The Best of Johnny Cash

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Folsom Prison Blues
2▶CD
3▶CD
4▼CD
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1Country Boy
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
recording of:
Country Boy (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
3.51:51
2So Doggone Lonesome
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-07-30)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1955-07-30)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1955-07-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-07-30)
recording of:
So Doggone Lonesome (on 1955-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
42:35
3Doin’ My Time
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
cover recording of:
Doing My Time (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Skinner
32:37
4If the Good Lord’s Willing (and the Creeks Don't Rise)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
cover recording of:
If the Lord’s Willing and the Creeks Don’t Rise (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Reed
11:41
5Home 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
6I Was There When It Happened
cover recording of:
I Was There When It Happened
writer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Fern Jones
2:13
7I Walk the Line
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-04-02)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 30), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 33) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 76)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Bug Music, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
4.152:44
8There You Go
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-05-08)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-05-08)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-05-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-05-08)
recording of:
There You Go (on 1956-05-08)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
32:15
9Remember Me (I’m the One Who Loves You)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
cover recording of:
(Remember Me) I’m the One Who Loves You (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
3.51:59
10Next in Line
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-04-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-04-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-04-04)
guitar:
Jack Clement (on 1957-04-04)
background vocals:
Bill Abbott (barbershop lead vocalist) (on 1957-11-22), Don Carter (barbershop baritone vocalist) (on 1957-11-22), Lee Holt (on 1957-11-22), Cyd Mosteller (on 1957-11-22), Nita Smith (on 1957-11-22) and Asa Wilkerson (on 1957-11-22)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1957)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-04-04, on 1957-11-22)
recording of:
Next in Line (from 1957-04-04 until 1957-11-22)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)
32:44
11My Treasure
recording of:
My Treasure
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:12
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ASIN:UK: B001DXL1CY [info]