Johnny Cash

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AKA: The Man in Black, John R Cash, J R Cash
Birthdate: 02/26/1932
Birthplace: Kingsland, Arkansas, USA
Death Date: 09/12/2003

biography

Forever known as the country music's iconic Man in Black, and famous for dark themes and a special bond with men in jail, Johnny Cash was also a deeply spiritual Christian. It was this dual quality of a man who could sing gospel music one day and then sing of killing a man in Reno the next that kept him so elusive and popular.

John R. Cash was born into a big struggling farm family in 1932, in Arkansas. The family crop – like those of many southern households – was cotton, and John and his four siblings picked it by hand, year after year. But young John always had an ear for music, and Continued

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Dyess, Arkansas
1950 
Joined the Air Force for a four-year stint; stationed in Germany
1954 
Teamed with two friends to form a small gospel band
1955 
Signed with producer Sam Phillips at Sun records as as Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two; released "Cry Cry Cry" as their debut single
1956 
Released a second single, "Folsom Prison Blues," and shortly after its follow-up, the dual country and pop hit "I Walk the Line"
Continued

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