The Sound of Johnny Cash

The Sound of Johnny Cash
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	August 1962
Recorded	April 28, 1961 - February 12, 1962
Genre	Country
Length	25:12
Label	Columbia
Producer	Don Law, Frank Jones
Johnny Cash chronology
Hymns from the Heart (1962) The Sound of Johnny Cash (1962) All Aboard the Blue Train (1962)

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The Sound of Johnny Cash is the thirteenth album by country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1962 (see 1962 in music). Among other songs, it contains "In the Jailhouse Now", a Jimmie Rodgers cover which reached No. 8 on the Country charts, and "Delia's Gone", which Cash would re-record years later, on American Recordings, in 1994. Cash would also go on to record a significantly slower version of "I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now", which was ultimately released in 2006 on American V: A Hundred Highways as the last track on the album.

Track listing

1. "Lost on the Desert" (Dallas Frazier, Buddy Mize) – 2:01
2. "Accidentally on Purpose" (Darrel Edwards, George Jones) – 1:56
3. "In the Jailhouse Now" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:23
4. "Mr. Lonesome" (Tompall Glaser) – 2:18
5. "You Won't Have Far to Go" (Chuck Glaser) – 1:50
6. "In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home" (Leadbelly) – 2:34
7. "Delia's Gone" (Karl Silbersdorf, Dick Toops) – 2:01
8. "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" (Cecil Null) – 2:27
9. "You Remembered Me" (Cash) – 2:05
10. "I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now" (Lou Herscher, Saul Klein) – 1:51
11. "Let Me Down Easy" (Tompall Glaser, Jim Glaser) – 1:46
12. "Sing It Pretty, Sue" (Cash) – 2:00

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - Main Performer, Vocals, Guitar
• Luther Perkins - Guitar
• Ray Edenton - Guitar
• Don Helms - Steel
• Marshall Grant - Bass
• Buddy Harman - Drums
• Floyd Cramer - Piano

Charts

The album did not chart in the Billboard album charts. In 1962 the single "In the Jailhouse Now" peaked at #8 in the Billboard Country Singles.