Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash in 1969
Background information
Also known as	The Man in Black
Born	February 26, 1932 (1932-02-26) Kingsland, Arkansas, U.S.
Died	September 12, 2003 (aged 71) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre(s)	Country, rock and roll, rock, folk, blues, gospel
Occupation(s)	Musician, Singer-songwriter, Actor
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, mandolin
Years active	1955 - 2003
Label(s)	Sun, Columbia, Mercury, American, House of Cash
Associated acts	The Tennessee Three, The Highwaymen, Statler Brothers, Carter Family
Website	JohnnyCash.com

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Cash was known for his deep, distinctive voice, the boom-chick-a-boom or "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," "That Old Wheel" (a duet with Hank Williams Jr.), "Cocaine Blues," and "Man in Black". For the 1964 album see I Walk the Line (album. For the 1970 soundtrack album see I Walk the Line (soundtrack album. " Folsom Prison Blues " is an American Country music song written by Johnny Cash in the early 1950s and originally recorded with his trio in 1955 " Ring of Fire " is a Country music song popularized by Johnny Cash and co-written by June Carter (wife of Johnny Cash and Merle Kilgore "Get Rhythm" is a 1956 Rockabilly song written and recorded by Johnny Cash. Hank Williams Jr, (born Randall Hank Williams, May 26, 1949) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Musician "Cocaine Blues" is a Western Swing song written by TJ Arnall, a reworking of the Traditional song " Little Sadie " " Man in Black " (or " The Man in Black " is a Protest song written and sung by and about Johnny Cash, originally released on He also recorded several humorous songs, such as "One Piece at a Time," "The One on the Right Is on the Left," "Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog," "A Boy Named Sue," and a duet with June Carter called "Jackson"; and various railroad songs, such as "Rock Island Line" and "Orange Blossom Special". " One Piece at a Time " is a humorous Rockabilly song written by Wayne Kemp and recorded by Johnny Cash in 1976 " The One on the Right Is on the Left " is a humorous song written by Jack Clement. " A Boy Named Sue " is a country song written by Shel Silverstein and popularly sung by Johnny Cash. Valerie June Carter Cash ( June 23, 1929 &ndash May 15, 2003) was a Singer, Songwriter, actress, comedienne This is about the Lieber/Wheeler song recorded by the Cashes and by others " Rock Island Line " is an American Blues / folk song performed and first recorded by Lead Belly in the 1930s The Fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special", about the passenger train of the same name was written by Ervin T

He sold over 90 million albums in his nearly fifty-year career and came to occupy a "commanding position in music history". ^[1]

Contents 1 Life 1.1 Early life 1.2 First marriage 2 Career 2.1 Early career 2.2 Outlaw Image 2.3 Folsom Prison Blues 2.4 "The Man in Black" 2.5 Highwaymen 2.6 American Recordings 3 Last years and death 4 Legacy 4.1 Portrayals 5 Discography 5.1 Awards and honors 6 References 6.1 Notes 6.2 References 6.3 Works published 7 External links

Life

Johnny Cash was of Scottish heritage, only he did not know this until thoroughly researching the family lineage. He was descended from Queen Ada, who was descended from King Duff, the first King of Scotland. The royal family's last name was Caeshe, but with emigration in the seventeeth century, it came to be spelled the way that it was pronounced, Cash.

The first American Cash was named William. William Cash emigrated to the United States, where he finally settled down in Essex County, Massachusetts in 1667.

Cash was told that he was part of the Cherokee native race, and grew to appreciate and embrace his "native" ancestry, as seen in such songs as "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" and the album "Bitter Tears". After learning he was not Cherokee on his father's side, he discovered he was of Cherokee lineage on this mother's side.

Early life

Johnny Cash was born J. R. Cash in Kingsland, Arkansas to Ray and Carrie (Rivers) Cash, and raised in Dyess, Arkansas. Dyess is a town in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States.

Cash was reportedly given the name "J. R. " because his parents could not agree on a name, only on initials. When he enlisted in the United States Air Force, the military would not accept initials as his name, so he adopted John R. Cash as his legal name. In 1955, when signing with Sun Records, he took Johnny Cash as his stage name. His friends and in-laws generally called him John, while his blood relatives usually continued to call him J. R.

Cash was one of seven children: Reba Hancock, Jack, Joanne (Cash-Yates), Tommy, Roy, and Louise Cash Garrett. His younger brother, Tommy Cash, also became a successful country artist. Tommy Cash, (Born April 5, 1940) is a Singer and younger brother of Johnny Cash.

By age five, J. R. was working in the cotton fields, singing along with his family as they worked. The family farm was flooded on at least one occasion, which later inspired him to write the song Five Feet High And Rising. ^[2] His family's economic and personal struggles during the Depression inspired many of his songs, especially those about other people facing similar difficulties.

Cash was very close to his brother Jack, who was two years older. In 1944, Jack was pulled into a whirling table saw in the mill where he worked, and cut almost in two. A table saw or sawbench is the most common piece of large woodworking equipment He suffered for over a week before he died. ^[2] Cash often spoke of the horrible guilt he felt over this incident. According to Cash: The Autobiography, his father was away that morning, but he and his mother, and Jack himself, all had premonitions or a sense of foreboding about that day, causing his mother to urge Jack to skip work and go fishing with his brother. Jack insisted on working, as the family needed the money. On his deathbed, Jack said he had visions of heaven and angels. Decades later, Cash spoke of looking forward to meeting his brother in heaven. He wrote that he had seen his brother many times in his dreams, and that Jack always looked two years older than whatever age Cash himself was at that moment.

