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 Articles - Johnny Cash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
He recorded songs that could be considered rock and roll, blues, rockabilly, folk and gospel, and exerted an influence on each of those genres.
The Folsom Prison record was charged by a blistering rendition of his classic "Folsom Prison Blues," while the San Quentin record included the crossover hit single "A Boy Named Sue", a Shel Silverstein-penned song that reached No. 1 on the country charts and No. 2 on the US Top Ten pop charts.
The album was hailed by critics and many declared it to be Cash´s finest album since the late 1960s, while his versions of songs by more modern artists such as heavy metal band Danzig and Tom Waits helped to bring him a new audience.
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 Johnny Cash - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
For his album, Bitter Tears Cash recorded the Peter LaFarge song called "The Ballad of Ira Hayes." The song told the true saga of Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the Marine heroes of the epic WWII battle at Iwo Jima.
Under Rubin's supervision he recorded the album American Recordings (1994) in his front room, accompanied only by his guitar, which was well received by critics, while his versions of songs by more modern artists such as heavy metal band Danzig and Tom Waits helped to bring him a new audience.
In 1997 Cash was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease Shy-Drager syndrome -- a diagnosis that was later altered to autonomic neuropathy, associated with diabetes -- and his illness forced him to curtail his touring, and he was hospitalised in 1998 with severe pneumonia, which damaged his lungs.
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 Johnny Cash
Like fellow Sun recording artists Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, Cash used country and gospel influences in what was called rockabilly, an early form of rock 'n' roll.
He earned a new audience with his 1994 acoustic album American Recordings and continued to record new songs in spite of ongoing struggles with pneumonia, diabetes and a nervous system disease known as autonomic neuropathy.
Johnny Cash - American Recordings The second installment of Cash's late-career renaissance on Rick...
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 Johnny Cash Biography - The Man In Black
Johnny Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country music singer and songwriter, known to his fans as "The Man in Black", and a member of the outlaw country movement.
Cash's next record, "Folsom Prison Blues", made the country Top 5, and "I Walk the Line" was number one on the country charts, making it into the pop charts Top 20.
In 1997 Cash was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease Shy-Drager syndrome — a diagnosis that was later altered to autonomic neuropathy, associated with diabetes — and his illness forced him to curtail his touring; he was hospitalised in 1998 with severe pneumonia, which damaged his lungs.
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 Acclaimed Music - American Recordings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
OOR Moordlijst (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year
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 Johnny Cash #1/検索サイトpageone
Official site for his most recent album from American Recordings has song clips, message board, news, and mailing list.
He was a poor sharecropper's son from Kingsland, Arkansas, who sang to himself while picking cotton in the fields -- then later sang to millions through recordings, concerts and
CASH "HURT" Just added at MTV2 From the Grammy nominated album American IV: The Man Comes Around Play Video Real Player WM Lo WM Hi www.losthighwayrecords.com
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