Biography

Johnny Cash was one of country music's biggest stars of the '50s and '60s, scoring well over 100 hit singles. With his deep, resonant baritone and spare, percussive guitar, he had a basic, distinctive sound. He didn't sound like Nashville, nor did he sound like honky tonk or rock & roll. He created his own subgenre, falling halfway between the blunt emotional honesty of folk, the rebelliousness of rock & roll, and the worldweariness of country. His rebellious attitude and direct musical attack shared a lot of similarities with rock. However, there was a deep sense of history that kept him forever tied with country. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Top Tracks

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• (ghost) Riders In The Sky

• (i Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

• (there'll Be) Peace In The Valley (for Me)

• 25 Minutes To Go

• A A Bay Named Sue

• A Boy Named Sue

• A Half A Mile A Day

• A Picture Of Me (without You)

• A Singer Of Songs

• A Thing Called Love

• After The Ball

• Ain't No Grave

• All Over Again

• Aloha Oe

• Any Old Wind That Blows

• Apache Tears

• As Long As I Live

• Ballad Of A Teenage Queen

• Banks Of The Ohio

• Belshazzar

• Big River

• Big River Ii

• Bird On A Wire

• Blistered

• Blue Christmas

• Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

• Blue Suede Shoes

• Blue Train

• Brakeman's Blues

• Brown Eyed Handsome Man

• Busted

• Christmas As I Knew It

• Cisco Clifton's Fillin' Station

• City Of New Orleans

• Cocaine Blues

• Cold Cold Heart

• Cold, Cold Heart

• Come Alone And Ride This Train

• Come In Stranger

• Cotton Fields

• Cry Cry Cry

• Cry! Cry! Cry!

• Cry, Cry, Cry

• Daddy Sang Bass

• Dark As A Dungeon

• Delia's Gone

• Devil's Right Hand

• Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog

• Don't Go Near The Water

• Don't Take Your Guns To Town

• Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

• Down By The Riverside

• Down The Street To 301

• Drinkin' Wine, Spo-dee-o-dee

• Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

• Far Side Banks Of Jordan

• Five Feet High And Rising

• Five Minutes To Live

• Flesh And Blood

• Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart

• Folsom Prison Blues

• Fool's Hall Of Fame

• Frankie And Johnny

• Frankie's Man Johnny

• From Sea To Shining Sea

• Fuego D'amor (ring Of Fire)

• Funny How Time Slips Away

• Georgia On My Mind

• Get Rhythm

• Girl In Saskatoon

• Give My Love To Rose

• God Bless Robert E. Lee

• Going To Memphis

• Goodbye Little Darlin'

• Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye

• Goodnight Irene

• Great Balls Of Fire

• Great Speckled Bird

• Green, Green Grass Of Home

• Guess Things Happen That Way

• Hammers And Nails

• He Stopped Loving Her Today

• Hey Porter

• Hey Porter!

• Hey! Porter

• Hey, Good Lookin'

• Hey, Porter!

• High School Confidential

• Highway Patrolman

• Highwayman

• Hit The Road And Go

• Home Of The Blues

• Honey Don't

• Honky Tonk Man

• How Great Thou Art

• Hurt

• I Am A Pilgrim

• I Call Him

• I Can't Help It (if I'm Still In Love With You)

• I Corinthians 15:55

• I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You

• I Got A Woman

• I Got Stripes

• I Ride An Old Paint

• I See A Darkness

• I Shall Not Be Moved

• I Still Miss Someone

• I Walk The Line

• I Will Miss You When You Go

• I Will Rock And Roll With You

• I Wish I Was Crazy Again

• I Would Like To See You Again

• If I Were A Carpenter

• If It Wasn't For The Wabash River

• If Jesus Ever Loved A Woman

• If We Never Meet Again This Side Of Heaven

• I'm A Drifter

• I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now

• I'm Gonna Bid My Blues Goodbye

• I'm Leaving Now

• I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

• In The Sweet By And By

• It Ain't Me Babe

• It Ain't Me, Babe

• I've Been Everywhere

• Jackson

• Johnny 99

• Johnny Reb

• Just A Little Talk With Jesus

• Just As I Am

• Just One More

• Leave That Junk Alone

• Legend Of John Henry's Hammer

• Let There Be Country

• Life's Railway To Heaven

• Lights Of Magdala

• Like The 309

• Long Black Veil

• Long Legged Guitar Pickin' Man

• Lovesick Blues

• Loving Her Was Easier (than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)

