Johnny Cash discography

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The Johnny Cash discography chronicles the output of one of the most prolific recorded music artists of all time, country music singer Johnny Cash. His lengthy career, spanning 1954 to 2003, saw the release of countless albums and singles on several record labels. Over the years, Cash also collaborated with many of the industry's most notable artists, and received many awards and accolades from different organizations.

Contents

[edit] Albums

Sales level designations (Gold album and Platinum album) are certified by the Recording Industry Association of America.

[edit] Sun Records

Main article: Johnny Cash Sun discography

All Sun releases contain material recorded from 1955 to 1958.

[edit] Columbia Records

Cash recorded the bulk of his catalog with Columbia. Many of these albums feature previously released material paired with new material.

[edit] Independent label Gospel / Christmas albums

[edit] Mercury Records

Cash was signed with Mercury between 1987 and 1990, and recorded four albums of mostly new material, and also rerecorded many of his classic Sun and Columbia songs.

[edit] American Recordings

The American Recordings series is produced by Rick Rubin and contains the only newly-recorded material released after 1990. These albums are known for their relaxed, laidback feel and for featuring many covers and collaborations with other well-known artists. One song from these sessions, "A Satisfied Mind," was used in the Tarantino movie Kill Bill Volume 2 and has only been released on the soundtrack.

[edit] Compilations

[edit] Columbia Records compilations

[edit] Harmony Records compilations

  • 1968 – Golden Sounds of Country Music
  • 1969 – This Is Johnny Cash
  • 1970 – The Walls of a Prison
  • 1972 – Understand Your Man
  • 1972 – Give My Love to Rose
  • 1972 – The Johnny Cash Songbook
  • 1973 – Ballads of the American Indian
  • 1973 – This Is Johnny Cash

[edit] Bear Family Records compilations

The German Bear Family label has released several compilations of Sun and Columbia era material. These include rarity LPs from the late 70s and comprehensive box sets in the early 90s. More recently, they have also released many of Cash's classic albums individually on CD with bonus tracks.

Rarity compilation albums: Shortly after the founding of the label, in 1978-79, Bear Family released three LPs of previously unreleased or rare recordings from 1958 to 1967.

Box sets: In the 1990s Bear Family released four box sets that with the goal of completeness. Collectively, they contain all previously released material recorded by Cash from 1955 to 1969 for both Sun and Columbia, including additional outtakes those included on their LPs from the late 70s.

  • 1990 – The Man in Black 1954-1958
  • 1991 – Come Along and Ride this Train
  • 1991 – The Man in Black 1959-1962
  • 1995 – The Man in Black 1963-1969

[edit] Miscellaneous compilations

Since 1990, many compilations have been released by countless record labels. This list, though not exhaustive, includes those not released by Sun, Mercury or American Records.

