The Complete Original Sun Singles (Remastered)

~ Release by Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

This compilation ℗ 1999 Sun Entertainment Corporation
© 1999 Varèse Sarabande Records, Inc.
Original Sun Recordings licensed from Sun Entertainment Corporation, Nashville, Tennessee

Annotation last modified on 2018-09-25 16:01 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Cry! Cry! Cry!
recording of:
Cry! Cry! Cry!
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc.
52:30
2Hey Porter!
engineered in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1955)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1955)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1955) and Sun Record Company (in 1955)
recording of:
Hey, Porter (on 1955-03-22)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and West One Music (production music label, prefix: WOM)
recording of:
Hey, Porter (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and West One Music (production music label, prefix: WOM)
3.352:14
3So Doggone Lonesome
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-07-30)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956)
recording of:
So Doggone Lonesome (on 1955-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
3.52:39
4Folsom Prison Blues
producer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend), Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer) and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1955-07-30)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-07-30) and Luther Perkins (on 1955-07-30)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-07-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1988)
recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues (on 1955-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
4.22:50
5I Walk the Line
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer) and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-03-30)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 30), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 33) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 76)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
4.152:46
6Get Rhythm
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-03-30)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-04-02) and Luther Perkins (on 1956-04-02)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-03-30)
recording of:
Get Rhythm (on 1956-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
recording of:
Get Rhythm (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
3.752:15
7There You Go
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1956, on 1956-05-08)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recording of:
There You Go (on 1956-05-08)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
32:18
8Train of Love
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
recording of:
Train of Love (on 1956-05-08)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
42:24
9Next in Line
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-04-04)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1957)
recording of:
Next in Line (on 1957-04-04)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc.
32:48
10Don't Make Me Go
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-04-04)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
recording of:
Don’t Make Me Go (on 1957-04-04)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
32:30
11Home of the Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-07-01)
producer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
Home of the Blues (on 1957-07-01)
writer:
Glen Douglas, John R. Cash (country music legend) and Lillie McAlpin
32:41
12Give My Love to Rose
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-07-01)
producer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
Give My Love to Rose (on 1957-07-01)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher) and Carlin Music
2:45
13Ballad of a Teenage Queen
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-11-12)
producer:
Jack Clement
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
samples from:
The Fabulous Johnny Cash by Johnny Cash (country music legend)
recording of:
Ballad of a Teenage Queen (on 1957-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
Ballad of a Teenage Queen (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:13
14Big River
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-11-12)
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-11-12)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-11-12)
guitar:
Jack Clement (on 1957-11-12)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
performer:
The Tennessee Two
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1957) and Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
recording of:
Big River (on 1957-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash) and Knox Music, Inc.
32:33
15Guess Things Happen That Way
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-04-09)
producer:
Jack Clement
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
recording of:
Guess Things Happen That Way (on 1958-04-09)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
cover recording of:
Guess Things Happen That Way
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
3.51:51
16Come in Stranger
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-04-09)
producer:
Jack Clement
performer:
The Tennessee Two
recording of:
Come in Stranger (on 1958-04-09)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:42
17The Ways of a Woman in Love
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-07-10)
producer:
Jack Clement
cover recording of:
Ways of a Woman in Love (on 1958-07-10)
writer:
Bill Justis and Charlie Rich
2:17
18You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-05-15)
producer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven (on 1958-05-15)
lyricist:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
writer:
Jim Atkins (US country musician), John R. Cash (country music legend) and Hoyt Johnson
version of:
It’s a Little More Like Heaven
2:42
19It's Just About Time
recording of:
It’s Just About Time
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:10
20I Just Thought You'd Like to Know
recording of:
I Just Thought You’d Like to Know
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich
2:22
▼ CD 2
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1Luther Played the Boogie
engineered in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-07-30)
performer:
The Tennessee Two
recording of:
Luther Played the Boogie (on 1955-07-30)
writer:
Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Hoyt Johnson
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
32:05
2Thanks a Lot
cover recording of:
Thanks a Lot
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich
2:38
3Katy Too
recording of:
Katy Too
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Jack Clement
1:58
4I Forgot to Remember to Forget
cover recording of:
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
writer:
Charlie Feathers and Stan Kesler
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
1:55
5You Tell Me
cover recording of:
You Tell Me
lyricist and composer:
Roy Orbison
1:21
6Goodbye Little Darlin'
recording of:
Goodbye Little Darlin’, Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”) and Johnny Marvin
publisher:
Western Music Publishing Co., Inc. (on 1940-03-15) and Chappell & Co., Inc. (company that specialized in library and production music) (on 1940-05-07)
2:16
7Straight A's in Love
recording of:
Straight ‘A’s in Love
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:17
8I Love You Because
cover recording of:
I Love You Because
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-12)
2:28
9The Story of a Broken Heart
recording of:
Story of a Broken Heart
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:13
10Down the Stree to 301
recording of:
Down the Street to 301
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:07
11Mean Eyed Cat
recording of:
Mean Eyed Cat
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd. and Knox Music, Inc.
2:32
12Port of Lonely Hearts
recording of:
Port of Lonely Hearts
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:35
13Oh Lonesome Me
cover recording of:
Oh Lonesome Me
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Publications Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2:31
14Life Goes On
recording of:
Life Goes On
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Jack Clement
2:00
15Sugartime
cover recording of:
Sugartime
composer:
Odis Echols and Charlie Phillips
1:50
16My Treasure
recording of:
My Treasure
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:18
17Blue Train
recording of:
Blue Train
lyricist and composer:
Billy Smith (1950s Ohio rockabilly artist)
2:05
18Born to Lose
recording of:
Born to Lose
lyricist and composer:
Frankie Brown
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1943-05-29)
2:12
19Wide Open Road
recording of:
Wide Open Road
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:38
20Belshazah
recording of:
Belshazzar
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
2:24