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Johnny Cash
Kingsland, Arkansas, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John R. "Johnny" Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who h…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John R. "Johnny" Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although he is primarily remembered as a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll—especially early in his career—as well as blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal led to Cash being inducted in both the Country Music Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Late in his career, Cash covered songs by several rock artists, among them the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails and he covered the synthpop band Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus. Cash was known for his deep, distinctive bass-baritone voice; for the "boom-chicka-boom" freight train sound of his Tennessee Three backing band; for his rebelliousness, coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor; for providing free concerts inside prison walls; and for his dark performance clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". He traditionally started his concerts by saying, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." and usually following it up with his standard "Folsom Prison Blues." 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 numbers, including "One Piece at a Time" and "A Boy Named Sue"; a duet with his future wife, June Carter, called "Jackson"; as well as railroad songs including "Hey, Porter" and "Rock Island Line". Cash, a devout but troubled Christian, has been characterized as a "lens through which to view American contradictions and challenges." A Biblical scholar, he penned a Christian novel titled Man in White, and he made a spoken word recording of the entire New King James Version of the New Testament. Even so, Cash declared that he was "the biggest sinner of them all", and viewed himself overall as a complicated and contradictory man. Accordingly, Cash is said to have "contained multitudes", and has been deemed "the philosopher-prince of American country music". Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Cash, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2025
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
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2025
Highway 99: A Double Album
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2025
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies
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2025
Unveiled: Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash
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2024
Hits That Missed at the BBC
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2023
June
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2023
The Universe
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2022
Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon
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2022
Roy Orbison Forever
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2021
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
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2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
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2021
This Is Pop
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2020
Johnny Cash: The Man in Black in Britain
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2020
Johnny Cash - A Night to Remember 1973
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2020
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
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2020
Big Sur Choo Choo
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2020
My Darling Vivian
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2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
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2019
Music Videos That Defined the 00’s
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2019
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
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2018
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
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2018
Året var 1968
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2016
The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End
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2016
The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws
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2015
We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
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2015
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
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2015
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC
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2015
The Seventies
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2015
I Am Johnny Cash
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2014
Country Kings at the BBC
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2014
The Winding Stream
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2014
America's Sweethearts: Queens Of Nashville
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2013
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
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2013
My Father And The Man In Black
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2012
Song by Song
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2012
We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
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2012
Finding Your Roots
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2011
Country at the BBC
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