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Johnny Cash
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Biography
Johnny Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2003) was a Grammy Award-winning American country singer-songwriter. Cash is widely considered to be one of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century.
Cash was known for his deep, distinctive bass-baritone voice, the "freight train" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band, his demeanor, and his dark clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". He traditionally started his concerts with the introduction "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash".
Much of Cash's music, especially that of his later career, echoed themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption. His signature songs include "I Walk the Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", "Get Rhythm", and "Man in Black". He also recorded humorous songs, such as "One Piece at a Time" and "A Boy Named Sue", a duet with June Carter called "Jackson", as well as railroad songs such as "Rock Island Line."
He sold over 90 million albums in his nearly fifty-year career and came to occupy a "commanding position in music history".
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BBC Music Reviews
His affection and sincerity throughout is undeniable.
- Label:
- Sony
- Cat#:
- 88697235242
- Released:
- 2008-03-03
The album is littered with gems...
- Label:
- UMTV
- Cat#:
- 173840
- Released:
- 2007-05-21
All in all, a superlative reissue.
- Label:
- Columbia
- Released:
- 2007-02-19
We should just be grateful that Cash is still around to make records as uplifting and entertaining as this.
- Label:
- Lost Highway
- Cat#:
- 0633392
- Released:
- 2006-10-13
This is an album of weary hope and of gentle regret, it mixes jet-black humour about his waning health and coming death with beautifully tender moments of love and loss.
- Label:
- American
- Cat#:
- 0602498626962
- Released:
- 2006-07-03
To tie in with the release of the eagerly anticipated Cash biopic, here comes the soundtrack...
- Label:
- UMTV
- Cat#:
- 9887850
- Released:
- 2005-11-28
Cash was a very private man who faced his own dark side, and whose only aim in life was to sing songs.
- Label:
- The Editors of Rolling Stone
- Released:
- 2004-09-09
Cash's rejects are better than most artists' greatest hits.
- Label:
- Mercury
- Cat#:
- B16790
- Released:
- 2003-02-02
Johnny Cash's final road to redemption and artistic fulfillment starts here...
- Label:
- Rhino
- Cat#:
- 5101127922
- Released:
- 1994-04-26
Discography
Albums
- Christmas With Johnny Cash
- Mean as Hell
- Johnny Cash Collection
- Ragged Old Flag
- Happiness Is You
- Sings Hank Williams
- Get Rhythm
- Rainbow
- America
- American IV: The Man Comes Around
- Hymns From the Heart
- Ride This Train
- Now Here's Johnny Cash
- John R. Cash
- Rockabilly Blues
- American V: A Hundred Highways
- I Would Like to See You Again
- Johnny 99
- Man in Black
- Hello I'm Johnny Cash
- Any Old Wind That Blows
- More of 'Old Golden Throat'
- Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar
- The Christmas Spirit
- Destination Victoria Station
- Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories
- American III: Solitary Man
- The Mystery of Life
- From Sea to Shining Sea
- Songs of Our Soil
- Now, There Was a Song!
- Home of the Blues
- I Walk the Line
- Just as I Am
- Johnny Cash Patriot
- Water From the Wells of Home
- The Fabulous Johnny Cash
- Sings the Ballads of the True West
- One Piece at a Time
- The Holy Land
- The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash
- Johnny Cash and His Woman / Give My Love to Rose
- Wanted Man
- Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town & Boom Chicka Boom
- Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
- All Aboard the Blue Train
- Bitter Tears
- Greatest!
- Country Christmas
- Gospel Glory
- Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar
- The Sound of Johnny Cash
- Everybody Loves a Nut
- Unchained
- Silver
- Look at Them Beans
- Hymns by Johnny Cash
- Old Golden Throat
- The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me
- American Recordings
- A Thing Called Love
- Blood, Sweat and Tears
- Heart of a Legend
- The Johnny Cash Children's Album
- Orange Blossom Special
- The Fabulous Johnny Cash / Songs of Our Soil
- Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
- Johnny Cash Sings Ballads of the True West
- Boom Chicka Boom
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