The Original Sun Albums 1957–1964

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar
2▶CD: Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
3▶CD: Greatest!
4▶CD: Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams and Other Favorite Tunes
5▼CD: Now Here’s Johnny Cash
#TitleRatingLength
1Sugar Time
recording of:
Sugartime
composer:
Odis Echols and Charlie Phillips
1:49
2Down the Street to 301
recording of:
Down the Street to 301
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:06
3Life Goes On
recording of:
Life Goes On
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Jack Clement
2:00
4Port of Lonely Hearts
recording of:
Port of Lonely Hearts
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:36
5Cry! Cry! Cry!
recording of:
Cry! Cry! Cry!
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)
2:29
6My Treasurer
recording of:
My Treasure
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:17
7Oh Lonesome Me
recording of:
Oh Lonesome Me
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Publications Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Esperanza MV Frank Oldenburg e. K., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2:30
8So Doggone Lonesome
recording of:
So Doggone Lonesome
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:38
9You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-05-15)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-05-15)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Van Eaton (on 1958-05-15)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-05-15)
piano:
Jimmy Wilson (rockabilly piano) (on 1958-05-15)
vocals:
Gene Lowery Singers (on 1958-07-09)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-05-15, on 1958-07-09)
recording of:
You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven (from 1958-05-15 until 1958-07-09)
lyricist:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
writer:
Jim Atkins (US country musician), John R. Cash (country music legend) and Hoyt Johnson
version of:
It’s a Little More Like Heaven
42:41
10Story of a Broken Heart
recording of:
Story of a Broken Heart
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:12
11Hey, Porter!
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-03-22)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1955-03-22)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1955-03-22)
lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1955)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1955) and Sun Record Company (in 1955)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-03-22)
recording of:
Hey, Porter (on 1955-03-22)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and West One Music (production music label, prefix: WOM)
3.52:14
12Home of the Blues
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-07-01)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-07-01)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-07-01)
background vocals:
Bill Abbott (barbershop lead vocalist) (on 1957-08-01), Don Carter (barbershop baritone vocalist) (on 1957-08-01), Lee Holt (on 1957-08-01), Cyd Mosteller (on 1957-08-01), Nita Smith (on 1957-08-01) and Asa Wilkerson (on 1957-08-01)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-07-01, on 1957-08-01)
recording of:
Home of the Blues (from 1957-07-01 until 1957-08-01)
writer:
Glen Douglas, John R. Cash (country music legend) and Lillie McAlpin
32:38
6▶CD: All Aboard the Blue Train With Johnny Cash
7▶CD: Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash
8▶CD: Rare!