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Johnny Cash

American country singer (1932–2003)

This article is about the singer. For other uses, see Johnny Cash (disambiguation)."John R. Cash" redirects here. For the album, see John R. Cash (album).

John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter. Most of Cash's music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career.^[3]^[4] He was known for his deep, calm, bass-baritone voice,^[a] the distinctive sound of his backing band, the Tennessee Three, that was characterized by its train-like chugging guitar rhythms, a rebelliousness^[6]^[7] coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor,^[3] and his free prison concerts.^[8] Cash wore a trademark all-black stage wardrobe, which earned him the nickname "Man in Black".^[b]

Born to poor cotton farmers in Kingsland, Arkansas, Cash grew up on gospel music and played on a local radio station in high school. He served four years

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Johnny Cash, musician, actor, and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, was born in Kingsland, Arkansas, to Ray and Carrie River Cash on February 26, 1932. After graduating from high school in Dyess, Arkansas, in 1950, Cash bounced from job to job from Michigan to Arkansas before joining the Air Force and was stationed in Germany from 1950 to 1954. The year 1954 was the first turning point in his career: he moved to Memphis and has lived in Tennessee ever since. He also married Vivian Liberto Cash that year; their daughter, Rosanne Cash, became one of the most important woman country music artists of the late 1970s and early 1980s. In Memphis Cash found his niche in popular music, in time developing into one of the great American singers of the twentieth century. His professional career dates to 1954 when he established Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two, with Marshall Granton on bass and Luther Perkins on guitar. In 1955 Sam Phillips signed Cash for his Sun Records label, and by 1956 Cash had his first national hit–and a signature song–in “I Walk The Line.

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For 28 years legendary piano player Johnnie Johnson worked as a sideman to one of rock & roll's most prominent performers, Chuck Berry. Berry joined Johnson's band, the Sir John Trio, on New Year's Eve 1953, and afterward Berry took over as the group's songwriter and frontman/guitar player. On the strength of a recommendation from Muddy Waters and an audition, Berry got a deal with Chess Records. Johnson's rhythmic piano playing was a key element in all of Berry's hit singles, a good number of which Johnson arranged. Although Berry has been reluctant to admit as much, Johnson is widely regarded to be the inspiration for one of Berry's biggest hits, "Johnny B. Goode." The pair's successful partnership lasted a lot longer than most rock & roll partnerships last these days. Johnson was born July 8, 1924, in Fairmont, WV, and he began playing piano at age five, thanks to his mother, who provided the funds to purchase one and encouraged the young Johnson's interest. His parents had a good collection of 78-rpm records, including items by Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters. In his tee