The Best of Johnny Cash: Sun Records Essentials

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

Tracklist

1Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Cry! 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)
2:27
2So Doggone Lonesome
recording of:
So Doggone Lonesome
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:35
3Hey Porter
recording of:
Hey, Porter
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and West One Music (production music label, prefix: WOM)
2:14
4Get Rhythm
recording of:
Get Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
2:13
5I Walk the Line
recording of:
I Walk the Line
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)
2:43
6There You Go
recording of:
There You Go
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
2:16
7Wide Open Road
recording of:
Wide Open Road
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:34
8Ballad of a Teenage Queen
recording of:
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:11
9Mean Eyed Cat
cover recording of:
Mean Eyed Cat
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd. and Knox Music, Inc.
2:30
10Big River
recording of:
Big River
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash) and Knox Music, Inc.
2:31
11Guess Things Happen That Way
recording of:
Guess Things Happen That Way
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
1:51
12Give My Love to Rose
recording of:
Give My Love to Rose
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher) and Carlin Music
2:46
13Next in Line
recording of:
Next in Line
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)
2:47
14Train of Love
recording of:
Train of Love
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:22
15Doin’ My Time
cover recording of:
Doing My Time
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Skinner
2:38
16Cold, Cold Heart
cover recording of:
Cold, Cold Heart
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Rightsong Music Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-02-16)
2:20
17My Treasure
recording of:
My Treasure
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:17
18Oh Lonesome Me
cover 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
19Rock Island Line
cover recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
2:10
20Port of Lonely Hearts
recording of:
Port of Lonely Hearts
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:33
21I Love You Because
cover recording of:
I Love You Because
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-12)
2:26
22Folsom Prison Blues
recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
2:49
23Luther Played the Boogie
recording of:
Luther Played the Boogie
writer:
Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Hoyt Johnson
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
2:02
24Home of the Blues
recording of:
Home of the Blues
writer:
Glen Douglas, John R. Cash (country music legend) and Lillie McAlpin
2:39
25Two Timin’ Woman
recording of:
Two Timin’ Woman
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Ron Hacker
1:57
26New Mexico
recording of:
New Mexico
writer:
Johnny Johnson (US country singer/songwriter John Isaac Johnson) and Leon Lambson
2:05
27Born to Lose
recording of:
Born to Lose
lyricist and composer:
Frankie Brown
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1943-05-29)
2:11
28I Couldn’t Keep From Crying
cover recording of:
I Couldn’t Keep From Crying
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
2:03
29Katy Too
recording of:
Katy Too
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Jack Clement
1:56
30Come in Stranger
recording of:
Come in Stranger
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:40
31Country Boy
recording of:
Country Boy
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
1:52
32The Wreck of the Old 97
cover recording of:
Wreck of the Old 97
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 777)
1:50
33Thanks a Lot
recording of:
Thanks a Lot (made popular by Johnny Cash: “You’re tellin’ everyone in town that I don’t treat you right / You even say I stay away and don’t come home at night”)
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich (US country singer)
2:37
34Sugartime
cover recording of:
Sugartime
composer:
Odis Echols and Charlie Phillips
1:47
35You’re My Baby
recording of:
You’re My Baby
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:28
36Goodbye Little Darlin’
cover recording of:
Goodbye Little Darlin’, Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”) and Johnny Marvin
publisher:
Western Music Publishing Co., Inc. (on 1940-03-15) and Chappell & Co., Inc. (library/production music) (on 1940-05-07)
2:14
37Story of a Broken Heart
recording of:
Story of a Broken Heart
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:09
38The Ways of a Woman in Love
recording of:
Ways of a Woman in Love
writer:
Bill Justis and Charlie Rich (US country singer)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated)
2:15
39It’s Just About Time
recording of:
It’s Just About Time
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:07
40I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
cover recording of:
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
lyricist, writer and composer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Jimmie Davis Music Company, Inc. (on 1951-12-31)
2:24
41You Tell Me
cover recording of:
You Tell Me
lyricist and composer:
Roy Orbison
1:18
42Life Goes On
recording of:
Life Goes On
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Jack Clement
1:58
43I Forgot to Remember to Forget
cover recording of:
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
writer:
Charlie Feathers and Stan Kesler (US session musician, composer and producer)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
1:52
44You Win Again
cover recording of:
You Win Again
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-09-03)
2:21
45Belshazzar
recording of:
Belshazzar
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
2:23
46Goodnight Irene
cover recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
2:39
47I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
cover recording of:
I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:13
48You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
recording of:
You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
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
2:39
49If the Good Lord’s Willing
cover recording of:
If the Lord’s Willing and the Creeks Don’t Rise
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Reed
1:41
50I 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
2:14
51Always Alone
recording of:
Always Alone
lyricist and composer:
Ted Daffan
1:49
52Straight A’s in Love
recording of:
Straight ‘A’s in Love
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:15
53I Just Thought You’d Like to Know
recording of:
I Just Thought You’d Like to Know
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich (US country singer)
2:21
54Hey Good Lookin’
cover recording of:
Hey, Good Lookin’
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-03-16)
1:41
55Down the Street to 301
recording of:
Down the Street to 301
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:03
56Fool’s Hall of Fame
cover recording of:
Fool's Hall of Fame
writer:
Danny Wolfe
2:23
57Blue Train
recording of:
Blue Train
lyricist and composer:
Billy Smith (1950s Ohio rockabilly artist)
2:01
58Remember Me
cover recording of:
(Remember Me) I’m the One Who Loves You
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
1:58
59Don’t Make Me Go
recording of:
Don’t Make Me Go
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:26
60I Can’t Help It
cover recording of:
I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love With You)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-04-25)
1:45