''Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous'' is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, originally released on December 1, 1958 by

Sun Records Sun Records is an American independent record label founded by producer Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee in February 1952. Sun was the first label to record Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny ...

. The album is made up of songs Cash recorded for Sun prior to leaving the label for Columbia Records. The album was re-issued in 2003, under the label

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, with four different versions of songs already available on the original LP as bonus tracks. The complete contents of the album are also incorporated into an extended version of the previous collection ''

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'' included in the 2012 box set '' Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection''.

Track listing

Personnel

*Johnny Cash — vocals, rhythm guitar *

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 ...

- lead Guitar *

Marshall Grant Marshall Garnett Grant (May 5, 1928 – August 7, 2011) was the upright bassist and electric bassist of singer Johnny Cash's original backing duo, the Tennessee Two, in which Grant and electric guitarist Luther Perkins played. The group became k ...

- bass ;Technical *

Sam Phillips Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, ...

- producer *

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, ...

- producer *Cary E. Mansfield — reissue producer *Bill Dahl — liner notes, reissue producer *Dan Hersch — digital remastering *Bill Pitzonka — reissue art director

Charts

Singles - ''Billboard'' (United States)

References

External links

LP Discography entry on ''Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous''
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