[edit] Singles

Year Song Chart positions
US Country US Hot 100 US AC US Digital UK
1955 "Cry, Cry, Cry" 14
1956 "Folsom Prison Blues" 4
"Get Rhythm" 1
"I Walk the Line" 1 17
"So Doggone Lonesome" 4
1957 "Don't Make Me Go" 9
"Give My Love to Rose" 13
"Home of the Blues" 3 88
"Next in Line" 9 99
"There You Go" 1
"Train of Love" 7
1958 "All Over Again" 4 38
"Ballad of a Teenage Queen" 1 14
"Big River" 4 14
"Come in Stranger" 6 66
"Guess Things Happen That Way" 1 11
"What Do I Care" 7 52
"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" 5 24
"The Ways of a Woman in Love" 2 24
1959 "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" 1 32
"Five Feet High and Rising" 14 76
"Frankie's Man, Johnny" 9 57
"Goodbye Little Darlin'" 22
"I Got Stripes" 4 43
"It's Just About Time" 30 47
"Katy Too" 11 66
"Luther Played the Boogie" 8
"Thanks a Lot" 12
"You Dreamer You" 13
"Little Drummer Boy" 24 63
1960 "Down the Street to 301" 85
"I Love You Because" 20
"Mean Eyed Cat" 30
"Seasons of My Heart" 10
"Second Honeymoon" 15 79
"Smiling Bill McCall" 13
"Straight A's in Love" 16 84
1961 "Oh Lonesome Me" 13 93
"Tennessee Flat-Top Box" 11 84
"The Rebel - Johnny Yuma" 24
1962 "Bonanza" 94
"In the Jailhouse Now" 8
"The Big Battle" 24
1963 "Busted" 13
"Ring of Fire" 1 17
"The Matador" 2 44
1964 "Bad News" 8
"Dark as a Dungeon" 49
"It Ain't Me, Babe" 4 58 28
"Understand Your Man" 1 35
"The Ballad of Ira Hayes" 3
1965 "Mister Garfield" 15
"Orange Blossom Special" 3 80
"The Sons of Katie Elder" 10
1966 "Boa Constrictor" 39
"Everybody Loves a Nut" 17 96
"Happy to Be with You" 9
"The One on the Right Is on the Left" 2 46
1967 "Jackson" (w/ June Carter Cash) 2
"Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man" 6
"You Beat All I Ever Saw" 20
"The Wind Changes" 60
1968 "Folsom Prison Blues" (re-release) 1 32
"Rosanna's Going Wild" 2 91
1969 "Blistered" 4 50
"Daddy Sang Bass" 1 42
"Get Rhythm" 23 60
"See Ruby Fall" 4 75
"A Boy Named Sue" 1 2 1 4
1970 "Big River" 41
"If I Were a Carpenter" (w/ June Carter Cash) 2 36
"Rock Island Line" 35 93
"Sunday Morning Coming Down" 1 46
"What Is Truth" 3 19 4 21
1971 "Flesh and Blood" 1 54
"Man in Black" 3 58
"Papa Was a Good Man" 16
"Singin' in Vietnam Talkin' Blues" 18
1972 "If I Had a Hammer" 29
"Kate" 2 75
"Oney" 2
"A Thing Called Love" 2 4
"The World Needs a Melody" 35
1973 "Allegheny" 69
"Any Old Wind That Blows" 3
"Praise the Lord and Pass the Soup" 57
1974 "Pick the Wildwood Flower" 34
"Ragged Old Flag" 31
1975 "Lady Came from Baltimore" 14
"Look at Them Beans" 17
"My Old Kentucky Home (Turpentine and Dandelion Wine)" 42
1976 "One Piece at a Time" 1 29 6 32
"Sold Out of Flagpoles" 29
"Strawberry Cake" 54
1977 "After the Ball" 32
"Lady" 46
"Old Time Feeling" 26
"The Last Gunfighter Ballad" 38
1978 "Gone Girl" 44
"I Would Like to See You Again" 12
"It'll Be Her" 89
"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" (w/ Waylon Jennings) 2
1979 "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" 2
"I Will Rock and Roll with You" 21
"I'll Say It's True" 42
1980 "Bull Rider" 66
"Cold Lonesome Morning" 53
"I Wish I Was Crazy Again" 22
"Song of the Patriot" 54
"The Last Time" 85
1981 "Mobile Bay" 60
"Without Love" 78
"The Baron" 10
1982 "Chattanooga City Limit Sign" 71
"The General Lee" 26
"The Reverend Mr. Black" 71
1983 "I'm Ragged But I'm Right" 75
"We Must Believe in Magic" 84
1984 "Chicken in Black" 45
1986 "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" 35
1987 "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" 43
1988 "That Old Wheel" (w/ Hank Williams Jr.) 21
1989 "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" 45
1990 "Goin' by the Book" 69
1994 "Delia's Gone"
"The Man Who Couldn't Cry"
1996 "Rusty Cage"
"I've Been Everywhere"
2002 "The Man Comes Around"
2003 "Hurt" 56 33 39
2005 "Folsom Prison Blues" (re-release) 36
"I Walk the Line" (re-release) 30
2006 "God's Gonna Cut You Down"
2007 "Help Me"

[edit] Collaborations

See also the Highwaymen.

