The Fabulous Johnny Cash

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The Fabulous Johnny Cash
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	Original: January 1959 Re-issued: March 19, 2002
Recorded	July 24, 1958 - August 13, 1958
Genre	Country
Length	Original: 28:28 Re-issue: 41:22
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	Al Quaglieri, Don Law
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Johnny Cash chronology
Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous (1958)	The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)	Greatest! (1959)

The Fabulous Johnny Cash is the third album by country singer Johnny Cash. It was released in January of 1959 (see 1959 in music) under the label Columbia, after Cash's departure from Sun Records, and was re-issued in 2002 (see 2002 in music) under the same label via Sony Music's Legacy imprint. The re-issue contains six bonus tracks.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Run Softly, Blue River" (Cash) – 2:22
2. "Frankie's Man Johnny" (Cash) – 2:15
3. "That's All Over" (Jim Glaser) – 1:52
4. "The Troubadour" (Cindy Walker) – 2:15
5. "One More Ride" (Bob Nolan) – 1:59
6. "That's Enough" (Dorothy Coates) – 2:41
7. "I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash) – 2:34
8. "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (Cash) – 3:03
9. "I'd Rather Die Young" (Harry Smith, Billy Vaughn, Randy Wood) – 2:29
10. "Pickin' Time" (Cash) – 1:58
11. "Shepherd of My Heart" (Jenny Lou Carson) – 2:10
12. "Suppertime" (Ira Stanphill) – 2:50

[edit] Bonus tracks

1. "Oh, What a Dream" (Cash) – 2:08
2. "Mama's Baby" (Cash) – 2:22
3. "Fool's Hall of Fame" (Jerry Freeman, Danny Wolfe) – 2:10
4. "I'll Remember You" (Cash) – 2:07
5. "Cold Shoulder" (Helene Hudgins) – 1:55
6. "Walking the Blues" (Cash, Robert Lunn) – 2:12

[edit] Personnel

• Johnny Cash - Guitar, Main Performer, Vocals, Leader
• Al Casey - Guitar
• Luther Perkins - Guitar
• Don Helms - Guitar (Steel)
• Marshall Grant - Bass
• The Jordanaires - Vocals (Background)
• Marvin Hughes - Piano
• Buddy Harman - Drums
• Morris Palmer - Drums

Additional personnel

• Al Quaglieri - Producer
• Don Law - Producer
• Billy Altman - Liner Notes
• Don Hunstein - Photography
• Seth Foster - Mastering
• Mark Wilder - Mastering, Mixing
• Hal Adams - Cover Photo
• Stacey Boyle - Tape Research
• Kay Smith - Tape Research
• Matt Kelly - Tape Research
• Geoff Gillette - Sleeve Design
• Steven Berkowitz - A&R
• Darren Salmieri - A&R
• Patti Matheny - A&R
• Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
• Nick Shaffran - Series Consultant

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1958	Pop Albums	19

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1959	"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"	Country Singles	1
1959	"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"	Pop Singles	32
1959	"Frankie's Man, Johnny"	Country Singles	9
1959	"Frankie's Man, Johnny"	Pop Singles	57

[edit] See also

• Johnny Cash discography

[edit] External links

• LP Discography entry on The Fabulous Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

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 | Highwayman | Rainbow | Believe in Him | Heroes | Class of '55 | Johnny Cash is Coming to Town | Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series | Water from the Wells of Home | Boom Chicka Boom | Highwayman 2 | The Mystery of Life | American Recordings | The Road Goes on Forever | 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" | "Cat's in the Cradle" | "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 Related articles Sun Records | Columbia Records | Mercury Records | American Recordings | Legacy Recordings | Lost Highway Records | Sam Phillips | Jack Clement | Rick Rubin | Carl Perkins | Jerry Lee Lewis | The Highwaymen | Waylon Jennings | Kris Kristofferson | Willie Nelson | Folsom Prison | San Quentin State Prison | Outlaw country | Tennessee Three | Shel Silverstein | Walk the Line | Man in Black | Cash: The Autobiography