Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous

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Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
Compilation album by  Johnny Cash
Released	December 1, 1958
Recorded	April 2, 1956 – July 10, 1958
Genre	Country rockabilly
Length	Original: 28:57 Re-issue: 38:08
Label	Sun
Producer	Sam Phillips Jack Clement
Johnny Cash chronology
The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958) Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous (1958) Hymns by Johnny Cash (1959)
Singles from Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
"There You Go" Released: November 21, 1956 "Next in Line" Released: April 15, 1957 "Home of the Blues" Released: August 10, 1957 "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" Released: December 1, 1957 "Guess Things Happen That Way" Released: May 20, 1958 "The Ways of a Woman in Love" Released: August 11, 1958

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Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. It was originally released on December 1, 1958, by Sun Records after Cash had left the label and signed with Columbia Records. The album is made up of songs Cash recorded for Sun prior to leaving the label. The album was re-issued in 2003, under the label Varèse Sarabande, with four different versions of tracks already present on the original LP as a bonus. The complete contents of the album are also incorporated into an extended version of the previous collection With His Hot and Blue Guitar included in the 2012 box set Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection.

Contents

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ballad of a Teenage Queen"	Jack Clement	2:13
2.	"There You Go"	Johnny Cash	2:19
3.	"I Walk the Line"	Cash	2:46
4.	"Don't Make Me Go"	Cash	2:31
5.	"Guess Things Happen That Way"	Clement	1:52
6.	"Train of Love"	Cash	2:24
7.	"The Ways of a Woman in Love"	Bill Justis, Charlie Rich	2:16
8.	"Next in Line"	Cash	2:49
9.	"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven"	Jim Atkins, Cash, Hoyt Johnson	2:42
10.	"I Can't Help It"	Hank Williams	1:49
11.	"Home of the Blues"	Cash, Douglas Glenn Tubb, Lillie McAlpin	2:41
12.	"Big River"	Cash	2:35
Total length:			28:57

Re-issue Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Don't Make Me Go" (Alternate Take)	Cash	2:30
14.	"The Ways of a Woman in Love" (Alternate Take)	Justis, Rich	2:28
15.	"Ballad of a Teenage Queen" (Undubbed Master)	Clement	2:15
16.	"Guess Things Happen That Way" (Undubbed Master)	Clement	1:58
Total length:			38:08

Personnel[edit]

• Johnny Cash — Vocals, acoustic Guitar and main performer
• Luther Perkins - Guitar
• Marshall Grant - Bass

TECHNICAL CREW

• Sam Phillips - Producer
• Jack Clement - Producer
• Cary E. Mansfield — Reissue Producer
• Bill Dahl — Liner Notes, Reissue Producer
• Dan Hersch — Digital Remastering
• Bill Pitzonka — Reissue Art Director

Charts[edit]

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1956	"There You Go"	Country Singles	1
1957	"Don't Make Me Go"	Country Singles	9
1957	"Home of the Blues"	Country Singles	3
1957	"Home of the Blues"	Pop Singles	88
1957	"Next in Line"	Country Singles	9
1957	"Next in Line"	Pop Singles	99
1957	"Train of Love"	Country Singles	7
1958	"Ballad of a Teenage Queen"	Country Singles	1
1958	"Ballad of a Teenage Queen"	Pop Singles	14
1958	"Big River"	Country Singles	4
1958	"Big River"	Pop Singles	14
1958	"Guess Things Happen That Way"	Country Singles	1
1958	"Guess Things Happen That Way"	Pop Singles	11
1958	"The Ways of a Woman in Love"	Country Singles	2
1958	"The Ways of a Woman in Love"	Pop Singles	24
1958	"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven"	Country Singles	5
1958	"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven"	Pop Singles	24