Cash's early memories were dominated by gospel music and radio. Gospel music is Music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life as well as (in terms of the varying music styles to Taught by his mother and a childhood friend, Johnny began playing guitar and writing songs as a young boy. In high school he sang on a local radio station; decades later he released an album of traditional gospel songs, called My Mother's Hymn Book. Unearthed is an acclaimed Box set by Johnny Cash released in 2003 He was also significantly influenced by traditional Irish music that he heard performed weekly by Dennis Day on the Jack Benny radio program. Irish Music is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres on the entire island of Ireland, North and South of the border Dennis Day ( May 21, 1916, New York City – June 22, 1988, Los Angeles California) born Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky February 14, 1894 - December 26, 1974) was an American Comedian, vaudevillian ^[3]

Cash enlisted in the United States Air Force. After basic training at Lackland Air Force Base and technical training at Brooks Air Force Base, both in San Antonio, Texas, Cash was assigned to a U.S. Air Force Security Service unit, assigned as a morse code decoder on Russian Army transmissions, at Landsberg, Germany. Lackland Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force operated by the Air Education and Training Command ( AETC) Brooks City-Base is a former United States Air Force base located 7 miles southeast of San Antonio, Texas. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States Air Force Security Service (often abbreviated USAFSS) was essentially the United States Air Force 's intelligence branch its motto Morse code is a Character encoding for transmitting telegraphic information using standardized sequences of short and long elements to represent the letters numerals Landsberg am Lech is a town in southwest Bavaria, Germany, about 65 kilometers west of Munich and 35 kilometers south of Augsburg. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

First marriage

While in Air Force training in 1950, Cash met Vivian Liberto. Vivian Dorraine Liberto ( April 23, 1934 – May 24, 2005) was the first wife of Country music singer Johnny Cash, A month after his discharge, on August 7, 1954, they were married. They had four daughters: Rosanne (1955), Kathleen (1956), Cindy (1959), and Tara (1961). Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter and occasional Author, who is known for His constant touring and drug use put intense strain on his marriage, and they divorced in 1966.

Career

Early career

In 1954, the couple moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he sold appliances while studying to be a radio announcer. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. At night he played with guitarist Luther Perkins and bassist Marshall Grant. Luther Monroe Perkins ( January 8, 1928 – August 5, 1968) was an American Country music Guitarist renowned for his Marshall Grant (born May 1928 is best known as the bassist of the Tennessee Two, Johnny Cash 's backing band in which he played with Luther Perkins Perkins and Grant were known as the Tennessee Two. Cash worked up the courage to visit the Sun Records studio, hoping to get a recording contract. Sun Records was a Record label based in Memphis, Tennessee, starting operations on March 27 1952. After auditioning for Sam Phillips, singing mostly gospel songs, Phillips told him to "go home and sin, then come back with a song I can sell. Samuel Cornelius Phillips ( January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) better known as Sam Phillips, was an American " Cash eventually won over Phillips with new songs delivered in his early frenetic style. His first recordings at Sun, "Hey Porter" and "Cry Cry Cry," were released in 1955 and met with reasonable success on the country hit parade. Hey Porter is a song by Johnny Cash. It was recorded in September 1954 and released as a single in July the following year "Cry Cry Cry" is a song written and recorded by Johnny Cash.

Cash's next record, Folsom Prison Blues, made the country Top 5, and "I Walk the Line" became No. For the 1964 album see I Walk the Line (album. For the 1970 soundtrack album see I Walk the Line (soundtrack album. 1 on the country charts and entered the pop charts Top 20. Following "I Walk the Line" was "Home of the Blues," recorded in July 1957. "Home of the Blues" is a Johnny Cash song about his unhappy childhood That same year Cash became the first Sun artist to release a long-playing album. A gramophone Although he was Sun's most consistently best-selling and prolific artist at that time, Cash felt constrained by his contract with the small label. Elvis Presley had already left Sun, and Phillips was focusing most of his attention and promotion on Jerry Lee Lewis. Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American Rock and roll and Country music Singer, Songwriter The following year Cash left the label to sign a lucrative offer with Columbia Records, where his single "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" became one of his biggest hits. Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company

In the early 60s, Cash toured with the Carter Family, which by this time regularly included Mother Maybelle's daughters, Anita, June and Helen. The Carter Family was a Country music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956 "Mother Maybelle" Carter ( May 10, 1909 - October 23, 1978) was an American country Musician. Ina Anita Carter ( March 31 1933 in Maces Spring Virginia – July 29 1999 in Goodlettsville Tennessee, age 66 was the Valerie June Carter Cash ( June 23, 1929 &ndash May 15, 2003) was a Singer, Songwriter, actress, comedienne Helen Myrl Carter Jones, better known as Helen Carter ( September 19, 1927 – June 2, 1998) was an American Country music June later recalled admiring Johnny from afar during these tours.

Outlaw Image

As his career was taking off in the early 1960s, Cash started drinking heavily and became addicted to amphetamines and barbiturates. Amphetamine, and related drugs such as Methamphetamine are a group of drugs that act by increasing levels of Norepinephrine, Serotonin, and Dopamine Barbiturates are drugs that act as central nervous system Depressants and by virtue of this they produce a wide spectrum of effects from mild Sedation For a brief time, he shared an apartment in Nashville with Waylon Jennings, who was heavily addicted to amphetamines. Waylon Arnold Jennings ( June 15, 1937 &ndash February 13, 2002) was an influential American Country music Singer Cash used the uppers to stay awake during tours. Friends joked about his "nervousness" and erratic behavior, many ignoring the warning signs of his worsening drug addiction. Drug addiction is widely considered a pathological state. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute Drug use to the development of drug-seeking In a behind the scenes look at "The Johnny Cash Show", Cash claimes to have "tried every drug there was to try".