Johnny Cash famously collaborated with many people over his long career, including family members, friends, members of the country music establishment, and, especially towards the end of his career, popular rock and alternative artists.

After his good friend and fellow Sun alum Carl Perkins fell from grace due to a crippling car accident and alcoholism, Cash took him on as a touring guitarist and supported Perkins by performing songs written by him. In the 1970s he tried to help his close friend, legendary Nashville guitarist Hank Garland, restart his career by bringing him into the studio to record. In the 1980s, he teamed up with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson to record an album. Its success led to two follow ups and several tours.

His cameo vocal appearance on The Wanderer on U2's Zooropa album led to a meeting with producer Rick Rubin and ultimately resulted in the American Recordings series of albums, which feature many collaborations. The band Coldplay had intended to record the song "Til Kingdom Come" from X&Y with Cash, but he passed away before they could. The song is dedicated to Cash on the album and on their "Twisted Logic Tour" where they also perform "Ring of Fire."

[edit] Collaboration albums

[edit] Duets and guest appearances

  • 1969 – "Girl from the North Country" from Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline
  • 1971 – "A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing" and "26 Second Song" with Shel Silverstein
  • 1972 – "A Song to Mama" and "The World Needs a Melody" with The Carter Family
  • 1972 – "I See Men as Trees Walking" (live) with other artists for Jesus Sound Explosion
  • 1972 – "Amazing Grace" with the Evangel Temple Choir
  • 1975 – "Gospel Ship", "Song to Woody" and "Hey Porter" from The Earl Scruggs Revue's Anniversary Special, Vol. 1
  • 1976 – "I Still Miss Someone" and "My Ship Will Sail" (background vocals) from The Earl Scruggs Revue's Anniversary Special, Vol. 2
  • 1976 – "No Earthly Good" with The Oak Ridge Boys on their Old Fashioned, Down Home, Hand Clappin' Foot Stompin' Southern Style Gospel Quartet Music lp on Columbia records.
  • 1976 – "My Ship Will Sail" from The Carter Family's Country's First Family
  • 1976 – "Ragged Old Flag" (live) with other artists for It's Time to Pray, America
  • 1976 – "Love is My Refuge" with Jack Routh
  • 1979 – "Nasty Dan" (with Oscar the Grouch) and "Five Feet High and Rising" (with Biff) with other arists from Children's TV Workshop Stars Come Out on Sesame Street
  • 1979 – "Jealous Loving Heart" and "Soldier's Last Letter" from Ernest Tubb's The Legend and the Legacy
  • 1979 – "Six Gun Shooting", "Help Him, Jesus" and "The Death of Me" from the concept album The Legend of Jesse James by Cash, Levon Helm, Emmylou Harris and Charlie Daniels
  • 1980 – "What's Good for You (Should Be Alright for Me)" and "Mother Maybelle" (with Marty Stuart) with Curly Seckler and the Nashville Grass
  • 1980 – "Jordan" (with Emmylou Harris, Tony Rice and Ricky Skaggs) from Emmylou Harris' Roses in the Snow
  • 1981 – "The General Lee" from the Dukes of Hazzard soundtrack
  • 1981 – "Mister Garfield" with Merle Kilgore
  • 1982 – "One More Ride", "Hey Porter" and "Get in Line Brother" from Marty Stuart's Busy Bee Café
  • 1982 – "That's How I Got to Memphis" from Rosanne Cash's Somewhere in the Stars
  • 1983 – "The Love That Never Failed" with other artists for Star Spangled Country
  • 1983 – "I Still Miss Someone" from Bill Monroe's Bill Monroe and Friends
  • 1983 – "Love Me Tender" from Julie Andrews' Love Me Tender
  • 1984 – "Crazy Old Soldier" from Ray Charles' Friendship
  • 1984 – "Suffer Little Children" from Glen Campbell's No More Night
  • 1985 – "Hey Porter", "Luther Played the Boogie" and "Big River" with other artists for Louisiana Hayride Saturday Nite
  • 1986 – "Be Careful Who You Love (Arthur's Song)" from Waylon Jennings' Sweet Mother Texas
  • 1986 – "Let America Be America Again" (with Will D. Campbell, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter and Waylon Jennings) for They Come to America
  • 1986 – "Better Class of Losers" (with John Schneider and Waylon Jennings) from John Schneider's Take the Long Way Home
  • 1987 – "The Ten Commandments of Love" from David Allan Coe's A Matter of Life and Death
  • 1987 – "Amazing Grace" from Joanne Cash Yates' Amazing Grace
  • 1988 – "Waitin' for a Southern Train" with Jimmy Tittle
  • 1989 – "Jesus is Lord", "I've Been Saved", "Gospel Medley", "How Beautiful Heaven Must Be" and "Lord I'm Coming Home" from Joanne Cash Yates' Live
