Sings the Songs that Made Him Famous

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Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous cover
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released Original: 1958
Re-issued: 1969
Re-issued: 2003
Recorded April 2, 1956 - July 10, 1958
Genre Country
Length Original: 28:57
Re-issue: 38:08
Label Sun
Producer(s) Sam Phillips
Jack Clement
Professional reviews
Johnny Cash chronology
Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar
(1957)
Sings the Songs that Made Him Famous
(1958)
The Fabulous Johnny Cash
(1959)


Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous is the second album by singer Johnny Cash. It was originally released in 1958 (see 1958 in music), but later re-issued in 2003 (see 2003 in music), under the label Varese Sarabande, with four different versions of tracks already present on the original LP as a bonus.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" (Jack Clement) – 2:13
  2. "There You Go" (Cash) – 2:19
  3. "I Walk the Line" (Cash) – 2:46
  4. "Don't Make Me Go" (Cash) – 2:31
  5. "Train of Love" (Cash) – 1:52
  6. "Guess Things Happen That Way" (Clement) – 2:24
  7. "The Ways of a Woman in Love" (Bill Justis, Charlie Rich) – 2:16
  8. "Next in Line" (Cash) – 2:49
  9. "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" (Jim Atkins, Cash, Hoyt Johnson) – 2:42
  10. "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You" (Hank Williams) – 1:49
  11. "Home of the Blues" (Cash, Glen Douglas, Vic McAlpin) – 2:41
  12. "Big River" (Cash) – 2:35

[edit] Bonus tracks

  1. "Don't Make Me Go" (Cash) – 2:30
  2. "The Ways of a Woman in Love" (Justis, Rich) – 2:28
  3. "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" (Clement) – 2:15
  4. "Guess Things Happen That Way" (Clement) – 1:58

[edit] Personnel

  • Johnny Cash - Main Performer
  • Al Casey - Guitar
  • Sam Phillips - Producer
  • Jack Clement - Producer
  • Cary E. Mansfield - Reissue Producer
  • Bill Dahl - Liner Notes, Reissue Producer
  • Dan Hersch - Digital Remastering
  • Bill Pitzonka - Reissue Art Director

[edit] Charts

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1956 "There You Go" Country Singles 1
1957 "Don't Make Me Go" Country Singles 9
1957 "Home of the Blues" Country Singles 3
1957 "Home of the Blues" Pop Singles 88
1957 "Next in Line" Country Singles 9
1957 "Next in Line" Pop Singles 99
1957 "Train of Love" Country Singles 7
1958 "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" Country Singles 1
1958 "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" Pop Singles 14
1958 "Big River" Country Singles 4
1958 "Big River" Pop Singles 14
1958 "Guess Things Happen That Way" Country Singles 1
1958 "Guess Things Happen That Way" Pop Singles 11
1958 "The Ways of a Woman in Love" Country Singles 2
1958 "The Ways of a Woman in Love" Pop Singles 24
1958 "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" Country Singles 5
1958 "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" Pop Singles 24

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Johnny Cash
Discography
Studio albums : With His Hot and Blue Guitar | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | Greatest! | Hymns by Johnny Cash | Songs of Our Soil | Sings Hank Williams | Ride This Train | Now, There Was a Song! | Now Here's Johnny Cash | The Lure of the Grand Canyon | Hymns from the Heart | The Sound of Johnny Cash | All Aboard the Blue Train | Blood, Sweat and Tears | Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash | The Christmas Spirit | I Walk the Line | Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian | Orange Blossom Special | Sings the Ballads of the True West | Everybody Loves a Nut | Happiness is You | Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter | From Sea to Shining Sea | Old Golden Throat | Heart of Cash | The Holy Land | More of Old Golden Throat | Hello, I'm Johnny Cash | Man in Black | A Thing Called Love | America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song | The Johnny Cash Family Christmas | Any Old Wind That Blows | Johnny Cash and His Woman | Ragged Old Flag | Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me | The Johnny Cash Children's Album | Sings Precious Memories | John R. Cash | Look at Them Beans | One Piece at a Time | The Last Gunfighter Ballad | The Rambler | I Would Like to See You Again | Gone Girl | Silver | A Believer Sings the Truth | Rockabilly Blues | Classic Christmas | The Baron | The Adventures of Johnny Cash | Johnny 99 | Rainbow | Believe in Him | Heroes | Johnny Cash is Coming to Town | Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series | Water from the Wells of Home | Boom Chicka Boom | The Mystery of Life | American Recordings | Unchained | American III: Solitary Man | American IV: The Man Comes Around | American V: A Hundred Highways | American VI
Live albums: At Folsom Prison | At San Quentin | The Johnny Cash Show | På Österåker | Strawberry Cake | The Survivors Live | VH1 Storytellers | At Madison Square Garden
Soundtrack albums: I Walk the Line | Little Fauss and Big Halsy | The Gospel Road | Return to the Promised Land
Compilation albums: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | The World of Johnny Cash | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | International Superstar | Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 | The Unissued Johnny Cash | Johnny & June | Tall Man | Encore | Love, God and Murder | The Essential Johnny Cash| Unearthed | The Legend | The Legend of Johnny Cash | Personal File| The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II
Songs
"25 Minutes to Go" | "A Boy Named Sue" | "Cocaine Blues" | "Cry Cry Cry" | "Dark as a Dungeon" | "Engine 143" | "Folsom Prison Blues" | "Get Rhythm" | "Goodnight, Irene" | "Green Green Grass of Home" | "Greystone Chapel" | "Hey Porter" | "Home of the Blues" | "Hurt" | "I Walk the Line" | "In My Life" | "It Ain't Me Babe" | "Jackson" | "Like the 309" | "The Man Comes Around" | "One Piece at a Time" | "The One on the Right is on the Left" | "Remember the Alamo" | "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" | "Ring of Fire" | "What'd I Say"
Family
June Carter Cash | John Carter Cash | Rosanne Cash | Carlene Carter | Vivian Liberto | Tommy Cash | Carter Family
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