Although in many ways spiraling out of control, Cash's frenetic creativity was still delivering hits. His rendition of "Ring of Fire" was a crossover hit, reaching No. " Ring of Fire " is a Country music song popularized by Johnny Cash and co-written by June Carter (wife of Johnny Cash and Merle Kilgore Crossover is a term applied to Musical works or performers appearing on two or more of the Record charts which track differing musical tastes or genres 1 on the country charts and entering the Top 20 on the pop charts. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure The song was written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore. Wyatt Merle Kilgore ( August 9, 1934 – February 6, 2005) was an American Singer, Songwriter, and Manager The song was originally performed by Carter's sister, but the signature mariachi-style horn arrangement was provided by Cash, who said that it had come to him in a dream. MARIACHI, the Mixed Apparatus for Radar Investigation of Cosmic-rays of High Ionization, is an apparatus for the detection of Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR The song describes the personal hell Carter went through as she wrestled with her forbidden love for Cash (they were both married to other people at the time) and as she dealt with Cash's personal "ring of fire" (drug dependency and alcoholism). Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions

Cash sometimes spoke of his erratic, drug-induced behavior with some degree of bemused detachment. In June 1965, his truck caught fire due to an overheated wheel bearing, triggering a forest fire that burnt several hundred acres in Los Padres National Forest in California. Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to When the judge asked Cash why he did it, Cash said, "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it. "^[2] The fire destroyed 508 acres (2. 06 km²), burning the foliage off three mountains and killing 49 of the refuge's 53 endangered condors. Cash was unrepentant: "I don't care about your damn yellow buzzards. " The federal government sued him and was awarded $125,127. Johnny eventually settled the case and paid $82,001. For other uses of settlement including legal uses see Settlement. Cash said he was the only person ever sued by the government for starting a forest fire. ^[2]

Although Cash carefully cultivated a romantic outlaw image, he never served a prison sentence. An outlaw or bandit is a person living the lifestyle of outlawry; the word literally means "outside the Law " by folk-etymology from the original A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of Despite landing in jail seven times for misdemeanors, each stay lasted only a single night. A misdemeanor, or misdemeanour, in many common law legal systems is a "lesser" criminal act His most infamous run-in with the law occurred while on tour in 1965, when he was arrested by a narcotics squad in El Paso, Texas. The term narcotic (ναρκωτικός is believed to have been coined by the Greek physician Galen to refer to agents that benumb or deaden causing loss The officers suspected that he was smuggling heroin from Mexico, but it was prescription narcotics and amphetamines that the singer had hidden inside his guitar case. Smuggling, also known as trafficking, is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons past a point where prohibited such as out of a building into a Prison Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Because they were prescription drugs rather than illegal narcotics, he received a suspended sentence. A suspended sentence is a legal construct Unless a minimum punishment is prescribed by law the Court has the power to suspend the passing of sentence (generally

Cash was also arrested on May 11, 1965, in Starkville, Mississippi, for trespassing late at night onto private property to pick flowers. Starkville is a city in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States. Trespass (Fr trespas a crime properly a stepping across from Lat (This incident gave the spark for the song "Starkville City Jail", which he spoke about on his live At San Quentin prison album. )

In the mid 1960s, Cash released a number of concept albums, including Ballads Of The True West (1965), an experimental double record mixing authentic frontier songs with Cash's spoken narration, and Bitter Tears (1964), with songs highlighting the plight of the Native Americans. In Popular music, a concept album is an Album which is "unified by a theme which can be instrumental compositional narrative or lyrical" Sings the Ballads of the True West is a conceptual Double album and the twenty-first album released by country singer Johnny Cash Bitter Tears Ballads of the American Indian is a Concept album and nineteenth album released by country singer Johnny Cash in 1964 (see Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States His drug addiction was at its worst at this point, and his destructive behavior led to a divorce from his first wife and cancelled performances. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage.

In 1967, Cash's duet with Carter, "Jackson," won a Grammy Award. This is about the Lieber/Wheeler song recorded by the Cashes and by others The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

Cash quit using drugs in 1968, after a spiritual epiphany in the Nickajack Cave. Nickajack Cave is a large partially-flooded Cave in Marion County Tennessee. June, Maybelle, and Ezra Carter moved into Cash's mansion for a month to help him defeat his addiction. "Mother Maybelle" Carter ( May 10, 1909 - October 23, 1978) was an American country Musician. Cash proposed onstage to Carter at a concert at the London Gardens in London, Ontario on February 22, 1968; the couple married a week later (on March 1) in Franklin, Kentucky. The London Ice House is an Arena in London Ontario, Canada. It was originally built in 1963 and was home to the London Knights Ice hockey London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457720 the city proper Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Franklin is a city in and the County seat of Simpson County, Kentucky, United States. June had agreed to marry Cash after he had 'cleaned up'. ^[4] Rediscovering his Christian faith, taking an "altar call" in Evangel Temple, a small church in the Nashville area, Cash chose this church over many larger celebrity churches in the Nashville area because he said that there he was treated like just another parishioner and not a celebrity. An altar call is a practice in some evangelical churches in which those who wish to make a new spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ are invited to come forward publicly

Folsom Prison Blues

Cash felt great compassion for prisoners. He began performing concerts at various prisons starting in the late 1950s. ^[2] These performances led to a pair of highly successful live albums, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968) and Johnny Cash at San Quentin (1969). At Folsom Prison is a Live album by Johnny Cash, recorded on January 13, 1968 at Folsom State Prison in Folsom At San Quentin is a recording of a live concert given by Johnny Cash to the inmates of San Quentin State Prison.

The Folsom Prison record was introduced by a rendition of his classic "Folsom Prison Blues," while the San Quentin record included the crossover hit single "A Boy Named Sue," a Shel Silverstein-penned novelty song that reached No. San Quentin State Prison is located on 432 acres (17 km² on Point San Quentin in Marin County, California, United States, north of San Francisco " A Boy Named Sue " is a country song written by Shel Silverstein and popularly sung by Johnny Cash. Sheldon Alan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25 1930 &ndash May 10 1999 was an American poet songwriter musician composer cartoonist screenwriter and author 1 on the country charts and No. 2 on the U. S. Top Ten pop charts. The AM versions of the latter contained a couple of profanities which were edited out. The modern CD versions are unedited and uncensored and thus also longer than the original vinyl albums, though they still retain the audience reaction overdubs of the originals.

