prison Blues (2:46)
10. Home Of The Blues (3:15)
11. Cat's In The Cradle (3:17)
12. Wanted Man (2:53)
13. Ring Of Fire (2:43)
14. Guess Things Happen That Way (1:43)
15. Sixteen Tons (2:44)
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