Cash originally released “Folsom Prison Blues” as the B-side to his second single, “So Doggone Lonesome.” The single peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. He recorded the track ...
On this day (September 16) in 1969, Johnny Cash was in the fourth week of a five-week run at No. 1 with “A Boy Named Sue.” It was also the Man in Black’s only top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It ...
Despite there being many Johnny Cash songs about failing and being down on your luck, that certainly wasn't true when it came to the singer's career. From the second his debut album — With His Hot and ...
It’s funny how the most random places and moments can flood memories back to us. And for someone with a storied and fascinating past in the music industry, it happens a lot more often than not. For ...
Kris Kristofferson did his best to get Johnny Cash to listen to his songs when he was still a struggling artist. At the time, though, Cash was a major star and had grown accustomed to receiving tapes ...
They explain how Cash went into a studio with members of his touring band in 1993 and quickly recorded these 11 demos of songs he’d recently written, and then set the recordings aside as he soon moved ...