In addition to his performances at U. S. prisons, Cash also performed at the Österåker Prison in Sweden in 1972. The Österåker Prison (Anstalten Österåker commonly known as Österåkersanstalten) is a Prison located in Österåker Municipality, thirty kilometers The live album På Österåker ("At Österåker") was released in 1973. På Österåker ("At Österåker" is a Live album by country singer Johnny Cash released on Columbia Records in Between the songs, Cash can be heard speaking Swedish, which was greatly appreciated by the inmates.

"The Man in Black"

From 1969 to 1971, Cash starred in his own television show, The Johnny Cash Show, on the ABC network. The Johnny Cash Show was an American Television Music variety show presented by Johnny Cash. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The Statler Brothers opened up for him in every episode; the Carter Family and rockabilly legend Carl Perkins were also part of the regular show entourage. The Statler Brothers are an American Country music group founded in 1955 in Staunton Virginia. Carl Lee Perkins ( April 9, 1932 &ndash January 19, 1998) was an American pioneer of Rockabilly music a mix of Rhythm However, Cash also enjoyed booking more contemporary performers as guests; such notables included Neil Young, Louis Armstrong, James Taylor, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton (then leading Derek and the Dominos), and Bob Dylan. Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician Louis Armstrong (August 4 1901 &ndash July 6 1971 nicknamed Satchmo or Sachimo and Pops, was an American Jazz Trumpeter James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts Ray Charles Robinson ( September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his Stage name Ray Charles, was an American Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Derek and the Dominos were a Blues-rock supergroup formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton with keyboardist Bobby Whitlock Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major

Cash had met with Dylan in the mid 1960s and became closer friends when they were neighbors in the late 1960s in Woodstock, New York. Woodstock is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. Cash was enthusiastic about reintroducing the reclusive Dylan to his audience. Cash sang a duet with Dylan on Dylan's country album Nashville Skyline and also wrote the album's Grammy-winning liner notes. Nashville Skyline is Bob Dylan 's 9th proper studio album, released by Columbia Records in 1969 The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences For a bibliographic format for citing liner notes see WikipediaCiting sources/example style Liner notes (also sleeve notes or album notes

Another artist who received a major career boost from The Johnny Cash Show was songwriter Kris Kristofferson, who was beginning to make a name for himself as a singer/songwriter. During a live performance of Kristofferson's "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," Cash refused to change the lyrics to suit network executives, singing the song with its references to marijuana intact: "On a Sunday morning sidewalk / I'm wishin', Lord, that I was stoned. " Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down " is a Song written by Kris Kristofferson that appeared on Kristofferson's first album. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a "^[5]

By the early 1970s, he had crystallized his public image as "The Man in Black. " He regularly performed dressed all in black, wearing a long black knee-length coat. This outfit stood in contrast to the costumes worn by most of the major country acts in his day: rhinestone suit and cowboy boots. A rhinestone or paste or diamante is a Diamond simulant made from Rock crystal, Glass or acrylic. Cowboy boots refer to a specific style of Riding boot, historically worn by Cowboys They have a High heel, rounded to pointed toe high shaft and traditionally In 1971, Cash wrote the song "Man in Black" to help explain his dress code: "We're doing mighty fine I do suppose/In our streak of lightning cars and fancy clothes/But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back/Up front there ought to be a man in black. "

He and his band had initially worn black shirts because that was the only matching color they had among their various outfits. ^[2] He wore other colors on stage early in his career, but he claimed to like wearing black both on and off stage. He stated that, political reasons aside, he simply liked black as his on-stage color. ^[2] To this day, the United States Navy's winter blue service uniform is referred to by sailors as "Johnny Cashes," as the uniform's shirt, tie, and trousers are solid black. Uniforms of the United States Navy are a distinction of the service and still follow many traditional patterns for example the changes in uniforms since World War ^[6]

In the mid 1970s, Cash's popularity and number of hit songs began to decline, but his autobiography (the first of two), titled Man in Black, was published in 1975 and sold 1. 3 million copies. A second, Cash: The Autobiography, appeared in 1997. His friendship with Billy Graham led to the production of a movie about the life of Jesus, The Gospel Road, which Cash co-wrote and narrated. William Franklin Graham Jr KBE (born November 7 1918 better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) The decade saw his religious conviction deepening, and he made many evangelical appearances. Evangelicalism is a theological movement tradition and system of beliefs most closely associated with Protestant Christianity, which identifies with the Gospel

He also continued to appear on television, hosting an annual Christmas special on CBS throughout the 1970s. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Later television appearances included a role in an episode of Columbo. He also appeared with his wife on an episode of Little House on the Prairie entitled "The Collection" and gave a performance as John Brown in the 1985 Civil War television mini-series North and South. Little House on the Prairie is an American one-hour dramatic Television program that aired on the NBC network from September 11 1974 to John Brown (May 9 1800 December 2 1859 was an American Abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed Insurrection as a means to end all Slavery Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South North and South is an American television Miniseries set before during and immediately after the American Civil War.

