Johnny Cash Sun Records discography | |
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Studio albums | 18 |
Singles | 20 |
No.1 Single | 4 |
The Johnny Cash Sun Records discography details the music recorded by country music legend Johnny Cash and released on Sun Records. From late 1954 to July, 1958, Cash recorded for Sun Records, a label founded by Sam Phillips and located at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Despite making his final recordings for Sun in 1958 and subsequently moving to Columbia Records, Phillips amassed sufficient backlog to continue to release new material by Cash in single and album format until as late as 1964.
Cash was the first Sun artist to release an LP
Year | Album | US Country |
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1957 | Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar | |
1958 | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | |
1959 | Greatest! | |
1960 | Sings Hank Williams | |
1961 | Now Here's Johnny Cash | |
1962 | All Aboard the Blue Train | |
1964 | Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash | |
1969 | Original Golden Hits, Volume I | 4
|
1969 | Original Golden Hits, Volume II | 3
|
1969 | Story Songs of the Trains and Rivers | 2
|
1969 | Get Rhythm | 30
|
1969 | Showtime | 14
|
1970 | The Singing Storyteller | 45
|
1970 | Johnny Cash: The Legend | |
1970 | Sunday Down South | |
1970 | The Rough Cut King of Country Music | |
1971 | Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis Sing Hank Williams | |
1971 | Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music | |
1972 | Original Golden Hits, Volume III | |
1977 | Superbilly | |
1977 | The Original Johnny Cash | |
1979 | Johnny Cash Sings I Walk The Line | |
1979 | Johnny Cash Sings Folsom Prison Blues | |
1980 | Johnny Cash Sings The Blue Train | |
1980 | Johnny Cash Sings The Greatest Hits | |
1982 | Original Rockabilly |
The following are the singles released by Sun Records. [1] Cash left Sun for Columbia in July, 1958. Sun continued to release singles through 1964.
Date | # | A Side | Pop | C&W | B Side | Pop | C&W |
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June 21, 1955 | 221 | " Cry! Cry! Cry!" | 14 |
" Hey Porter!" | |||
Dec. 15, 1955 | 232 | " So Doggone Lonesome" | 4 |
" Folsom Prison Blues" | 4
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May 1, 1956 | 241 | " I Walk The Line" | 17 |
1 |
" Get Rhythm" | ||
Nov. 21, 1956 | 258 | " There You Go" | 1 |
" Train of Love" | 7
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April 15, 1957 | 266 | " Next in Line" | 99 |
9 |
" Don't Make Me Go" | 9
| |
Aug. 10, 1957 | 279 | " Home of the Blues" | 88 |
3 |
" Give My Love to Rose" | 13
| |
Dec. 01, 1957 | 283 | " Ballad of a Teenage Queen" | 14 |
1 |
" Big River" | 4
| |
May 20, 1958 | 295 | " Guess Things Happen That Way" | 11 |
1 |
" Come In Stranger" | 66 |
6
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Aug. 11, 1958 | 302 | " The Ways of a Woman in Love" | 24 |
2 |
" You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" | 5
| |
Nov. 12, 1958 | 309 | " It's Just About Time" | 47 |
30 |
" I Just Thought You'd Like to Know" | 85
| |
Feb. 15, 1959 | 316 | " Luther Played the Boogie" | 8 |
" Thanks a Lot" | 12
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June 2, 1959 | 321 | " Katy Too" | 66 |
11 |
" I Forget to Remember to Forget" | ||
Sept. 15, 1959 | 331 | " You Tell Me" | " Goodbye Little Darlin'" | 22
| |||
Dec. 31, 1959 | 334 | " Straight A's in Love" | 84 |
16 |
" I Love You Because" | 20
| |
June 14, 1960 | 343 | " The Story of a Broken Heart" | 107 |
" Down the Street to 301" | 85 |
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Oct. 25, 1960 | 347 | " Mean Eyed Cat" | 30 |
" Port of Lonely Hearts" | |||
Dec. 10, 1960 | 355 | " Oh Lonesome Me" | 93 |
13 |
"Life Goes On" | ||
May 26, 1961 | 363 | " Sugartime" | "My Treasure" | ||||
April 27, 1962 | 376 | " Blue Train" | " Born to Lose" | ||||
May 1, 1964 | 392 | " Wide Open Road" | "Belshazah" |
Between September 1, 1954, and July 17, 1958, Cash recorded several sessions at Memphis Sun Studios. The Sun singles and albums were recorded at the sessions described below; "master" indicates which take of a song was used for singles and albums.
