1962 studio album by Johnny Cash
The Sound of Johnny Cash |
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Studio album by Johnny Cash |
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Released | June 4, 1962 |
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Recorded | April 28, 1961–February 12, 1962 |
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Genre | Country |
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Length | 25:12 |
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Label | Columbia |
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Johnny Cash chronology |
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Singles from The Sound of Johnny Cash |
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Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png) [1] |
Billboard | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) [2] |
The Sound of Johnny Cash is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, released on June 4, 1962. Among other songs, it contains "In the Jailhouse Now", a Jimmie Rodgers cover which reached #8 on the Country charts, and "Delia's Gone", which Cash would re-record years later, on American Recordings, in 1994. Cash would also go on to record a significantly slower, more ballad-like version of "I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now", which was ultimately released in 2006 on American V: A Hundred Highways as the last track on the album.
During the recording sessions for the album, Cash rerecorded his Sun Records hits "Folsom Prison Blues", "Hey, Porter" and "I Walk the Line", but none of these versions were ultimately used on the album and sat unreleased until the 1990s.[3]
Cover imagery
The original 1962 album features a photograph of Johnny Cash taken by American photographer Leigh Wiener at his studio in Los Angeles, California.
Track listing
Side twoNo. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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7. | "Delia's Gone" | Karl Silbersdorf, Dick Toops | 2:01 |
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8. | "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" | Cecil A. Null | 2:27 |
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9. | "You Remembered Me" | Cash | 2:05 |
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10. | "I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now" | Lou Herscher, Saul Klein | 1:51 |
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11. | "Let Me Down Easy" | Tompall Glaser, Jim Glaser | 1:46 |
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12. | "Sing It Pretty, Sue" | Cash | 2:00 |
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Personnel
Charts
The album did not chart in the Billboard album charts. In 1962 the single "In the Jailhouse Now" peaked at #8 in the Billboard Country Singles.[4]
References
- ^ The Sound of Johnny Cash at AllMusic
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 16 June 1962. pp. 36–.
- ^ "Folsom Prison Blues". Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ The Sound of Johnny Cash at AllMusic
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Studio albums | 2000–2020s | - American III: Solitary Man
- American IV: The Man Comes Around
- American V: A Hundred Highways
- American VI: Ain't No Grave
- Out Among the Stars
- Songwriter
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Live albums | |
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Soundtracks | - I Walk the Line
- Little Fauss and Big Halsy
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Television | |
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Biographies | |
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Tribute albums | - The Sound Behind Johnny Cash
- Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash
- Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Fade to Black: Memories of Johnny
- All Aboard: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Johnny Cash Remixed
- We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
- Forever Words
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