  • 1989 – "Life's Railway to Heaven" and "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two
  • 1989 – "Wildwood Flower", "Worried Man Blues", "Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow" and "Church in the Wildwood" with The Carter Family
  • 1989 – "Woodcarver" with Sandy Kelly
  • 1990 – "Thoughts on the Flag" (with George Jones and Tom T. Hall) and "Guess Things Happen That Way" from Tommy Cash's The 25th Anniversary Album
  • 1990 – "Get Rhythm" from Martin Delray's Get Rhythm
  • 1991 – "Man in Black" from One Bad Pig's I Scream Sunday
  • 1992 – "Doin' My Time" from Marty Stuart's This One's Gonna Hurt You
  • 1993 – "The Wanderer" from U2's Zooropa
  • 1993 – "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" (with Charlie Daniels, Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart) from Mark O'Connor's Heroes
  • 1994 – "Tennessee Stud" from Michael Martin Murpey's America's Horses
  • 1994 – "A Comment from Johnny Cash" from Rose Maddox's $35 and a Dream
  • 1994 – "The Little Drummer Boy" from Ben Keith's Seven Gates: A Christmas Album by Ben Keith and Friends
  • 1994 – "Folsom Prison Blues" (with Brooks & Dunn) and "Forever Young" with other artists for Red Hot + Country
  • 1994 – "Folsom Prison Blues" (live at the Grammy Legend Awards on December 5, 1990) with other artists for Grammy's Greatest Country Moments, Vol. 1
  • 1995 – "Get Rhythm" from John Stewart's Airdream Believer
  • 1995 – "Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)" and "Redemption" with other artists for Silent Witness, Vol. 1
  • 1995 – "Go Wild" and "The Winding Stream" from Carlene Carter's Little Acts of Treason
  • 1995 – "Where the Soul Never Dies" from The Cluster Pluckers' Unplucked
  • 1995 – "Blistered" from Jimmy Tittle's It's in the Attitude
  • 1996 – "In Your Mind" with other artists for the Dead Man Walking soundtrack
  • 1996 – "Time of the Preacher" with Krist Novoselic, Sean Kinney, Kim Thayil, & John Carter Cash for Twisted Willie, a tribute album to Willie Nelson
  • 1996 – "Pepsi Commercial" from Great Cola Commercials
  • 1996 – "Two Old Army Pals" (with Bono, Willie Nelson and Tom Petty) and "Give Me Back My Job" from Carl Perkins' Go Cat Go!
  • 1996 – "Steel Guitar Rag" from Robby Turner's Man of Steel
  • 1996 – "Johnny Cash Hit Medley - Ring of Fire/I Walk the Line/Folsom Prison Blues", "I Will Rock and Roll with You" and "Fly Little Bird" (with John Carter Cash) with Tom Astor
  • 1996 – "The Little Drummer Boy" from Collin Raye's Christmas: The Gift
  • 1998 – "Cowboys and Ladies" (with June Carter Cash) and "Heroes in Black and White" with other artists for All My Friends Are Cowboys
  • 1998 – "In the Garden" with other artists for the soundtrack to The Apostle
  • 1998 – "I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew" with other artists for Real: The Tom T. Hall Project
  • 1999 – "Johnny Cash Outro" from Marty Stuart's The Pilgrim
  • 1999 – "Guess Things Happen That Way", "Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" and "Thoughts on the Flag" (with George Jones and Tom T. Hall) from Tommy Cash's Classics
  • 2000 – "So Doggone Lonesome", "I Walk the Line" and "Get Rhythm" with other artists for Live at the Big "D" Jamboree, Vol. 2
  • 2000 – "Introduction" and "Take Me Home" (with Ramblin' Jack Elliott) from the soundtrack to The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
  • 2000 – "I'm on Fire" with other artists for Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
  • 2001 – "I Walk the Line (Revisited)" from Rodney Crowell's The Houston Kid
  • 2001 – "Passin' Thru" (with Don Henley) from Earl Scruggs's Earl Scruggs and Friends
  • 2001 – "Big River" (with Trick Pony and Waylon Jennings) from Trick Pony's album Trick Pony
  • 2002 – "For You" (with Dave Matthews) for the We Were Soldiers soundtrack
  • 2002 – "Tears in the Holston River" from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 3
  • 2003 – "City of New Orleans" (with The Highwaymen), "Folsom Prison Blues", "I've Always Been Crazy" (with Waylon Jennings) and "Best of All Possible Worlds" (with The Highwaymen) with other artists from Farm Aid, Vol. 1: Live
  • 2003 – "September When It Comes" from Rosanne Cash's Rules of Travel
  • 2003 – "Keep on the Sunny Side", "Temptation", "Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone" and "Wildwood Flower" from June Carter Cash's Wildwood Flower
  • 2003 – "The Way-Worn Traveler" from John Carter Cash's Bitter Harvest

