Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous is an album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, released on December 1, 1958, by Sun Records. It was the first LP album to include the songs. However, since the album includes songs previously issued as singles, it has been classified as a compilation album. The album is made up of songs Cash recorded for Sun prior to leaving the label for Columbia Records.
The album was re-issued in 2003, under the label Varèse Sarabande, with four different versions of songs already available on the original LP as bonus tracks. The complete contents of the album are also incorporated into an extended version of the previous collection With His Hot and Blue Guitar included in the 2012 box set Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection. In 2017 and again in 2023, Sun released a remastered version of the album.
Track listing
Personnel Johnny Cash — vocals, rhythm guitar Luther Perkins - lead guitar Marshall Grant - double bass Technical Sam Phillips - producer Jack Clement - producer Cary E. Mansfield — reissue producer Bill Dahl — liner notes, reissue producer Dan Hersch — digital remastering Bill Pitzonka — reissue art director
Charts Singles - Billboard (United States) YearSingleChartPosition1956"There You Go"Country Singles11957"Don't Make Me Go"Country Singles91957"Home of the Blues"Country Singles31957"Home of the Blues"Pop Singles881957"Next in Line"Country Singles91957"Next in Line"Pop Singles991957"Train of Love"Country Singles71958"Ballad of a Teenage Queen"Country Singles11958"Ballad of a Teenage Queen"Pop Singles141958"Big River"Country Singles41958"Big River"Pop Singles141958"Guess Things Happen That Way"Country Singles11958"Guess Things Happen That Way"Pop Singles111958"The Ways of a Woman in Love"Country Singles21958"The Ways of a Woman in Love"Pop Singles241958"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven"Country Singles51958"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven"Pop Singles24
References
External links LP Discography entry on Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous