The Essential Sun Singles

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

Tracklist

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1Cry! Cry! Cry!
recording of:
Cry! Cry! Cry!
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc.
52:29
2So Doggone Lonesome
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-07-30)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956)
recording of:
So Doggone Lonesome (on 1955-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
32:38
3Folsom Prison Blues
producer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend), Bob Johnston (American record producer) and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1955-07-30)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-07-30) and Luther Perkins (on 1955-07-30)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-07-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1988)
recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues (on 1955-07-30)
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
4.22:50
4I Walk the Line
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
producer:
Bob Johnston (American record producer) 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)
4.152:47
5Get 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
3.752:16
6There You Go
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1956, on 1956-05-08)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recording of:
There You Go (on 1956-05-08)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
32:18
7Train of Love
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
recording of:
Train of Love (on 1956-05-08)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
42:25
8Next 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
9Don't Make Me Go
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-04-04)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
recording of:
Don’t Make Me Go (on 1957-04-04)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
32:30
10Home of the Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-07-01)
producer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
Home of the Blues (on 1957-07-01)
writer:
Glen Douglas, John R. Cash (country music legend) and Lillie McAlpin
32:41
11Give My Love to Rose
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-07-01)
producer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
Give My Love to Rose (on 1957-07-01)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher) and Carlin Music
2:46
12Rock Island Line
recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
2:11
13Ballad of a Teenage Queen
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-11-12)
producer:
Jack Clement
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
samples from:
The Fabulous Johnny Cash by Johnny Cash
recording of:
Ballad of a Teenage Queen (on 1957-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
Ballad of a Teenage Queen (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:13
14Big 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., House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash) and Knox Music, Inc.
32:32
15Guess Things Happen That Way
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-04-09)
producer:
Jack Clement
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
recording of:
Guess Things Happen That Way (on 1958-04-09)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
cover recording of:
Guess Things Happen That Way
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
3.51:51
16Come 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
17The Ways of a Woman in Love
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-07-10)
producer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
Ways of a Woman in Love (on 1958-07-10)
writer:
Bill Justis and Charlie Rich
cover recording of:
Ways of a Woman in Love
writer:
Bill Justis and Charlie Rich
2:16
18You'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, John R. Cash (country music legend) and Hoyt Johnson
version of:
It’s a Little More Like Heaven
2:41
19It's Just About Time
recording of:
It’s Just About Time
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:10
20Luther Played the Boogie
engineered in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-07-30)
performer:
The Tennessee Two
recording of:
Luther Played the Boogie (on 1955-07-30)
writer:
Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Hoyt Johnson
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
32:05
21Thanks a Lot
cover recording of:
Thanks a Lot
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich
2:39
22Katy Too
recording of:
Katy Too
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Jack Clement
1:58
23Goodbye Little Darlin'
recording of:
Goodbye Little Darlin’, Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”) and Johnny Marvin
publisher:
Western Music Publishing Co., Inc. (on 1940-03-15) and Chappell & Co., Inc. (company that specialized in library and production music) (on 1940-05-07)
2:15
24Straight A's in Love
recording of:
Straight ‘A’s in Love
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:16
25Mean Eyed Cat
recording of:
Mean Eyed Cat
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd. and Knox Music, Inc.
2:29