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Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar (1956)

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Title: Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar
Artist: Johnny Cash
Genre: Country
Released: 1956

Tracks:
1 - Rock Island Line - 2:11
2 - (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle - 2:25
3 - Country Boy - 1:49
4 - If the Good Lord's Willing - 1:44
5 - Cry! Cry! Cry! - 2:29
6 - Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You) - 2:01
7 - So Doggone Lonesome - 2:39
8 - I Was There When It Happened - 2:17
9 - I Walk the Line - 2:46 -
10 - The Wreck of the Old '97 - 1:48
11 - Folsom Prison Blues - 2:51
12 - Doin' My Time - 2:40
13 - Hey Porter - 2:14
14 - Get Rhythm - 2:15
15 - I Was There When It Happened (alternate version) - 2:18
16 - Folsom Prison Blues (alternate version) - 2:34
17 - I Walk the Line (alternate version) - 2:40

Overview:
Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar is the debut album of country singer Johnny Cash, released on October 11, 1957. The album contained four of his hit singles: "I Walk the Line," "Cry! Cry! Cry!," "So Doggone Lonesome," and "Folsom Prison Blues." It was re-issued on July 23, 2002 as an expanded edition, under the label Varese Vintage, containing five bonus tracks, three being alternate versions of tracks already present on the original LP.

This was the first LP ever issued on Sam Phillips' Sun Records label.

Cash auditioned for a place on the music label Sun Records in 1955, but failed to impress its founder Sam Philips after presenting himself as a gospel singer. Cash was told to come back with a more commercial sound, as gospel wouldn't sell. He returned with the songs "Hey Porter!" and "Cry! Cry! Cry!" and subsequently released them as his debut single on Sun Records in July 1955. On the recording he was backed by Luther Perkins on guitar and Marshall Grant on bass, dubbed "The Tennessee Two" by Philips.

"Cry! Cry! Cry!" became a commercial success, entering the country charts at number fourteen.

His second single, "Folsom Prison Blues", was released in December 1955 and reached the country Top Five in early 1956.

His final single on With His Hot and Blue Guitar, "I Walk the Line", continued his success, reaching number one on the country charts and staying there for six weeks, eventually crossing over into the pop Top 20.
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