Johnny Cash
The Sun HitsJohnny Cash Label: Charly SNAP174CD Price: £ 8.80 (£7.65 outside EU)
Johnny Cash was the most consistently successful Sun artist of them all and this comprehensive 28-track collection of highlights includes every one of his pop and country hits for the label. These include such timeless classics as 'I Walk The Line', 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'Ballad Of A Teenage Queen' and 'Rock Island Line'. Johnny Cash was the most consistently successful Sun artist of them all and this comprehensive 28-track collection of highlights includes every one of his pop and country hits for the label. These include such timeless classics as 'I Walk The Line', 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'Ballad Of A Teenage Queen' and 'Rock Island Line'. Hailed as a true American icon following his death in September 2003, Johnny Cash 's influence on popular music was immense and his reputation and music legacy both look set to grow in the years to come. Cash's distinguished recording career began back in the Fifties with the truly seminal recordings he made for Sam Phillip's legendary Sun label. One of the first country figures to make the pop charts, he established himself as one of its biggest stars of the Fifties and Sixties. Many fans consider the Sun sides Cash recorded between 1955 and 1958 to be his finest hour, despite his going on to greater commercial and chart success with Columbia Records. Whilst at Sun he pioneered a style of country that was all his own and in the fullness of time it turned him into one of the giants of the country music scene. Between 1955 and 1961 he took thirteen songs into the national charts and twenty-four into the country charts. In the final years of his life Cash's popularity was as great as it had ever been, having earned the respect of a whole new generation of listeners with his acclaimed live performances and new recordings. Illustrated 12-page booklet with detailed biography and track notes. Tracklisting
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