[edit] Videos

[edit] Concert videos

[edit] Music videos

Year Video Notes
1956 "Folsom Prison Blues"
1970 "Jackson" With June Carter Cash
1981 "The Baron" Featuring June Carter Cash and Marty Stuart
1983 "Johnny 99"
1984 "Chicken in Black"
1985 "Highwayman" With The Highwaymen
1987 "Sixteen Tons"
1987 "Let Him Roll" Featuring Waylon Jennings
1990 "Silver Stallion" With The Highwaymen
1991 "Goin' by the Book"
1994 "Delia's Gone" Directed by Anton Corbijn and featuring Kate Moss
1994 "The Man Who Couldn't Cry"
1995 "If He Came Back Again" With The Highwaymen
1996 "Rusty Cage"
1998 "I Walk the Line (Revisited)" With Rodney Crowell
2002 "Hurt" Directed by Mark Romanek and featuring June Carter Cash
2003 "September When It Comes" With Rosanne Cash
2006 "God's Gonna Cut You Down" Directed by Tony Kaye & featuring a host of celebrities
2007 "Help Me" Also directed by Tony Kaye, features an interview with Larry Gatlin at the Folsom State Prison (the same place where Johnny performed at in 1968 for his album Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison)

[edit] Awards and honors

[edit] Hall of Fame Inductions

[edit] Country Music Association

[edit] Grammy Awards

[edit] MTV Awards

In 2003 the video for Hurt, which was a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song, was nominated for six MTV awards and won the Best Cinematography category.

[edit] Miscellaneous awards

  • 1985 – Single of the Year, "Highwayman" (with The Highwaymen) – Academy Of Country Music
  • 1989 – Living Legend – Music City News
  • 1991 – The Spoken Word – Angel Award (Cash's reading of the New Testament)
  • 2002 – Spirit of Americana Free Speech Award – Americana Awards
  • 2004 – Recorded Event Of The Year – International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA)

[edit] Tribute albums

Many tribute albums in honor of Johnny Cash have been recorded.

[edit] External links