The Signature Series

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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CD 1
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1Folsom Prison Blues
recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
2:51
2Cry, Cry, Cry
recording of:
Cry! Cry! Cry!
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc.
2:30
3Hey Porter
recording of:
Hey, Porter
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and West One Music (production music label, prefix: WOM)
2:15
4I Walk the Line
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer) and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-03-30)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 30), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 33) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 76)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
4.152:46
5So Doggone Lonesome
recording of:
So Doggone Lonesome
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:39
6Get Rhythm
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-03-30)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-04-02) and Luther Perkins (on 1956-04-02)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-03-30)
recording of:
Get Rhythm (on 1956-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
recording of:
Get Rhythm (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
3.752:15
7Train of Love
recording of:
Train of Love
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:25
8There You Go
recording of:
There You Go
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
2:19
9Next in Line
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-04-04)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1957)
recording of:
Next in Line (on 1957-04-04)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc.
32:49
10Don't Make Me Go
recording of:
Don’t Make Me Go
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:31
11Give My Love to Rose
producer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
Give My Love to Rose (from 1957-07 until 1957-08)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher) and Carlin Music
2:47
12Home of the Blues
recording of:
Home of the Blues
writer:
Glen Douglas, John R. Cash (country music legend) and Lillie McAlpin
2:42
13Rock Island Line
live recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
2:26
14Wreck of the Old 97
cover recording of:
Wreck of the Old 97
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 777)
1:48
15Doin' My Time
recording of:
Doing My Time
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Skinner
2:38
16Country Boy
recording of:
Country Boy
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
1:53
17If the Good Lord's Willing
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
cover recording of:
If the Lord’s Willing and the Creeks Don’t Rise (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Reed
1:44
18I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
cover recording of:
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Peer-Southern Productions, Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Jimmie Davis Music Company, Inc. (on 1951-12-31)
42:26
19Remember Me
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
cover recording of:
(Remember Me) I’m the One Who Loves You (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
2:00
20I Was There When It Happened
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
producer:
Jack Clement and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
background vocals:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04) and Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
cover recording of:
I Was There When It Happened (on 1957-08-04)
writer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Fern Jones
2:16
CD 2
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1Big River
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-11-12)
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-11-12)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-11-12)
guitar:
Jack Clement (on 1957-11-12)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
performer:
The Tennessee Two
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1957) and Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
recording of:
Big River (on 1957-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash) and Knox Music, Inc.
32:32
2Ballad of a Teenage Queen
recording of:
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:14
3Come in Stranger
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-04-09)
producer:
Jack Clement
performer:
The Tennessee Two
recording of:
Come in Stranger (on 1958-04-09)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:43
4Guess Things Happen That Way
recording of:
Guess Things Happen That Way
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
1:52
5You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-05-15)
producer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven (on 1958-05-15)
lyricist:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
writer:
Jim Atkins (US country musician), John R. Cash (country music legend) and Hoyt Johnson
version of:
It’s a Little More Like Heaven
2:42
6The Ways of a Woman in Love2:18
7I Just Thought You'd Like to Know
recording of:
I Just Thought You’d Like to Know
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich
2:22
8It's Just About Time
recording of:
It’s Just About Time
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:10
9What Do I Care?
recording of:
What Do I Care
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:08
10Suppertime
recording of:
Suppertime
lyricist:
Ira Stanphill (American gospel writer)
composer:
Ira Stanphill (American gospel writer) (in 1950)
2:52
11The Troubadour
producer:
Don Law
cover recording of:
Troubadour (on 1958-08-08)
lyricist and composer:
Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer)
2:17
12Run Softly Blue River
recording of:
Run Softly, Blue River
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:16
13All Over Again
recording of:
All Over Again
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:15
14That's All Over
producer:
Don Law
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-08)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-08-08)
drums (drum set):
Morris Palmer (US session drummer) (on 1958-08-08)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-08-08)
piano:
Marvin Hughes (on 1958-08-08)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-08)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-08)
recording of:
That’s All Over (on 1958-08-08)
writer:
Dick Glasser
1:54
15Frankie's Man Johnny
recording of:
Frankie’s Man, Johnny (Johnny Cash arr.)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
arrangement of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert")
2:18
16That's Enough
cover recording of:
That’s Enough
lyricist:
Dorothy Love Coates
composer:
Dorothy Love Coates and Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer)
2:43
17I Still Miss Someone
live recording of:
I Still Miss Someone
lyricist:
Roy Cash Jr.
composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Roy Cash Jr.
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), House of Cash Southwind Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:37
18One More Ride
producer:
Don Law
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-08)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-08-08)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (on 1958-08-08)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-08-08)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-08)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-08)
cover recording of:
One More Ride (on 1958-08-08)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Nolan (Western songwriter)
2:02
19Pickin' Time
executive producer:
John Carter Cash
producer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Clark Enslin
mixer:
Clark Enslin
recorded at:
Paramount Theatre (Asbury Park) in Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States (on 1990-07-28)
mixed at:
Ampersand Studios in Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
live recording of:
Pickin’ Time (on 1990-07-28)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:00
20Don't Take Your Guns to Town
recording of:
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
3:04