STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - JOHNNY CASH - GREATEST HITS VOL. 1

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Good morning Sunday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again.  Today we remember Kingsland, Arkansas native, singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and author, Johnny Cash, on what would have been his 91st Birthday. He passed away in 2003, age 71, of complications from diabetes. He is severely missed. To honor the iconic performer's legacy , we spotlight this 1967 Columbia Records compilation, Greatest Hits, Vol. 1. The LP was produced by  Don Law and Frank Jones and peaked at #82 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top Country Albums chart. It is notable for the first appearance of the Cash/June Carter duet, "Jackson" which was released as a single and it reached #3 on the Country Singles chart. 

 1. "Jackson" (duet with June Carter Cash) Billy Edd Wheeler, Jerry Leiber (as Gaby Rodgers) Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter (1967) 2:48

2. "I Walk the Line" Cash I Walk the Line (1964) 2:37

3. "Understand Your Man" Cash I Walk the Line (1964) 2:45

4. "Orange Blossom Special" Ervin T. Rouse Orange Blossom Special (1965) 3:08

5. "The One on the Right Is on the Left" Jack Clement Everybody Loves a Nut (1966) 2:50

6. "Ring of Fire" Merle Kilgore, June Carter Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash (1963) 2:39

7. "It Ain't Me, Babe" Bob Dylan Orange Blossom Special (1965) 3:04

8. "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" Peter La Farge Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian (1964) 4:11

9. "The Rebel – Johnny Yuma" Richard Markowitz, Andrew Fenady Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash (1963) 1:54

10. "Five Feet High and Rising" Cash Songs of Our Soil (1959) 1:49

11. "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" Cash The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1959) 3:01

Johnny Cash - vocals, guitar

June Carter - vocals

Carl Perkins, Luther Perkins, Bob Johnson, Ray Edenton, Billy Strange, Johnny Western, Roy Nichols - guitar

Jack Clement - rhythm guitar

Norman Blake - guitar, dobro

Marshall Grant, Buddy Clark - bass

W.S. Holland, Buddy Harman, Morris Palmer, Irving Kluger, Michael Kazakv- drums

Charlie McCoy - harmonica

Bill McElhiney, Karl Garvin - trumpet

Phil Balsey, Jan Howard,  - backing vocals

Bill Pursell, Marvin Hughes, James Wilson,  Del Wood - piano

Don Helms - steel guitar

Rufus Long - flute

Charlie McCoy - harmonica

Boots Randolph - saxophone

Jack Elliott - yodel 

Maybelle Carter - autoharp

Billy Latham - banjo

Bob Johnston - lute

Hubert Anderson - vibraphone

The Carter Family, The Jack Halloran Singers, The Anita Kerr Singers, The Jordanaires  - backing vocals