Who is Johnny Cash

Born February 26, 1932, Johnny Cash (also known as the "Man in Black") was an influential country musician, best known in the 1950s and '60s for his hit songs I Walk the Line, Folsom Prison Blues and Ring of Fire, and he became known in his later years for his stripped down cover versions of modern popular songs, such as I Won't Back Down, Rusty Cage, One, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Desperado, and Hurt.

Fueled by his own rocky personal life and spiritual path, much of Cash's music, especially that of his later career, echoed themes of sorrow, moral tribulation and redemption. Thus, in a career that spanned almost five decades, Cash was the personification of country music to many people around the world, despite his distaste for the Nashville mainstream.

Cash was particularly famous for his prison concerts, especially the historic performances in Folsom and San Quentin prisons in the late '60s. The former ended up being one of the fastest selling records of all time.
Cash and June Carter Cash were married soon after Cash proposed to her during a concert in London, Ontario in 1968. The couple recorded several duets, including Jackson and It Ain't Me Babe. June Carter had co-written Ring of Fire for Cash before their marriage.

In the mid-1980s he recorded and toured with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson as The Highwaymen, making two hit albums.
His career was rejuvenated in the 1990s, leading to unexpected popularity and iconic status among a younger audience not traditionally interested in country music. In 1993, he sang the vocal on the track (read more)