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Old Golden Throat
''Old Golden Throat'' is the 28th album by country singer Johnny Cash. It was released in 1968 and is a collection of mostly previously released songs. Nine of the fourteen tracks had previously appeared on Billboard's country singles chart. Track listing Personnel * Johnny Cash - vocals, guitar * Luther Perkins, Jack Clement, Johnny Western, Carl Perkins, Norman Blake - guitar * Bob Johnson - lute, mandocello, guitar * Marshall Grant - bass * Buddy Harman, W.S. Holland - drums * Don Helms - steel guitar * Shot Jackson - steel guitar, Dobro * Marvin Hughes, Floyd Cramer, Bill Pursell - piano * Charlie McCoy - harmonica * Gordon Terry - fiddle * Maybelle Carter - harpsichord * Karl Garvin, Bill McElhiney - trumpet * Lew DeWitt - whistle * The Anita Kerr Singers, The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers - backing vocals Charts Singles – ''Billboard'' (United States) See also * More of Old Golden Throat ''More of Old Golden Throat'' is a compilation album and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Cash
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his career. He was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice, the distinctive sound of his Tennessee Three backing band characterized by train-like chugging guitar rhythms, a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor, free prison concerts, and a trademark all-black stage wardrobe which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". Born to poor cotton farmers in Kingsland, Arkansas, Cash rose to fame during the mid-1950s in the burgeoning rockabilly scene in Memphis, Tennessee, after four years in the Air Force. He traditionally began his concerts by simply introducing himself, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash", followed by "Folsom Prison Blues", one of his signature songs. His other signature songs include "I Walk the Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sons Of Katie Elder (song)
"The Sons of Katie Elder" is the theme song for the 1965 Paramount western of the same name starring John Wayne. It was written by Ernie Sheldon (words) and Elmer Bernstein (music). The song, as recorded by Johnny Cash, wasn't used in the actual film, but appeared on its soundtrack LP. Released as a single by Columbia Records (Columbia 4-43342, with "A Certain Kinda Hurtin'" on the opposite side), in July 1965, the song became a U.S. country top-10 hit. Background According to the book ''Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black'', the song used "virtually the same music and arrangement" as a song titled " Thunderball" that Johnny Cash had recorded as a potential title song for the James Bond movie of the same name during the sessions for the double album '' Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West''. Cash's version of the song was rejected in favor of Tom Jones' one, and The book ''The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Perkins
Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998)#nytimesobit, Pareles. was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, beginning in 1954. Among his best-known songs are "Blue Suede Shoes", "Honey Don't", "Matchbox (song), Matchbox" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby". According to fellow musician Charlie Daniels, "Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed."#legends, Naylor, p. 118. Perkins's songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton, which further established his prominent place in the history of popular music. Paul McCartney said "if there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles." Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Western
Johnny Western (born October 28, 1934) is an American country singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and radio show host. He is a member of the Western Music Association Hall of Fame and the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame. Early life Johnny Western was born Johnny Westerlund in Two Harbors in Lake County in northeastern Minnesota but was primarily reared in Northfield in south central Minnesota. His father was an instructor and officer in several Civilian Conservation Corps camps, where Western spent some his earlier years. He also lived on Indian reservations along the Canada–United States border. When he was five years old, Western's parents took him to see the western film '' Guns and Guitars'', which starred the actor/singer Gene Autry. The young boy decided he wanted to be a singing cowboy. At the age of twelve, he received a guitar. Within a year, he was performing professionally. Musical career Johnny Western's professional career began as a young teenager, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Clement
Jack Henderson Clement (April 5, 1931 – August 8, 2013) was an American singer, songwriter, and record and film producer. Biography Early life Raised and educated in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, Clement was performing at an early age, playing guitar and dobro. Before embarking on a career in music, he served in the United States Marines. In 1953, he made his first record for Sheraton Records in Boston, Massachusetts, but he did not immediately pursue a full-time career in music, instead choosing to study at Memphis State University from 1953 to 1955. Nicknamed "Cowboy" Jack Clement, during his student days, he played steel guitar with a local band. In 1956, Clement was part of one of the seminal events in rock-and-roll history, when he was hired as a producer and engineer for Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Subsequently, Clement worked with future stars such as Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. Most notably, he discovered and recorded Jerry Lee Lewis while Philli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luther Perkins
Luther Monroe Perkins (January 8, 1928 – August 5, 1968) was an American country music guitarist and a member of the Tennessee Three, the backup band for singer Johnny Cash. Perkins was an iconic figure in what would become known as rockabilly music. His creatively simple, sparsely embellished, rhythmic use of Fender Esquire, Jazzmaster and Jaguar guitars is credited for creating Cash's signature "boom-chicka-boom" style. Early life and musical beginnings Perkins was born in Como, Mississippi, the son of a Baptist preacher. He grew up in Como, and taught himself to play rhythm guitar. Perkins started his career in 1953 as a mechanic at Automobile Sales Company in Memphis. He specialized in electrical systems and radio repairs. Roy Cash Sr., older brother of Johnny Cash, was the service manager at the dealership. At the time, the younger Cash was stationed in Germany with the US Air Force. At Automobile Sales, Perkins met co-workers Marshall Grant and A.W. 'Red' Kernodle. Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Tyson
