On July 20, 1968, Johnny Cash hit No. 1 on the country charts with the live version of "Folsom Prison Blues." The song is the first track on his hit At Folsom Prison album. This ascent to No. 1 was ...

Plenty of odes to drugs and stories of addiction made their way into the outlaw country songbook, from Willie Nelson‘s “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die,” Waylon Jennings‘ “Don’t You Think This ...

A man of the people, the artist put his money where his mouth was by visiting prisons around the country and performing the song Raj Tawney - Freelance writer Johnny Cash chats with inmates and guests ...

Singer Johnny Cash, born John R. Cash on Feb. 26, 1932, in Kingsland Arkansas, went on to become the king of country music and earned the nickname ‘The Man in Black’ throughout his decades in the ...