• Lumberjack

• Luther Played The Boogie

• Mama, You've Been On My Mind

• Man In Black

• Matchbox

• Matthew 24 (is Knocking At The Door)

• Mean As Hell

• Mean Eyed Cat

• Mercy Seat

• Mr. Garfield

• Nasty Dan

• Next In Line

• Night Life

• Nine Pound Hammer

• O Come All Ye Faithful

• Oh What A Dream

• Oh, Lonesome Me

• Oh, What A Good Thing We Had

• Old Apache Squaw

• Old Chunk Of Coal

• On The Evening Train

• On The Road Again

• One Piece At A Time

• One Too Many Mornings

• Oney

• Orange Blossom Special

• Peace In The Valley

• Personal Jesus

• Pick The Wildwood Flower

• Pickin' Time

• Pocahontas

• Real Wild Child (wild One)

• Redemption Song

• Ring Of Fire

• Rock And Roll Ruby

• Rock Island Line

• Rosanna's Going Wild

• Rowboat

• Rusty Cage

• Saginaw, Michigan

• Sam Hall

• San Quentin

• Second Honeymoon

• See Ruby Fall

• Send A Picture Of Mother

• September When It Comes

• Settin' The Woods On Fire

• Silent Night

• Sing It Pretty Sue

• Singing In Vietnam Talking Blues

• Sixteen Tons

• Slow Rider

• Smiling Bill Mccall

• Solitary Man

• Spiritual

• Starkville City Jail

• Straight A's In Love

• Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

• Sunday Morning Comin' Down

• Sunday Morning Coming Down

• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

• Take This Job And Shove It

• Tennessee Flat Top Box

• Thanks A Lot

• That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine

• That's All Over

• The Ballad Of Boot Hill

• The Ballad Of Ira Hayes

• The Beast In Me

• The Blue Train

• The Christmas Guest

• The Cremation Of Sam Mcgee

• The Devil To Pay

• The Grand Tour

• The Great Speckle Bird

• The Highwayman

• The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore

• The Lady Came From Baltimore

• The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer

• The Long Black Veil

• The Man Comes Around

• The Matador

• The Night Hank Williams Came To Town

• The Old Account

• The Rebel - Johnny Yuma

• The Rock Island Line

• The Shifting Whispering Sands

• The Shifting Whispering Sands, Pt. 1

• The Sons Of Katie Elder

• The Streets Of Laredo

• The Wall

• The Way Worn Traveler

• The Ways Of A Woman In Love

• The Whirl And The Suck

• The Wreck Of The Old '97

• There Ain't No Good Chain Gang

• There You Go

• There's A Mother Always Waiting At Home

• There's No Place Like Home

• Time Changes Everything

• Train Of Love

• Trouble In Mind

• Unchained

• Understand Your Man

• Viel Zu Spät (i Got Stripes)

• Walking The Blues

• Wanted Man

• Wayfaring Stranger

• We'll Meet Again

• West Canterbury Subdivision Blues

• What Is Man

• What Is Truth

• What On Earth Will You Do (for Heaven's Sake)

• When The Saints Go Marching In

• White Girl

• Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

• Wide Open Road

• Wildwood Flower

• Wildwood In The Pines

• Without Love

• Wo Ist Zu Hause, Mama (five Feet High And Rising)

• Wreck Of The Old '97

• You Wild Colorado

• You Win Again

• You'll Never Walk Alone

• You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven

Discography

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• The Great Lost Performance

