Tommy Cash

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Tommy Cash, (Born April 5, 1940), is a singer and brother of Johnny Cash.

Cash was born in Arkansas, one of seven children in his family, and eight years after his brother Johnny. He formed his first band in high school After high school graduation, he enlisted into the army. While in the military, he was a disc jockey for the American Forces Radio Network.

After the Army, Cash played with Hank Williams Jr., and later gained a record deal from Musicor in 1965. A year later he joined United Artists and just missed the Country Top 40 in 1968 with “The Sounds of Goodbye.” In late 1969, while on Epic Records, he delivered his biggest hit, a tune dedicated to John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, entitled, "Six White Horses.” 1970 saw a pair of Top Ten singles: “One Song Away” and "Rise and Shine", and the Top 20 hit, “I Recall a Gypsy Woman.”

Cash continues to tour around the world.

In June 2005 he was the listing agent on his brother Johnny's house in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The house was sold in January, 2006, to BeeGee Barry Gibb.