Johnny Cash's 'Hurt': The Sad Song Inspired by Nine Inch Nails' Original Hit

In November 2002, 70-year-old Johnny Cash released the final album of his career, American IV: The Man Comes Around. Included ...
American Songwriter

The Elvis Costello Song Johnny Cash Recorded First, “Hidden Shame,” and the Other One That Got Away

In 1987, Johnny Cash covered Elvis Costello‘s “The Big Light” on his album Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town. Costello first released the song a year earlier on King of America. By the late ’80s, Costello ...
Publishers Weekly

Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics

In this satisfying outing, music historian Stielper and record producer Carter Cash (House of Cash) delve into the stories behind 125 of Johnny Cash’s songs. In commentary that runs alongside the song ...
NPR

Johnny Cash Song Download Wins Apple Contest

Louis Sulcer, 71, of Woodstock, Georgia, won a $10,000 iTunes gift card. The song he bought, Johnny Cash's "Guess Things Happen That Way" was the 10 billionth song downloaded on iTunes. The ...
American Songwriter

A Novelty Song About a Self-Made Cadillac Christened the Psychobilly Genre and Was Johnny Cash’s Last to Top the Country Chart

Johnny Cash often revealed the lighter side to some of his darker-themed songs of crime, despair, death, and other murder ballads. In 1966, Cash highlighted some of the more lively pages in his ...