He was friendly with every United States President starting with Richard Nixon. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by He was closest with Jimmy Carter, who became a very close friend. James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 ^[2] He stated that he found all of them personally charming, noting that this was probably essential to getting oneself elected. ^[2]

When invited to perform at the White House for the first time in 1972, President Richard Nixon's office requested that he play "Okie from Muskogee" (a satirical Merle Haggard song about people who despised youthful drug users and war protesters) and "Welfare Cadillac" (a Guy Drake song that derides the integrity of welfare recipients). "Okie from Muskogee" is an American Country music song performed by its co-writer Merle Haggard. Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American Country music Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter. Cash declined to play either song and instead played a series of more left-leaning, politically-charged songs, including "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" (about a brave Native-American World War II veteran who was mistreated upon his return to Arizona), and his own compositions, "What is Truth?" and "Man in Black. Biography The son of Joe E and Nancy W Hayes Ira Hayes was born on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Sacaton Arizona " Cash claimed that the reasons for denying Nixon's song choices were not knowing them and having fairly short notice to rehearse them, rather than any political reason. ^[2]

Highwaymen

In 1980, Cash became the Country Music Hall of Fame's youngest living inductee at age forty-eight, but during the 1980s his records failed to make a major impact on the country charts, although he continued to tour successfully. Waylon Arnold Jennings ( June 15, 1937 &ndash February 13, 2002) was an influential American Country music Singer Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Actor. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. SuperGroup is a Reality show on the channel VH1. The show puts together five Heavy metal musicians packed into a large mansion that must play a show after The Highwaymen were a country supergroup comprising four musicians well known for among other things their involvement and pioneering influence on the Outlaw The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is located at 222 Fifth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. In the mid 1980s, he recorded and toured with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson as The Highwaymen, making two hit albums. Waylon Arnold Jennings ( June 15, 1937 &ndash February 13, 2002) was an influential American Country music Singer Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Actor. The Highwaymen were a country supergroup comprising four musicians well known for among other things their involvement and pioneering influence on the Outlaw

During this period, Cash appeared as an actor in a number of television films. In 1981, he starred in The Pride of Jesse Hallam. Cash won fine reviews for his work in this film that called attention to adult illiteracy. traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write or the ability to use Language to read, write, listen, In 1983, Cash also appeared as a heroic sheriff in Murder In Coweta County, which co-starred Andy Griffith as his nemesis. Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American Actor, producer, Writer, director This film was based on a real-life Georgia murder case. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Cash had tried for years to make the film, for which he won acclaim.

Cash relapsed into addiction after being administered painkillers for a serious abdominal injury in 1983 caused by an unusual incident in which he was kicked and critically wounded by an ostrich he kept on his farm. ^[7]

At a hospital visit in 1988, this time to watch over Waylon Jennings (who was recovering from a heart attack), Jennings suggested that Cash have himself checked into the hospital for his own heart condition. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply Doctors recommended preventive heart surgery, and Cash underwent double bypass surgery in the same hospital. Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure Both recovered, although Cash refused to use any prescription painkillers, fearing a relapse into dependency. Cash later claimed that during his operation, he had what is called a "near death experience". He said he had visions of Heaven that were so beautiful that he was angry when he woke up alive. Heaven may refer to the physical heavens the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the Universe beyond

Cash's recording career and his general relationship with the Nashville establishment were at an all-time low in the 1980s. He realized that his record label of nearly 30 years, Columbia, was growing indifferent to him and wasn't properly marketing him (he was "invisible" during that time, as he said in his autobiography). Cash recorded an intentionally awful song to protest, a self-parody. "Chicken in Black" was about Johnny's brain being transplanted into a chicken. Ironically, the song turned out to be a larger commercial success than any of his other recent material. Nevertheless, he was hoping to kill the relationship with the label before they did, and it was not long after "Chicken in Black" that Columbia and Cash parted ways.

In 1986, Cash returned to Sun Studios in Memphis to team up with Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins to create the album Class of '55. Roy Kelton Orbison ( April 23 1936 &ndash December 6 1988) nicknamed "The Big O" was an influential Grammy Award -winning Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American Rock and roll and Country music Singer, Songwriter Carl Lee Perkins ( April 9, 1932 &ndash January 19, 1998) was an American pioneer of Rockabilly music a mix of Rhythm Class of '55 is an Album by Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and Carl Perkins released in 1986 through This was not the first time he had teamed up with Lewis and Perkins at Sun Studios. On December 4, 1956, Elvis Presley dropped in on Phillips to pay a social visit while Perkins was in the studio cutting new tracks, with Lewis backing him on piano. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cash was also in the studio and the four started an impromptu jam session. An impromptu (loosely meaning "offhand" is a free-form musical composition with the character of an improvisation usually for a solo instrument such as piano A jam session is a Musical act where Musicians gather and play (or "jam") without extensive preparation or predefined Arrangements Phillips left the tapes running and the recordings, almost half of which were gospel songs, survived and have been released on CD under the title Million Dollar Quartet. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio Million Dollar Quartet is the name given to recordings made on Tuesday December 4 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis Tennessee Tracks also include Chuck Berry's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man", Pat Boone's "Don't Forbid Me", and Elvis doing an impersonation of Jackie Wilson (who was then with Billy Ward and the Dominoes) singing "Don't Be Cruel". Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone (born June 1 1934) is an American Singer whose smooth style made him a popular performer of the 1950s Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson Jr ( June 9, 1934 &ndash January 21, 1984) was an American singer

In 1986, Cash published his only novel, Man in White, a book about Saul and his conversion to become the Apostle Paul. Paul the apostle (שאול התרסי Šaʾul HaTarsi, meaning " Saul of Tarsus " Σαούλ Saul and Σαῦλος Saulos and He also recorded Johnny Cash Reads The Complete New Testament in 1990.

American Recordings

After Columbia Records dropped Cash from his recording contract, he had a short and unsuccessful stint with Mercury Records from 1987 to 1991 (see Johnny Cash discography). Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company Mercury Records is a Record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US and are both subsidiaries of The Johnny Cash discography chronicles the output of one of the most prolific recorded music artists of all time Country music singer Johnny Cash.

