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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".
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Hits That Missed at the BBC (2024)
June (2023)
The Universe (2023)
Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (2022)
Roy Orbison Forever (2022)
The Man Comes Around: Johnny Cash in Ireland (2021)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
This Is Pop (2021)
Johnny Cash: The Man in Black in Britain (2020)
Johnny Cash - A Night to Remember 1973 (2020)
Big Sur Choo Choo (2020)
House of Many Sorrows (2020)
My Darling Vivian (2020)
Country Music by Ken Burns (2019)
Country Nonstop – Von Johnny Cash bis Truck Stop (2019)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019)
Music Videos That Defined the 00’s (2019)
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash (2019)
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black (2018)
The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End (2016)
The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws (2016)
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl (2016)
Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones (2015)
We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited (2015)
Johnny Cash: American Rebel (2015)
I Am Johnny Cash (2015)
Country Kings at the BBC (2014)
The Winding Stream (2014)
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies (2013)
My Father And The Man In Black (2013)
Queens Of Nashville (2013)
Song by Song (2012)
We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash (2012)
Finding Your Roots (2012)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Whole Lotta Shakin' (2009)
Nine Inch Nails and the Industrial Uprising (2009)
Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line (DVD) (2009)
Cash for Kenya (2008)
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (2008)
Johnny Cash's America (2008)
Johnny Cash - Went To Glastonbury (2008)
Lost Concerts Series: Presley & Cash: The Road Show (2008)
Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival - The Other Side of the Mirror (2007)
Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes (2007)
Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame (2007)
Opry Video Classics: Duets (2007)
Opry Video Classics : Legends (2007)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007)
The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971 (2007)
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)
Glen Campbell: Good Times Again (2007)
The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash (2007)
Legends (2006)
American Revolutions: The Highwaymen (2006)
Bob Dylan and The Band: 1969-1970 Compilation (2006)
Johnny Cash: Man in Black - Live in Denmark 1971 (2006)
Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line (2006)
Johnny Cash at 'Town Hall Party' (2006)
Johnny Cash In Ireland - 1993 (2006)
The World's Greatest Gigs (2005)
Johnny Cash: Live from Austin, TX (2005)
Walk the Line (2005)
The Work of Director Mark Romanek (2005)
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
Johnny Cash: Ridin' the Rails (2005)
CMT: Inside Fame (2005)
Johnny Cash: Live at Montreux 1994 (2005)
Johnny Cash: Live From Austin TX (2005)
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 7 (2005)
Johnny Cash: The Man in Black - His Early Years (2005)
Time Life Presents Country Legends Live, Vol. 4 (2005)
Johnny Cash: The Last Great American (2004)
Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line (2004)
Johnny Cash: A Concert Behind Prison Walls (2003)
The Highwaymen: On the Road Again (2003)
Johnny Cash - Final Live Preformance (2003)
The Hunted (2003)
This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years (2002)
Johnny Cash at Town Hall Party 1958-1959 (2002)
Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records (2001)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 (2001)
Johnny Cash Greatest Hits (2001)
Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day (2000)
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (1999)
A Tribute To Johnny Cash (1999)
All My Friends Are Cowboys (1998)
Classic Albums (1997)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1995)
Johnny Cash - Manhattan Center (1994)
Nachtshow (1994)
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work (1993)
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O (1993)
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1993)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
Someone Cry for the Children: The Girl Scout Murders (1993)
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham (1993)
Renegade (1992)
Tennessee Nights (1991)
The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum (1990)
Waylon: Renegade. Outlaw. Legend. (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
George Jones: Same Ole Me (1989)
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder (1988)
Later with Bob Costas (1988)
Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am (1987)
Stagecoach (1986)
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986)
North and South (1985)
Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session (1985)
The Baron and the Kid (1984)
Adrift at Sea (1983)
Murder in Coweta County (1983)
Wogan (1982)
Jerry Lee Lewis 25th anniversary concert (1982)
Johnny Cash: Christmas in Scotland (1981)
George Jones: With a Little Help from His Friends (1981)
The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981)
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters (1980)
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1979 (1979)
Johhny Cash - Live in Las Vegas 1979 (1979)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978 (1978)
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie (1978)
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977 (1977)
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976 (1976)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Tony Orlando and Dawn (1974)
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973)
Musikladen (1972)
Eat the Document (1972)
Columbo (1971)
A Gunfight (1971)
I Walk the Line (1970)
The Flip Wilson Show (1970)
Drei mal neun (1970)
The Trail of Tears: John Ross (1970)
Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
The Jim Nabors Hour (1969)
Johnny Cash at San Quentin (1969)
The Johnny Cash Show (1969)
Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music (1969)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969)
Festival (1967)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
Shindig! (1964)
Die Drehscheibe (1964)
Hootenanny Hoot (1963)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Night Rider (1962)
Five Minutes to Live (1961)
The Grammy Awards (1959)
The Rebel (1959)
The Dick Clark Show (1958)
Wagon Train (1957)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Johnny Cash: A Tribute to The Man in Black
Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash: The Road Show
Red Dead Western
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1932-02-26
Deathday2003-09-12 (71 years old)
Birth NameJ. R. Cash
Birth PlaceKingsland, United States of America
ReligionBaptists
Height1.88-meter
RelationshipsVivian Liberto (1954-08-07 - 1966-01-01), June Carter Cash (1968-03-01 - 2003-01-01)
ChildrenTara Cash, Cindy Cash, Kathy Cash, Rosie Nix Adams, John Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash
FatherRay Cash
MotherCarrie Cloveree Rivers
SiblingsTommy Cash, Reba Hancock, Joanne Cash, Roy Cash, Louise Cash, Jack Cash
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsThe Man In Black, The Highwaymen, J. R. Cash, John R. Cash
Awards"Spirit of Americana" Free Speech Award, Americana Award for Artist of the Year, Horatio Alger Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, Library of Congress Living Legend, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Grammy Legend Award, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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