The Best of Johnny Cash

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Ring of Fire
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1963-03-25)
producer:
Frank Jones and Don Law
performer:
The Carter Family
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1963, in 1977)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 25), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 87), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 201) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 388)
cover recording of:
Ring of Fire (on 1963-03-25)
writer:
June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore
publisher:
Painted Desert Music Corporation
Johnny Cash2:38
2Orange Blossom Special
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1964-12-20)
producer:
Frank Jones and Don Law
harmonica:
Charlie McCoy (on 1964-12-20)
instruments:
Boots Randolph (on 1964-12-20)
performer:
The Carter Family
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1965)
cover recording of:
Orange Blossom Special (on 1964-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
Ervin Rouse
publisher:
Glanco Music and MCA Music
Johnny Cash3:07
3The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
recording of:
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
lyricist and composer:
Robbie Robertson
publisher:
Canaan Music Inc, WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Johnny Cash3:29
4Jackson
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1967-01-11)
producer:
Frank Jones and Don Law
instruments:
Johnny Cash
vocals:
June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash
performer:
June Carter Cash
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1967)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 112)
cover recording of:
Jackson (on 1967-01-11)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Leiber (in 1963) and Billy Edd Wheeler (in 1963)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
live cover recording of:
Jackson
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Leiber (in 1963) and Billy Edd Wheeler (in 1963)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
recording of:
Jackson
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Leiber (in 1963) and Billy Edd Wheeler (in 1963)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Johnny Cash2:47
5Don't Take Your Guns to Town
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13)
producer:
Don Law
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (on 1958-08-13)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (on 1958-08-13)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-08-13)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (on 1958-08-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1958)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13)
recording of:
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town (on 1958-08-13)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Johnny Cash3:04
6I Walk the Line
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 2)
recording of:
I Walk the Line
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London), Bug Music, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A and House of Cash, Inc.
Johnny Cash2:57
7A Boy Named Sue
engineer:
Bob Breault and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston
guitar:
Carl Perkins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 1969) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1969)
recorded at:
San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California, United States (on 1969-02-24)
live recording of:
A Boy Named Sue (on 1969-02-24)
lyricist and composer:
Shel Silverstein
Johnny Cash3:45
8San Quentin
recording of:
San Quentin
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash2:51
9If I Were a Carpenter
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1969-08-20)
producer:
Bob Johnston
additional vocals:
June Carter Cash
performer:
June Carter Cash
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1970)
cover recording of:
If I Were a Carpenter (on 1969-08-20)
lyricist and composer:
Tim Hardin
publisher:
Allen Stanton Productions, Copyright Control and Faithful Virtue Music
Johnny Cash & June Carter2:59
10Folsom Prison Blues
producer:
Sam Phillips
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (on 1955-07-30)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1955-07-30)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1955-07-30)
vocals:
Johnny Cash
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records (in 1988)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-07-30)
recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues (on 1955-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash
publisher:
Aberbach (London), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
Johnny Cash2:47
11Kate
cover recording of:
Kate
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
Johnny Cash2:19
12(Ghost) Riders in the Sky
producer:
Brian Ahern
banjo [banjo-lute] and mandocello:
Bob Johnson (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
electric bass guitar:
Marshall Grant (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
electric guitar:
Bob Wootton (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
fiddle:
Ricky Skaggs (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
French horn:
Jack Hale (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Bob Lewin (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Jack Clement (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Jerry Hensley (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Jack Routh (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
hammered dulcimer:
Alisa Jones (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
percussion:
Mark Morris (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
piano:
Earl Poole Ball (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
trumpet:
Jack Hale (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Wayne Jackson (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Bob Lewin (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
vocals:
The Carter Family (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Johnny Cash (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Jan Howard (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1979)
cover recording of:
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
lyricist and composer:
Stan Jones (on 1948-06-05)
publisher:
Prophecies Publishing, Revega Music and WB Music Corp.
version of:
Spookrijder in de nacht
Johnny Cash3:45
13Daddy Sang Bass
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1968-07-30)
producer:
Bob Johnston
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (on 1968-07-30)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1968-07-30)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1968-07-30)
electric guitar:
Carl Perkins (on 1968-07-30) and Luther Perkins (on 1968-07-30)
background vocals:
The Carter Family (on 1968-07-30), Jan Howard (on 1968-07-30) and The Statler Brothers (on 1968-07-30)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (on 1968-07-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1968) and Sony Music Entertainment (in 2007)
cover recording of:
Daddy Sang Bass (on 1968-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins
is based on:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Johnny Cash2:24
14Bonanza
recording of:
Bonanza
orchestrator:
David Rose
lyricist:
Ray Evans
composer:
Jay Livingston
publisher:
Livingston & Evans Inc. and MCA Music
part of:
Bonanza (American Western TV series 1959–1973)
Johnny Cash2:21
15In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home
producer:
Frank Jones and Don Law
cover recording of:
Cotton Fields
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Johnny Cash2:34
16Five Feet High and Rising
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-03-12)
live recording of:
Five Feet High and Rising (on 1959-03-12)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash
arrangement of:
Wo ist Zuhause, Mama
Johnny Cash1:49
17Man in Black
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1971-02-16)
producer:
Johnny Cash
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (on 1971-02-16)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1971-02-16)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1971-02-16)
electric guitar:
Bob Wootton (on 1971-02-16)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (on 1971-02-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1971)
recording of:
Man in Black (on 1971-02-16)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash2:54
18A Thing Called Love
cover recording of:
A Thing Called Love
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Reed
publisher:
Sixteen Stars Music
Johnny Cash2:35
19The Ballad of Ira Hayes
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1964-03 until 1964-06)
producer:
Frank Jones and Don Law
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1964)
cover recording of:
The Ballad of Ira Hayes (from 1964-03 until 1964-06)
lyricist and composer:
Peter La Farge
Johnny Cash4:10
20In the Jailhouse Now
producer:
Frank Jones and Don Law
cover recording of:
In the Jailhouse Now
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (in 1978)
Johnny Cash2:22

Credits

Release

phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V. (in 1988)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/626773 [info]
ASIN:DE: B0000263YA [info]