Johnny cash+biography
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Career Start at Sun Records
In the wake of Elvis Presley’s breakthrough at Sun Records in Memphis, Cash and his minimalist grupp auditioned for its owner-producer, Sam Phillips. Beginning with the double-sided hit “Cry! Cry! Cry!”/“Hey Porter” in , Cash became one of the label’s most promising ung artists.
Country hits “I Walk the Line,” “Ballad of a Teenage Queen,” and “Guess Things Happen That Way” crossed over to the pop charts and made Cash a dominant new country singer in the late s. The style Cash set early on changed little over the years; the addition of drummer W. S. “Fluke” Holland in merely reinforced his trademark rhythm-based sound.
The Columbia Years
Cash left Sun and signed with Columbia Records in mid Hit singles such as “Don’t Take Your Guns to Town” () and “Ring of Fire” () followed, but Cash increasingly turned his attention to recording concept albums such as Ride This Train (), Blood, Sweat and Tears (
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Johnny Cash (–)
Johnny Cash was a world-renowned singer/songwriter of country music. With his deep, rich voice and often dark, often uplifting lyrics, he created a body of work that will be heard and remembered for generations to come.
J. R. Cash was born on February 26, , in Kingsland (Cleveland County) to Ray and Carrie Cash. He had six siblings: Roy, Louise, Jack, Reba, Joanne, and Tommy. In , the family moved to Dyess (Mississippi County), where they lived modestly and worked the land. The tragic death of Jack Cash in a sawmill accident haunted young J. R. for the remainder of his life. His mother introduced him to the guitar, and the local Church of God introduced him to music. He acquired a fascination for the guitar and a love for singing. Cash first sang on the radio at station KLCN in Blytheville (Mississippi County) while attending Dyess High School. Upon graduation in , he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force after a brief search for work in Michigan.
Cash was stationed in G
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Johnny Cash
Latest News: Posthumous Johnny Cash Album Songwriter Releasing June
More than 30 years after he recorded them inside a Nashville studio, 11 of Johnny Cash’s unreleased songs are set to debut on a new posthumous album. According to Rolling Stone, Songwriter, scheduled to arrive on June 28, features tracks Cash put to tape during a demo session.
The forthcoming album isn’t a carbon copy of the recordings. The late singer’s son, John Carter Cash, reworked the demos, stripping them down to only Cash’s vocals and acoustic guitar, then worked with producers and other musicians to add instrumentation. Two featured collaborators are Vince Gill, who provides vocals for “Poor Valley Girl,” and the late Waylon Jennings, who sang with Cash on “I Love You Tonite” and “Like a Soldier.” A single from the album, “Well Alright,” has already been released.
Songwriter won’t be the first posthumous album for Cash, who died at age 71 in September His son previously discov