In 1991, Cash sang lead vocals on a cover version of "Man in Black" for the Christian punk band One Bad Pig's album I Scream Sunday. Christian punk (or Christ punk) is a form of Christian music and a subgenre of Punk rock with some degree of Christian One Bad Pig is a Christian punk and metal crossover band from Austin, Texas which formed in 1985.

His career was rejuvenated in the 1990s, leading to popularity among a younger audience not traditionally interested in country music. In 1993, he sang the vocal on U2's "The Wanderer" for their album Zooropa. " The Wanderer " is the tenth and final track from U2 's 1993 album Zooropa. Zooropa is the eighth studio album by the Irish rock band U2. Although he was no longer sought after by major labels, Cash was approached by producer Rick Rubin and offered a contract with Rubin's American Recordings label, better known for rap and hard rock. Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10 1963 in Lido Beach New York) is an American Record producer and is currently This article is about the record label For the Johnny Cash album released by that same label see American Recordings (album American Recordings Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock

Under Rubin's supervision, he recorded the album American Recordings (1994) in his living room, accompanied only by his guitar. American Recordings is a Grammy Award -winning album by the country singer Johnny Cash. The album featured several covers of contemporary artists selected by Rubin and had much critical and commercial success, winning a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album. The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was first awarded in 1987 Cash wrote that his reception at the 1994 Glastonbury Festival was one of the highlights of his career. For the classical music and theatre festivals co-founded by Rutland Boughton between 1914 and 1926 see Glastonbury Festival (1914-1925 The This was the beginning of a decade of music industry accolades and surprising commercial success.

Cash and his wife appeared on a number of episodes of the popular television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman starring Jane Seymour. Dr Quinn Medicine Woman is a multi- Emmy Award winning American, western / drama series created by Beth Sullivan. Jane Seymour, OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg on February 15 1951) is an English actress best known The actress thought so highly of Cash that she later named one of her twin sons after him. He lent his voice for a cartoon cameo in an episode of The Simpsons, with his voice as that of a coyote that guides Homer on a spiritual quest. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as " El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer " also known as The Mysterious Voyage of Our Homer, is the ninth episode of the eighth season The coyote (kaɪˈoʊti ˈkaɪoʊt ( Canis latrans) also known as the prairie wolf, is a Mammal of the order Carnivora Homer Jay Simpson is a main fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family. In 1996, Cash released a sequel to American Recordings, Unchained, and enlisted the accompaniment of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, which won a Grammy for Best Country Album. Unchained is the second album in Johnny Cash 's American Recording series Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are an American rock band formed in 1975 by Tom Petty The Grammy Award for Best Country Album has been awarded since 1995. Cash, believing he did not explain enough of himself in his 1975 autobiography Man in Black, wrote another autobiography in 1997 entitled Cash: The Autobiography.

Last years and death

In 1997, Cash was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease Shy-Drager syndrome. Neurodegenerative Disease ( Greek νέυρο- néuro-, "nerval" and Latin dēgenerāre, "to decline" or "to Shy-Drager syndrome is a rare progressively Degenerative disease of the Autonomic nervous system. The diagnosis was later altered to autonomic neuropathy associated with diabetes. Autonomic Neuropathy (also called visceral neuropathy) is a disease of the non-voluntary non-sensory Nervous system (i Diabetes mellitus (ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz or /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtəs/ /məˈlaɪtəs/ or /ˈmɛlətəs/ often referred to simply as diabetes ( Ancient Greek: grc This illness forced Cash to curtail his touring. He was hospitalized in 1998 with severe pneumonia, which damaged his lungs. Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal lung is the essential Respiration organ in air-breathing Animals including most Tetrapods a few Fish and a few Snails The most primitive The albums American III: Solitary Man (2000) and American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002) contained Cash's response to his illness in the form of songs of a slightly more somber tone than the first two American albums. American III Solitary Man is the third album in the American series by Johnny Cash. See also 2000 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2000 Record labels American IV The Man Comes Around is the fourth album in the American series by Johnny Cash, released in 2002. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002 The video that was released for "Hurt", a song by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, fit Cash's view of his past and feelings of regret. Video is the technology of electronically capturing, Recording, processing storing transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of Still images " Hurt " is a Song written by Trent Reznor, first released on Nine Inch Nails ' 1994 album The Downward Spiral. Trent Reznor (born Michael Trent Reznor on May 17 1965 is an American Musician, singer producer, and Multi-instrumentalist. The video for the song is now generally recognized as "his epitaph,"^[8] from American IV; and received particular critical and popular acclaim. An epitaph (in Greek, &mdash literally " on the gravestone " is a short text honoring a deceased person strictly speaking that inscribed on

June Carter Cash died on 15 May 2003, at the age of seventy-one. Valerie June Carter Cash ( June 23, 1929 &ndash May 15, 2003) was a Singer, Songwriter, actress, comedienne Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. June had told Cash to keep working, so he continued to record and even performed a couple of surprise shows at the Carter Family Fold outside Bristol, Virginia. The Carter Family Fold is a site dedicated to the preservation and performance of old time country and Folk music. Bristol is an Independent city in Virginia, bounded by Washington County Virginia, and Sullivan County Tennessee. (The 5 July 2003, concert was his final public appearance. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ) At the 21 June 2003, concert, before singing "Ring of Fire", Cash read a statement about his late wife that he had written shortly before taking the stage. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. " Ring of Fire " is a Country music song popularized by Johnny Cash and co-written by June Carter (wife of Johnny Cash and Merle Kilgore He spoke of how June's spirit was watching over him and how she had come to visit him before going on stage. He barely made it through the song. Despite his poor health, he spoke of looking forward to the day when he could walk again and toss his wheelchair into the river near his home.

