Johnny Cash: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1992

Official Site:

http://www.johnnycash.com/

Rock Hall Bio:

http://rockhall.com/inductees/johnny-cash/bio/

1935: Family settled in Arkansas where Cash worked the cotton fields.
1944: His brother Jack died.
1950: He enlisted in the Air Force.

Hey Porter (1955):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bksZ4Qu18kc

Cry! Cry! Cry! (1955):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGTh-m21jKo&feature=related

Folsom Prison Blues (1955):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gV5C5mB7A

Million Dollar Quartet (1956):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFpxQOd5tHA

I Walk the Line (1956):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEV58ztuihs

Ballad of a Teenage Queen (1958):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wT5BL7UJ9s&feature=fvst

Big River (1958):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_21p14TAXM

Don’t Take Your Guns to Town (1959):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMMp_llzBT4

In the Jailhouse Now (1962):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLfYVFamso8

Busted (1963):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8kRsoAZjpM

Ring of Fire (1963):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It7107ELQvY

The Ballad of Ira Hayes (1964):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDLQWEvubc

In 1965, he accidentally started a forest fire in Los Padres National Forest. He told a judge "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."

Orange Blossom Special (1965):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmrKeyeHKA

Jackson w/June Carter Cash (1967):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzhzCF77GDo

Daddy Sang Bass (1968):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGUP8oc9Bgs

In 1968 and 1969, he released the seminal live albums At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin.

A Boy Named Sue (1969):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n--1wR4L7zg&ob=av3n

The Johnny Cash Show ran from 1969-1971.

The Johnny Cash Show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzhKhTP4b_U

Sunday Morning Coming Down (1970):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g2ELFGUbkg&feature=fvst

Man in Black (1971):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXRmJyIyJbM

Any Old Wind that Blows (1972):

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4F74wWP7sY

The hits began to dry up and he took up occasional acting roles.

One Piece at a Time (1976):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHniL8MyMM

There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang w/Waylon Jennings (1978):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woEYm8cPbWw

Ghost Riders in the Sky (1979):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mynzbmrtp9I

He grew tired of his label and tried to get out of his deal, so he wrote…

Chicken in Black (1984):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_uM87NTFW4

The Highwaymen (1985):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsUM7V6Ku_8

The Wanderer w/U2 (1993):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov0BsOYoRrc

He continued to struggle until the early 1990s when he teamed up with Rick Rubin.

Delia’s Gone (1994):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1iKEPzF1Js

Rusty Cage (1995):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtbuUlSGXzc

Hurt (2003):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho

Cash died in 2003:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4E5G8IzRzo

Walk the Line (2004):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydrr5zDJGzA

God’s Gonna Cut You Down (2006):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlN9jdQFSc&ob=av3n

Redemption Day (2010):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_uI1BUnzws