Ian Dawson Tyson (September 25, 1933 – December 29, 2022) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who wrote several folk songs, including "Four Strong Winds" and " Someday Soon", and performed with partner Sylvia Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia. Early life and education Ian Dawson Tyson was born on September 25, 1933 in Victoria, British Columbia to George and Margaret Tyson. His father George was an insurance salesman and polo enthusiast who emigrated from England in 1906. Growing up in Duncan, British Columbia, He learned to ride horses on his father's farm, and eventually became a rodeo rider in his late teens and early twenties. He took up the guitar while in hospital recovering from a broken ankle sustained in a fall. Fellow Canadian country artist Wilf Carter was a musical influence. He graduated from the Vancouver School of Art in 1958. Career After graduation, Tyson moved to Toronto where he began a job as a commercial artist. There he performed in local clubs and in 1959 be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Velvet (song)
"Red Velvet" is a song written by Ian Tyson and recorded by Johnny Cash. While the Cash version is the best known, it was first recorded by Ian & Sylvia Tyson in 1965 on their album ''Early Morning Rain''. Recorded by Cash at the Columbia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, the song was released in September 1967 as a single (Columbia 4-44288, with " The Wind Changes" on the opposite side). U.S. '' Billboard'' gave the song a "Country Spotlight" review, stating: "Folkster Ian Tyson's plaintive ballad serves as potent material for Cash as he performs it in his compelling and winning style. Another big Cash hit," but in the end, "Red Velvet" did not chart at all, while the flip side charted on the ''Billboard'' country chart, but made it only to number 60 and dropped off completely after only six weeks. Later the song was included on Johnny Cash's album '' Old Golden Throat'' (1968). Analysis Other Versions * Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (born Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Dreamer You
"You Dreamer You" (also known as "Oh, What a Dream") is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash. The song was recorded by Cash on March 12, 1959" and released as his third Columbia single (Columbia 4-41371, with "Frankie's Man, Johnny" on the opposite side) in April 1959. "You Dreamer You" made it to number 13 on the ''Billboard'' country chart, while "Frankie's Man, Johnny" reached number 9 on the country chart and number 57 on the Hot 100 The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming .... Charts References {{Authority control Johnny Cash songs 1959 singles Songs written by Johnny Cash Sun Records singles 1959 songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Carter
June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the second of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the third of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. June contains the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the day with the most daylight hours, and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, the day with the fewest daylight hours (excluding polar regions in both cases). June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. In the Northern Hemisphere, the beginning of the traditional astronomical summer is 21 June (meteorological summer begins on 1 June). In the Southern Hemisphere, meteorological winter begins on 1 June. At the start of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Taurus; at the end of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Gemini. However, due to the precession of the equinoxes, June begins with the sun in the astrological sign of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Matador (Johnny Cash Song)
"The Matador" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Johnny Cash. The song was written by Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash. It was later included on the album '' Old Golden Throat''; along with the b-side "Still in Town".It was released in September 1963. ''Cash Box'' described it as "a medium-paced, chorus-backed Latin-styled romancer with a contagious repeating riff A riff is a repeated chord progression or refrain in music (also known as an ostinato figure in classical music); it is a pattern, or melody, often played by the rhythm section instruments or solo instrument, that forms the basis or accompani ... throughout." Chart performance The single peaked at number two on the country charts. "The Matador" also crossed over to the Hot 100, peaking at number 44. References 1963 singles Johnny Cash songs Songs written by Johnny Cash Columbia Records singles 1963 songs Songs written by June Carter Cash Song recordings pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee Flat Top Box
"Tennessee Flat Top Box" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. It was released as a single (music), single in late 1961, reaching 11 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' country singles charts and 84 on the pop charts. The song's name refers to a steel-stringed acoustic guitar. Content The song is a story of a little boy aspiring to be a country singer, who starts his career at a local cabaret in a South Texas border town. He has no physical abilities, only his ability to play the guitar, which he loves so much that making money is secondary to him. He becomes so popular that girls "from there to Austin, Texas, Austin" would secretly leave home and Pawnshop, pawn jewelry for money to make the trip to hear him play, and "all the girls from nine to ninety, were snapping fingers, tapping toes, and begging him: 'Don't stop.'" Ultimately he disappears from the local scene, only to re-emerge on television, having fulfilled his dream. Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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