Johnny Cash died less than five months after his wife, on 12 September 2003, while hospitalized at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. He was interred next to his wife in Hendersonville Memory Gardens near his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Hendersonville Memory Gardens located at 353 East Main Street in Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA was formerly known as Woodlawn Memorial Park East Hendersonville is a city in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States, on Old Hickory Lake.

On 24 May 2005, Vivian Liberto, Cash's first wife and the mother of Rosanne Cash, and three other daughters, died from surgery to remove lung cancer. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vivian Dorraine Liberto ( April 23, 1934 – May 24, 2005) was the first wife of Country music singer Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter and occasional Author, who is known for It was Rosanne Cash's fiftieth birthday.

His stepdaughter, Rosie (Nix) Adams and another passenger were found dead on a bus in Montgomery County, Tennessee, on October 24, 2003. It was speculated that the deaths may have been caused by carbon monoxide from the lanterns in the bus. Adams was 45 when she died. She was buried in the Hendersonville Memorial Gardens, Hendersonville, Tennessee, near her mother and stepfather.

In June 2005, his lakeside home on Caudill Drive in Hendersonville, Tennessee, went up for sale by the Cash estate. Hendersonville is a city in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States, on Old Hickory Lake. In January 2006, the house was sold to Bee Gees vocalist Barry Gibb and wife Linda Gibb and titled in their Florida limited liability company for $2. The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. Barry Alan Crompton Gibb CBE (born 1 September 1946 is a singer songwriter and producer 3 million. The listing agent was Cash's younger brother, Tommy Cash. Tommy Cash, (Born April 5, 1940) is a Singer and younger brother of Johnny Cash. The home was destroyed by fire on 10 April 2007. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[9]

One of Johnny Cash's final collaborations with producer Rick Rubin, entitled American V: A Hundred Highways, was released posthumously on 4 July 2006. Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10 1963 in Lido Beach New York) is an American Record producer and is currently American V A Hundred Highways is a posthumous album by Johnny Cash released on July 4 2006. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The album debuted in the #1 position on Billboard Magazines Top 200 album chart for the week ending 22 July 2006. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Enough of Cash's music was left to put together a posthumous album which he had helped plan. The album, American VI, is planned for release in 2008.

Legacy

From his early days as a pioneer of rockabilly and rock and roll in the 1950s, to his decades as an international representative of country music, to his resurgence to fame in the 1990s as a living legend and an alternative country icon, Cash influenced countless artists and left a large body of work. Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of Rock and roll music and emerged in the early 1950s Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Alternative country is a term used to describe a number of Country music subgenres that tend to differ from mainstream or pop country music Upon his death, Cash was revered by the greatest popular musicians of his time.

Among Johnny Cash's children, his daughter Rosanne Cash (by first wife Vivian Liberto) and his son John Carter Cash (by June Carter Cash) are notable country-music musicians in their own right. Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter and occasional Author, who is known for John Carter Cash (born 3 March 1970) is an American Country music - Singer, Songwriter and producer.

Cash nurtured and defended artists on the fringes of what was acceptable in country music even while serving as the country music establishment's most visible symbol. At an all-star TNT concert in 1999, a diverse group of artists paid him tribute, including Bob Dylan, Chris Isaak, Wyclef Jean, Norah Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and U2. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956) is an American rock Musician and occasional Actor. Wyclef Jean (ˈwajklɛf ˈʒɑn born Nelust Wyclef Jean on October 17, 1972) is a Haitian American Musician, Actor Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30 1979) is an American Singer-songwriter, Pianist, Keyboardist Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Actor. Cash himself appeared at the end and performed for the first time in more than a year. Two tribute albums were released shortly before his death; Kindred Spirits contains works from established artists, while Dressed in Black contains works from many lesser-known artists. Kindred Spirits A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash is a Tribute album to country singer Johnny Cash, released on Sony Records Dressed in Black A Tribute to Johnny Cash is as the title suggests a Tribute album to country singer Johnny Cash, released on the Dualtone

In total, he wrote over a thousand songs and released dozens of albums. A box set titled Unearthed was issued posthumously. A box set (sometimes referred to as a boxed set) is a compilation of various musical recordings Films Television programs or other collection It included four CDs of unreleased material recorded with Rubin as well as a Best of Cash on American retrospective CD.

In recognition of his lifelong support of SOS Children's Villages, his family invited friends and fans to donate to that charity in his memory. SOS Children's Villages is an independent non-governmental international development organisation which has been working to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of children He had a personal link with the SOS village in Diessen, at the Ammersee-Lake in Southern Germany, near where he was stationed as a GI, and also with the SOS village in Barrett Town, by Montego Bay, near his holiday home in Jamaica. Diessen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Hilvarenbeek. Ammersee is a Lake in Upper Bavaria, Germany located southwest of Munich between the towns of Herrsching and Dießen am Ammersee German dialectal mapPNG|right|thumb|200px|Southern Germany roughly corresponds to the area of Germany south of the Speyer line where Upper German dialects are spoken Montego Bay is the fourth largest city in Jamaica and is the location of Jamaica's largest airport the Sir Donald Sangster International Airport. Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. The Johnny Cash Memorial Fund was founded^[10]

In 1999, Cash received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by the Recording Academy to "performers who during their lifetimes have made creative contributions of outstanding In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Johnny Cash^[11] #31 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published ^[12]

In a tribute to Cash after his death, country music singer Gary Allan included the song "Nickajack Cave (Johnny Cash's Redemption)" on his 2005 album entitled Tough All Over. Gary Allan (born December 5, 1967) is an American Country music artist Tough All Over is an album by American Country music Artist Gary Allan. The song chronicles Cash hitting rock bottom and subsequently resurrecting his life and career.

The main street in Hendersonville, Tennessee, Highway 31E, is known as "Johnny Cash Parkway". Hendersonville is a city in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States, on Old Hickory Lake.

