Johnny Cash, from rags to rich

SINGER Johnny Cash burst onto the music scene in June, 1955, when his double A-side ‘Hey Porter’ and ‘Cry, Cry, Cry’ reached no 14 in the US country charts.

Soon, ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ and ‘So Doggone Lonesome’ rose to no 4, followed, in 1956, by no 1 hits ‘I Walk The Line’ and ‘There You Go’. Cash had been a star for two years when he was finalising his debut album, Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar, in November, 1957.

Johnny Cash (The Life)