Playlist: The Very Best of Johnny Cash

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Man in Black
recorded in:
Nashville, United States (on 1971-02-16)
producer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1971-02-16)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1971-02-16)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1971-02-16)
electric guitar:
Bob Wootton (on 1971-02-16)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1971-02-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1971)
recording of:
Man in Black (on 1971-02-16)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
3.352:51
2I Walk the Line
recorded in:
Memphis, United States (on 1956-04-02)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer) and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, 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, United States (on 1956-03-30)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 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 The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 76)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
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), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
4.152:42
3I Still Miss Someone
recording of:
I Still Miss Someone
lyricist:
Roy Cash Jr.
composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Roy Cash Jr.
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), House of Cash Southwind Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:33
4You Wild Colorado
recorded in:
Nashville, United States (from 1964-12-18 until 1964-12-19)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
recording of:
You Wild Colorado (from 1964-12-18 until 1964-12-19)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:44
540 Shades of Green
recording of:
40 Shades of Green
composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:54
6Ring of Fire
recorded in:
Nashville, United States (on 1963-03-25)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
performer:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1963, in 1977)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 87) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 201)
cover recording of:
Ring of Fire (on 1963-03-25)
writer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Merle Kilgore
publisher:
Painted Desert Music Corporation
4.352:34
7Jackson
recorded in:
Nashville, United States (on 1967-01-11)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
instruments:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
vocals:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Johnny Cash (country music legend)
performer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1967)
live cover recording of:
Jackson (on 1967-01-11)
writer:
Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
cover recording of:
Jackson
writer:
Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
42:43
8Bad News
recording of:
Bad News
lyricist and composer:
John D. Loudermilk
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (BMI)
2:54
9Folsom Prison Blues (live)
additional producer:
Bob Irwin
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1968-01-13)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1968-01-13)
electric guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (on 1968-01-13) and Luther Perkins (on 1968-01-13)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1968-01-13)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1968-01-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1968)
recorded at:
Folsom State Prison in Folsom, United States (on 1968-01-13)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 164)
live recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues (on 1968-01-13)
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
52:42
10A Boy Named Sue (live)
live recording of:
A Boy Named Sue
lyricist and composer:
Shel Silverstein
3:45
11One Piece at a Time
recording of:
One Piece at a Time
lyricist and composer:
Wayne Kemp
4:00
12Hit the Road and Go
recording of:
Hit the Road and Go
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:40
13Rockabilly Blues
recording of:
Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
3:19
14Daddy Sang Bass
recorded in:
Nashville, United States (on 1968-07-30)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1968-07-30)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1968-07-30)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1968-07-30)
electric guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (on 1968-07-30) and Luther Perkins (on 1968-07-30)
background vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1968-07-30), Jan Howard (on 1968-07-30) and The Statler Brothers (on 1968-07-30)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1968-07-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1968) and Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 2007)
cover recording of:
Daddy Sang Bass (on 1968-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
is based on:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
recording of:
Daddy Sang Bass
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
is based on:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
32:19

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