Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"Folsom Prison Blues" is a song by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, based on material composed by Gordon Jenkins. Written in 1953, [ 1 ] it was first recorded and released as a single in 1955, and later included on his debut studio album Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!
"Rock Island Line" is an American folk song. Ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad , it appeared as a folk song as early as 1929. The first recorded performance of "Rock Island Line" was by inmates of the Arkansas Cummins State Farm prison in 1934.
Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! is the debut studio album by American singer Johnny Cash, released on October 11, 1957. [1] The album contained four of his hit singles: "I Walk the Line," "Cry! Cry! Cry!," "So Doggone Lonesome," and "Folsom Prison Blues."
Rock Island Line is an album by Johnny Cash on vinyl format, later released on CD, with a few train and fun songs included of which some were from different albums before. Track listing [ edit ]
Rock And Roll (Fais-Do-Do) Rock And Roll Ruby; Rock And Roll Shoes; Rock Island Line; Rock Of Ages; Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955) Rocket 69; Rodeo Hand; Roll Call; Rollin' Free; Rosanna's Going Wild; Rose Of My Heart; Roughneck; Route #1, Box 144; Rowboat; Run Softly, Blue River; The Running Kind; Rusty Cage
"Hey Porter" was the first of many rail-themed songs that Cash would record during his career, and was soon followed by "Folsom Prison Blues", another rail-themed track. The song is available on many compilations, such as The Complete Sun Singles, The Essential Johnny Cash, Ring Of Fire: The Legend of Johnny Cash Volume Two, and The Legend.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Despite little initial promotion by Columbia, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison was a hit in the United States, reaching number one on the country charts and the top 15 of the national album chart. The lead single, a live version of "Folsom Prison Blues", was a top 40 hit, Cash's first since 1964's "Understand Your Man".