Johnny Cash Sun Records discography | |
---|---|
Studio albums | 18 |
Singles | 20 |
No.1 Single | 4 |
The Johnny Cash Sun Records discography details the music recorded by country music legend Johnny Cash and released on Sun Records. From late 1954 to July, 1958, Cash recorded for Sun Records, a label founded by Sam Phillips and located at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Despite making his final recordings for Sun in 1958 and subsequently moving to Columbia Records, Phillips amassed sufficient backlog to continue to release new material by Cash in single and album format until as late as 1964.
Cash was the first Sun artist to release an LP
Year | Album | US Country |
---|---|---|
1957 | Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar | |
1958 | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | |
1959 | Greatest! | |
1960 | Sings Hank Williams | |
1961 | Now Here's Johnny Cash | |
1962 | All Aboard the Blue Train | |
1964 | Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash | |
1969 | Original Golden Hits, Volume I | 4
|
1969 | Original Golden Hits, Volume II | 3
|
1969 | Story Songs of the Trains and Rivers | 2
|
1969 | Get Rhythm | 30
|
1969 | Showtime | 14
|
1970 | The Singing Storyteller | 45
|
1970 | Johnny Cash: The Legend | |
1970 | Sunday Down South | |
1970 | The Rough Cut King of Country Music | |
1971 | Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis Sing Hank Williams | |
1971 | Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music | |
1972 | Original Golden Hits, Volume III | |
1977 | Superbilly | |
1977 | The Original Johnny Cash | |
1979 | Johnny Cash Sings I Walk The Line | |
1979 | Johnny Cash Sings Folsom Prison Blues | |
1980 | Johnny Cash Sings The Blue Train | |
1980 | Johnny Cash Sings The Greatest Hits | |
1982 | Original Rockabilly |
The following are the singles released by Sun Records. [1] Cash left Sun for Columbia in July, 1958. Sun continued to release singles through 1964.
Date | # | A Side | Pop | C&W | B Side | Pop | C&W |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 21, 1955 | 221 | " Cry! Cry! Cry!" | 14 |
" Hey Porter!" | |||
Dec. 15, 1955 | 232 | " So Doggone Lonesome" | 4 |
" Folsom Prison Blues" | 4
| ||
May 1, 1956 | 241 | " I Walk The Line" | 17 |
1 |
" Get Rhythm" | ||
Nov. 21, 1956 | 258 | " There You Go" | 1 |
" Train of Love" | 7
| ||
April 15, 1957 | 266 | " Next in Line" | 99 |
9 |
" Don't Make Me Go" | 9
| |
Aug. 10, 1957 | 279 | " Home of the Blues" | 88 |
3 |
" Give My Love to Rose" | 13
| |
Dec. 01, 1957 | 283 | " Ballad of a Teenage Queen" | 14 |
1 |
" Big River" | 4
| |
May 20, 1958 | 295 | " Guess Things Happen That Way" | 11 |
1 |
" Come In Stranger" | 66 |
6
|
Aug. 11, 1958 | 302 | " The Ways of a Woman in Love" | 24 |
2 |
" You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" | 5
| |
Nov. 12, 1958 | 309 | " It's Just About Time" | 47 |
30 |
" I Just Thought You'd Like to Know" | 85
| |
Feb. 15, 1959 | 316 | " Luther Played the Boogie" | 8 |
" Thanks a Lot" | 12
| ||
June 2, 1959 | 321 | " Katy Too" | 66 |
11 |
" I Forget to Remember to Forget" | ||
Sept. 15, 1959 | 331 | " You Tell Me" | " Goodbye Little Darlin'" | 22
| |||
Dec. 31, 1959 | 334 | " Straight A's in Love" | 84 |
16 |
" I Love You Because" | 20
| |
June 14, 1960 | 343 | " The Story of a Broken Heart" | 107 |
" Down the Street to 301" | 85 |
||
Oct. 25, 1960 | 347 | " Mean Eyed Cat" | 30 |
" Port of Lonely Hearts" | |||
Dec. 10, 1960 | 355 | " Oh Lonesome Me" | 93 |
13 |
"Life Goes On" | ||
May 26, 1961 | 363 | " Sugartime" | "My Treasure" | ||||
April 27, 1962 | 376 | " Blue Train" | " Born to Lose" | ||||
May 1, 1964 | 392 | " Wide Open Road" | "Belshazah" |
Between September 1, 1954, and July 17, 1958, Cash recorded several sessions at Memphis Sun Studios. The Sun singles and albums were recorded at the sessions described below; "master" indicates which take of a song was used for singles and albums.