Johnny Cash
- Acting
- February 26, 1932 · Kingsland, Arkansas, USA
- September 12, 2003
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Cash, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Newport and the Great Folk Dream · Self
- Highway 99: A Double Album · Self [Archival]
- Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies · Self
- Unveiled: Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash · Self
- Hits That Missed at the BBC · Self
- June · Self
- The Universe · Self
- Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon · Self
- Roy Orbison Forever · Self
- The Man Comes Around: Johnny Cash in Ireland
- Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends · Self
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street · Self
- This Is Pop · Self
- Johnny Cash: The Man in Black in Britain · Self
- Johnny Cash - A Night to Remember 1973 · Self
- Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President · Self
- Big Sur Choo Choo · Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
- My Darling Vivian · Self
- Country Nonstop – Von Johnny Cash bis Truck Stop
- Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice · Self
- Music Videos That Defined the 00’s · Self
- The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash · Self
- ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black · Self
- Året var 1968 · Self
- The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End · Self
- The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws · Self
- We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited · Self
- Johnny Cash: American Rebel · Self
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC · Self
- The Seventies · Self
- I Am Johnny Cash · Self
- Country Kings at the BBC
- The Winding Stream · Self
- America's Sweethearts: Queens Of Nashville · Self
- Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies · Self
- My Father And The Man In Black · Self
- Song by Song · Self
- We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash · Self
- Finding Your Roots · Self
- Country at the BBC · Self
- Johnny Cash: Long Black Veil · Self
- Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line (DVD) · Self
- Cash for Kenya · Self
- Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison · Self
- Johnny Cash's America · Self
- Tammy Wynette: Legendary Performances · Self
- Lost Concerts Series: Presley & Cash: The Road Show · Self
- Johnny Cash: The Line: Walking with a Legend
- The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival · Self
- Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame · Self
- Opry Video Classics: Duets · Self
- Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes · Self
- Opry Video Classics : Legends · Self
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream · Self
- The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971 · Self
- Pete Seeger: The Power of Song · Self
- Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Country Songs · Self
- Glen Campbell | Good Times Again · Self
- The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash · Self
- Johnny Cash: Music in Review · Self
- Johnny Cash - Live In Ireland · Self
- Legends · Self
- Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash: The Road Show · Self
- American Revolutions: The Highwaymen · Self
- Bob Dylan and The Band: 1969-1970 Compilation · Self
- Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line · Self
- Johnny Cash at 'Town Hall Party'
- Johnny Cash In Ireland - 1993 · Self
- The World's Greatest Gigs · Self
- Johnny Cash: Live from Austin, TX · Self
- The Work of Director Mark Romanek · Self
- Walk the Line · Novel, Songs
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan · Self
- Johnny Cash: Ridin' the Rails · Self
- CMT: Inside Fame · Music
- VH1 Storytellers · Self
- Johnny Cash: Live at Montreux 1994 · Self
- Time Life Presents Country Legends Live, Vol. 4 · Self
- Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 7 · Self
- Johnny Cash: Live From Austin TX · Self