On November 2 – November 4, 2007 the Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival was held in Starkville, Mississippi. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Starkville is a city in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States. Starkville, where Cash was arrested over 40 years earlier and held overnight at the city jail on May 11, 1965, inspired Cash to write the song "Starkville City Jail". Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The festival, where he was offered a symbolic posthumous pardon, honored Cash's life and music, and was expected to become an annual event. ^[13]

Portrayals

In 1998, country singer Mark Collie portrayed Cash for the first time in a short film, "I Still Miss Someone". Mark Collie (born January 18 1956 in Waynesboro, Tennessee) is an American Country music artist and occasional Actor. Shot mostly in black and white, it attempts to capture a moment in time for Cash during his darkest years, the mid 1960s.

Walk the Line, an Academy Award-winning biopic about Johnny Cash's lifetime starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash (for which she won the 2005 Best Actress Oscar), was released in the U. Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical Drama film, directed by James Mangold and based on the life of country "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. A biographical motion picture &mdash often shortened to biopic &mdash is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (waˈkeen ˈfee-nɪks born October 28, 1974) formerly credited as Leaf Phoenix is an award-winning American and Puerto Rican Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22 1976 is an Academy Award winning American actress and Film producer, who has established herself as Valerie June Carter Cash ( June 23, 1929 &ndash May 15, 2003) was a Singer, Songwriter, actress, comedienne Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to S. on November 18, 2005 to considerable commercial success and great critical acclaim. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Both Phoenix and Witherspoon have won various other awards for their roles, including the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, respectively. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner They both performed their own vocals in the film, and Phoenix learned to play guitar for his role as Johnny Cash. Phoenix received the Grammy Award for his contributions to the Walk the Line soundtrack. Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical Drama film, directed by James Mangold and based on the life of country His son, John Carter Cash was an Executive Producer on the film.

Ring of Fire, a jukebox musical of the Cash oeuvre, debuted on Broadway on March 12, 2006 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, but closed due to harsh reviews and disappointing sales on April 30, 2006. Ring of Fire is a Jukebox musical based on the music of Johnny Cash. A jukebox musical is a stage or film musical that uses previously released popular songs as its Musical score. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Ethel Barrymore Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 243 West 47th Street in midtown- Manhattan.

Discography

See Johnny Cash discography, and Johnny Cash Sun discography. The Johnny Cash discography chronicles the output of one of the most prolific recorded music artists of all time Country music singer Johnny Cash. The Johnny Cash Sun discography details the music recorded by Country music legend Johnny Cash and released on Sun Records.

Awards and honors

For detailed lists of music awards, see Johnny Cash discography. The Johnny Cash discography chronicles the output of one of the most prolific recorded music artists of all time Country music singer Johnny Cash.

Cash received multiple Country Music Awards, Grammys, and other awards, in categories ranging from vocal and spoken performances to album notes and videos. The Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards or the CMAs and not to be confused with the ACM Awards, are voted on by business members of the Country The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

In a career that spanned almost five decades, Cash was the personification of country music to many people around the world. Cash was a musician who was not tied to a single genre. He recorded songs that could be considered rock and roll, blues, rockabilly, folk, and gospel, and exerted an influence on each of those genres. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of Rock and roll music and emerged in the early 1950s Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Gospel music is Music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life as well as (in terms of the varying music styles to Moreover, he had the unique distinction among country artists of having "crossed over" late in his career to become popular with an unexpected demographic, young indie and alternative rock fans. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of His diversity was evidenced by his presence in three major music halls of fame: the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), the Country Music Hall of Fame (1980), and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1992). The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame was established by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation Inc The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is located at 222 Fifth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States Only thirteen performers are in both of the last two, and only Hank Williams Sr., Jimmie Rodgers, and Bill Monroe share the honor with Cash of being in all three. Hank Williams ( September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who has Jimmie Rodgers ( September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) an early purveyor of Delta blues, known as "The Singing Brakeman" William Smith Monroe ( September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American musician who developed the style of music known as However, only Cash was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the regular manner, unlike the other country members, who were inducted as "early influences. " His pioneering contribution to the genre has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. The Rockabilly Hall of Fame was established on March 21, 1997 to present early Rock and roll history and information relative to the artists and personalities ^[14] He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996. The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to artists in the performing arts Cash stated that his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, in 1980, was his greatest professional achievement. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is located at 222 Fifth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

In 2008, Johnny Cash was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. ^[15]

References

Notes

References

Works published

• Cash, Johnny. Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words. Man in Black His Own Story in His Own Words is an autobiography by country musician Johnny Cash. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975. ISBN 99924-31-58-X.
• Cash, Johnny, with Patrick Carr. Cash: The Autobiography. Cash The Autobiography is a 1997 autobiography of Johnny Cash, country musician written twenty years after his first autobiography Man in Black New York: Harper Collins, 1997. ISBN 0-06-101357-9.
• Cash, Johnny, with June Carter Cash. Love liner notes. New York: Sony, 2000. ASIN B00004TB8A.
• Turner, Steve. The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love, and Faith of an American Legend. Nashville, Thomas Nelson, 2004. (The Authorized Biography).

External links

• Official Website
• Official Johnny Cash Lost Highway Artist Page
• at the Country Music Hall of Fame
• at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• at the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
• at the Hit Parade Hall of Fame
• Johnny Cash at the Internet Movie Database
• Music Videos
• Pardon Johnny Cash
• Johnny Cash's sister Joanne talks to Philip Halcrow of The War Cry about life with Johnny
• Unofficial Website
• Larry King's November 26, 2002 interview With Johnny Cash on CNN

Persondata
NAME	Cash, Johnny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cash, John R. ; Cash, J. R.
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 26, 1930 (1930-02-26)
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kingsland, Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH	September 12, 2003
PLACE OF DEATH	Nashville, Tennessee

A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kingsland is a city in Cleveland County, Arkansas, United States. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

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