Johnny Cash songs are some of the most iconic in the history of modern music. Beginning with "Cry! Cry! Cry!" in 1955, Cash enjoyed an almost unprecedented run of hits that crossed many genre lines.

He’s a legendary voice of American music, but his last years impacted a new generation of music fans with unadorned and fragile albums. Cash’s final recordings are full of tear-jerking reflection, and ...

Trying to pick the very best Johnny Cash song is a bit like trying to find a needle in a haystack: It's incredibly time-consuming, and almost completely futile; because his catalog is so deep, it's ...

Johnny Cash might best be known as an outlaw country singer who changed the mold, but he’s also known as an accomplished protest songwriter. Many of his songs have held poignant political and cultural ...

Johnny Cash, in one way or another, dominated the American music scene for more than half a century, ever since he recorded his first song for Sun Records, "Hey, Porter." DETROW: Cash is most often ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Johnny Cash historian Mark Stielper and Cash's son, John Carter Cash, on their book, Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics and the Man in Black's legacy as a songwriter.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Michel Linssen/Redferns/Getty Images He’s a near-mythical figure in the world of country ...

The lyrics of over 500 songs written by a songwriting and performing icon are contained in the new book, “The Complete Johnny Cash: Lyrics from a Lifetime of Songwriting.” John Carter Cash, the son of ...

During an interview with Rolling Stone, Phillips explained why he was interested in Cash in the first place. “When Johnny Cash came in, he sang his original country-gospel songs, and I have never been ...

When Texas-based copywriter Dustin Ballard released a cover of Aqua’s 1997 Europop hit “Barbie Girl” this summer using an AI-generated version of Johnny Cash’s voice, he was surprised by its reception ...