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Johnny
Cash
"
...I have no illusions about who I am and how old I am - but that
has nothing to do with it when I'm in that studio or on that stage
and that thing is coming out of me. That fire is just as bright and
hot as when I was 23. I and the song are one - and whatever I was
meant to do with my music, I'm doing it."
Birth
Name: J.R. Cash
Induction
Year: 1977
Date
of Birth: 2/26/1932
Place
of Birth: Kingsland, AR
Date of Death: 912/2003 |
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Former Occupations:
factory
worker
appliance
salesman
US
Air Force |
Education:
High
School--Dyess High School (Graduated in 1950) |
Career Milestones:
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mid
1940s--first sang professionally in high school on radio station
KLCN (Blytheville, AK) |
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1950--began
learning guitar while stationed in Germany in the USAF |
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early
1950s--began writing songs more seriously |
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mid
1950s--performed on KWEM (Memphis) |
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mid
1950s--auditioned for Sun Records and signed a recording contract;
cut first records "Cry Cry Cry" and "Hey Porter" |
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1955--first
major concert appearance as a guest on Elvis Presley's show at
Overton Park Shell in Memphis |
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1955--signed
with Sun Records |
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1955--formed
trio with Luther Perkins (guitar) and Marshall Grant (bass) |
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1956--appeared
on "The Jackie Gleason Show" |
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1956--joined
the Grand Ole Opry |
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1957--appeared
on Louisiana Hayride |
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1957--first
prison concert in Huntsville at Texas State Prison |
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1958--signed
with Columbia Records |
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late
1958-1959--moved to Los Angeles and landed his first movie role in
"Five Minutes to Live," a grade-B murder thriller |
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1959--first
overseas tour in April |
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1960--first
nightclub bookings |
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1961--first
worked with June Carter |
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1968--recorded
"Johnny Cash at Folson Prison" which went on to sell 5-6
million copies |
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1969--recorded
"Johnny Cash at San Quentin" which became the CMA's album
of the year and sold 6 million copies |
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1969--the
single "A Boy Named Sue" released; ended up selling 3
million copies |
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1969-1971--appeared
on his own ABC television show taped at the Grand Ole Opry House |
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1969--won
5 CMA's in one night (only artist ever to do this) |
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1971-1972--shot
the film "Gospel Road" in Israel |
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1985--song
"Highwayman," featuring Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings,
Willie Nelson, and Johnny Cash (as The Highwaymen) went to #1 |
Awards:
1956--Cash
Box\Most Promising Male Vocalist
1957--Cash
Box\Most Programmed Male Country Vocalist
1958--Billboard\Favorite
Country & Western Artist
1958--Cash
Box\Most Programmed Male Country Artist
1959--Cash
Box\Male Country Vocalist of the Year
1959--Billboard\Favorite
Country Album\The Fabulous Johnny Cash
1967--Grammy\Jackson
1968--Grammy\Best
Album Notes\Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
1968--Grammy\Folsom
Prison Blues
1968--Grammy\Jackson
1969--CMA\Entertainer
of the Year
1969--CMA\Single
of the Year\A Boy Named Sue
1969--CMA\Album
of the Year\Johnny Cash at San Quentin
1969--CMA\Vocal
Duo of the Year\Johnny & June Cash
1969--CMA\Founding
President's Award
1969--Metronome\Man
of the Year
1970--Record
World\Album of the Year\Johnny Cash At San Quentin
1970--Record
World\Country Artist of the Decade
1970--Music
Operators of America\Artist of the Year
1970--CMA
(Great Britain)\Album of the Year\Johnny Cash At San Quentin
1970--CMA
(Great Britain)\Entertainer of the Year
1970--Grammy\Male
Vocalist of the Year
1970-Grammy\Best
Album Notes\Nashville Skyline
1972--CMA
(Great Britain)\Entertainer of the Year
1972--Dove
Award\Album Liner Notes
1975--Bronze
Award\International Film & Television Festival of New
York\Ridin' the Rails
1976--American
Music Awards\Special Merit Award
1976--Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce\Star Walk of Fame
1980--Country
Music Hall of Fame induction
1985--ACM\Single
of the Year\Highwayman
1986--AMA\Favorite
Video Group\Highwayman
1988--RIAA\Multi-Platinum
Award\Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
1989--Music
City News\Living Legend Award
1989--Songwriter's
Guild of America\Aggie Award
1990--ACM\The
Pioneer Award
1991--Grammy\The
Living Legend Award
1992--Rock-N-Roll
Hall of Fame induction
Catalog
Highlights
I
Walk the Line
Folsom
Prison Blues
Big
River
I
Still Miss Someone
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Co-writer:
Roy Cash Jr
- Artists:
Don King (1981)
Tennessee
Flat Top Box
- Artists:
Johnny Cash (1962), Rosanne Cash (1988)
Get
Rhythm
I
Got Stripes
Luther
Played the Boogie
Come
In Stranger
Home
of the Blues
Next
in Line
There
You Go
Train
of Love
Doggone
Lonesome
Comments:
Received
19 BMI awards, 2 SESAC awards, and 1 ASCAP award
Also
received the following non-music industry awards: 1970--Newspaper
Entertainment Association\Man of the Year, 1971--Honorary
Degree\Doctorate of Humanities\Garner Webb University, 1972--Listen
Magazine\Man of the Year, 1972--Audie Murphy Patriotism Award\Spirit
of America Festival, 1976--Honorary Degree\Doctrate of Humane
Letters\National University, 1977--Horatio Alger\Horatio Alger Award,
1979--United Nations\Humanitarian Award, 1979--Youth For Christ\Man
of the Year, 1981--National Association For Continuing Adult
Education\President's Award, 1986--Jewish National Fund\Shalom Peace Award |