Now Here's Johnny Cash
Encyclopedia
Now Here's Johnny Cash is the tenth album by country
singer Johnny Cash
. It was originally released on 21 October 1961 (see 1961 in music
), but later re-issued in 2003 (see 2003 in music
), under the label Varèse Sarabande
, with five bonus tracks. In 2007 it was re-released with Greatest!
on one CD.
Additional personnel
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
. It was originally released on 21 October 1961 (see 1961 in music
1961 in music
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), but later re-issued in 2003 (see 2003 in music
2003 in music
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), under the label Varèse Sarabande
Varèse Sarabande
Varèse Sarabande is an American record label, distributed by Universal Music Group, which specializes in film scores and original cast recordings. It aims to reissue rare or unavailable albums as well as newer releases by artists no longer under a contract...
, with five bonus tracks. In 2007 it was re-released with Greatest!
Greatest!
Greatest! is the fourth album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Sun Records on 12 January 1959 . It was Cash's third record on the label, which he had left the previous year to join Columbia Records. By the time the album was released, Cash had already recorded The Fabulous Johnny Cash,...
on one CD.
Track listing
- "SugartimeSugartime"Sugartime" is a popular song, written by Charlie Phillips and Odis Echols and published in 1958. The biggest hit version was recorded by The McGuire Sisters, who topped the charts with their single in February of that year. In 1961, the song briefly returned to the US Cashbox country charts in a...
" (Odis Echols, Charlie Phillips) – 1:48 - "Down the Street to 301" (Jack ClementJack ClementJack Henderson Clement is an American singer, songwriter, and a record and film producer.Raised and educated in Memphis, Jack Clement was performing at an early age...
) – 2:06 - "Life Goes On" (Cash, Clement) – 2:02
- "Port of Lonely Hearts" (Cash) – 2:36
- "Cry! Cry! Cry!" (Cash) – 2:29
- "My Treasure" (Cash) – 1:16
- "Oh Lonesome MeOh Lonesome Me"Oh Lonesome Me" is a popular song written and recorded by Don Gibson with Chet Atkins producing for RCA Victor in Nashville in 1958. The song topped the country chart for eight non consecutive weeks, in addition to reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100...
" (Don GibsonDon GibsonDonald Eugene "Don" Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970s.-Biography:Don Gibson was...
) – 2:30 - "Home of the BluesHome of the Blues"Home of the Blues" is a Johnny Cash song about his unhappy childhood. It was recorded over a year after "I Walk the Line" on July 1, 1957 in Memphis, Tennessee. The song was written by Johnny Cash, and Douglas L...
" (Cash, Glen Douglas, Vic McAlpin) – 2:43 - "So Doggone Lonesome" (Cash) – 2:37
- "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" (Jim Atkins, Cash, Hoyt Johnson) – 2:40
- "The Story of a Broken Heart" (Sam PhillipsSam PhillipsSamuel Cornelius Phillips , better known as Sam Phillips, was an American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s...
) – 2:11 - "Hey, PorterHey, Porter"Hey, Porter" is a song by Johnny Cash. It was recorded in September 1, 1954 and released as a single in July the following year.-Origins:Cash wrote the song while on his way home from a four year stint in the United States Air Force. He was stationed in Landsberg, Germany, and as such felt elated...
" (Cash) – 2:15
Bonus tracks
- "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" (Marty RobbinsMarty RobbinsMartin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
) – 2:03 - "Sugartime" (Odis Echols, Charlie Phillips) – 1:47
- "My Treasure" (Cash) – 2:19
- "Oh Lonesome Me" (Don GibsonDon GibsonDonald Eugene "Don" Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970s.-Biography:Don Gibson was...
) – 2:31 - "Home of the Blues" (Cash, Glen Douglas, Vic McAlpin) – 2:46
Personnel
- Johnny Cash - Main Performer
- Al CaseyAl Casey (rock & roll guitarist)Alvin W. Casey was an American guitarist. He was mainly noted for his work as a session musician, but also released records and scored three Billboard Hot 100 hits in the United States...
- GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
Additional personnel
- Sam PhillipsSam PhillipsSamuel Cornelius Phillips , better known as Sam Phillips, was an American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s...
- Producer - Jack ClementJack ClementJack Henderson Clement is an American singer, songwriter, and a record and film producer.Raised and educated in Memphis, Jack Clement was performing at an early age...
- Producer - Cary E. Mansfield - Reissue Producer
- Bill Dahl - Liner Notes, Reissue Producer
- Dan Hersch - Digital Remastering
- Bill Pitzonka - Art Direction, Design
Charts
Singles - Billboard (North America)| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | "Down the Street to 301" | Pop Singles | 85 |
| 1960 | "Oh Lonesome Me" | Country Singles | 13 |
| 1960 | "Oh Lonesome Me" | Pop Singles | 93 |