  Troublevision

  2011

• American VI: Ain't No Grave

  American Recordings / Lost Highway

  2010

• American V: A Hundred Highways

  Lost Highway

  2006

• I Walk the Line/Folsom Prison Blues

  Collectables

  2006

• Live from Austin TX

  New West

  2005

• My Mother's Hymn Book

  American

  2004

• Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash

  Legacy / Sony Music Distribution

  2003

• Live at Town Hall Party 1959

  Sundazed

  2003

• Live at Town Hall Party 1958

  Sundazed

  2003

• American IV: The Man Comes Around

  Universal Distribution

  2002

• Best of Cash and Nelson

  Columbia River Entertainment Group

  2001

• American III: Solitary Man

  American

  2000

• Ring of Fire & Other Great Hits Live

  Goldies

  1998

• VH1 Storytellers

  Sony Music Distribution

  1998

• Unchained

  Sony Music Distribution

  1996

• American Recordings

  American

  1994

• Boom Chicka Boom

  Mercury

  1989

• Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series

  Mercury

  1988

• Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town

  Mercury

  1987

• Heroes

  Razor & Tie Music

  1986

• Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming

  America/Smash/Mercury / Mercury

  1986

• Believe in Him

  Word Distribution

  1986

• Johnny 99

  eOne / Koch Records

  1983

• Survivors Live

  Razor & Tie Music

  1982

• Inside a Swedish Prison

  Bear Family Records

  1982

• Adventures of Johnny Cash

  Columbia

  1982

• The Baron

  Columbia

  1981

• Rockabilly Blues

  Columbia

  1980

• A Believer Sings the Truth

  CBS Records

  1980

• Silver

  Columbia

  1979

• I Would Like to See You Again

  DCC Compact Classics

  1978

• Gone Girl

  Columbia

  1978

• The Rambler

  Columbia

  1977

• Last Gunfighter Ballad

  Columbia

  1977

• Strawberry Cake

  Columbia

  1976

• Destination Victoria Station

  1976

• One Piece at a Time

  Columbia

  1976

• Sings Precious Memories

  Epic

  1975

• Children's Album

  Columbia

  1975

• Look at Them Beans

  Columbia

  1975

• Ragged Old Flag

  Legacy / Sony Music Distribution

  1974

• Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me

  Columbia

  1974

• John R. Cash

  Columbia

  1974

• På Österåker

  1973

• Country & Western Superstar

  CBS Records

  1973

• Any Old Wind That Blows

  Columbia

  1973

• Johnny Cash and His Woman

  Columbia

  1973

• America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song

  Legacy / Sony Music Distribution

  1972

• A Thing Called Love

  Columbia

  1972

• A Man in Black

  Columbia

  1971

• International Superstar

  CBS Records

  1971

• The Johnny Cash Show

  Columbia

  1970

• Hello, I'm Johnny Cash

  Columbia

  1969

• Jackson

  High Society

  1969

• Old Golden Throat

  1968

• From Sea to Shining Sea

  1968

• Happiness Is You

  1966

• Everybody Loves a Nut

  1966

• Mean as Hell!

  1966

• Sings the Ballads of the True West

  DCC Compact Classics

  1965

• Orange Blossom Special

  1965

• Ballads of the True West 2

  CBS Records

  1965

• I Walk the Line

  1964

• Bitter Tears (Ballads of the American Indian)

  Legacy / Columbia/Legacy

  1964

• Keep on the Sunnyside

  Columbia

  1964

• Blood, Sweat and Tears

  Legacy / Columbia/Legacy

  1963

• All Aboard the Blue Train

  Get Back Records

  1962

• The Sound of Johnny Cash

  1962

• Hymns from the Heart

  1962

• Now Here's Johnny Cash

  Get Back Records

  1961

• The Lure of the Grand Canyon

  1961

• Now, There Was a Song!

  Legacy / Columbia/Legacy

  1960

• Ride This Train

  Columbia Special Products

  1960

• Greatest!

  Sun Record Company

  1959

• Songs of Our Soil

  Sony BMG

  1959

• Hymns by Johnny Cash

  Sony BMG

  1959

• Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous

  Sun Record Company

  1958

• The Fabulous Johnny Cash

  Pickwick

  1958

• Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar

  Varèse Sarabande / Varese

  1957