Johnny Cash

Among the artists Sam Phillips discovered and first recorded at Sun Records in the 1950s -- including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Carl ... and more »

On December 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley together. The place was Sun Records' ...

By David Hoekstra One of the first inductees into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Sam Phillips was the first white man to record the black blues of B. B. King, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Howlin' Wolf and Junior Parker. Fellow Hall of Fame inductees Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison graduated from Phillips' s...

By bandweblogs Johnny Cash classics were licensed from Cash’s first record label, the legendary Sun Records, also the first record label home of luminaries such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison. The original tracks, recorded with Cash’s first band the Tennessee Two from 1956-1959, we...

By Brandon Daviet The 24 tracks on the album encompass four decades, beginning with some of the gospel tracks Cash recorded for the legendary Sun Records in the fifties. Among these early gems are a soul stirring rendition of “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” and the gospel masterpiece “This Old Account.” Both song...