Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous ist das zweite Studioalbum des Country-Sängers Johnny Cash. Es erschien am 13. November 1958 bei Sun Records und wurde von Sam Phillips und Jack Clement produziert. Kurz vor der Veröffentlichung war Cash zu Columbia Records gewechselt. Das Album enthält drei Nummer-eins-Hits der Country-Charts und zusätzlich die erneute Veröffentlichung von Cashs erstem Charts-Spitzenreiter I Walk the Line.
Inhalte
Anders als bei seinem ersten Album With His Hot and Blue Guitar handeln die Songs dieser LP überwiegend von Liebesbeziehungen. Während Cash den Hintergrundgesang bei Ballad of a Teenage Queen mochte, fand er, dass der Song Guess Things Happen That Way dadurch „vollkommen ruiniert“ worden sei. Beide Titel erreichten die Spitze der Country-Charts. Guess Things Happen That Way erreichte außerdem Platz 11 der Pop-Charts und war damit Cashs größter Erfolg bei Sun Records in den Pop-Single-Charts.
Produzent Clement, der beide Songs geschrieben hatte, fand Ballad of a Teenage Queen „so süß, dass es einen Diabetiker ins Koma stürzen könne“. Während einer Werbetour in Kanada kürte Cash nach jedem Auftritt im Publikum die Teenage Queen des Abends. Eine der Siegerinnen starb unter tragischen Umständen, weshalb die Zweitplatzierte nachrückte; es war die Sängerin Joni Mitchell. Den meisten Quellen zufolge mochte Cash die Nummer nicht und spielte sie nach der Trennung von Sun nur noch selten live.
Weitere bekannte Stücke des Albums sind Big River und Home of the Blues. Während ersterer von einer verlorengegangen Liebe handelt, thematisiert Cash in letzterem seine Kindheit, die durch harte Arbeit auf den Baumwollfeldern geprägt war.
Titelliste
- Ballad of a Teenage Queen (Jack Clement) – 2:13
- There You Go (Cash) – 2:19
- I Walk the Line (Cash) – 2:46
- Don't Make Me Go (Cash) – 2:31
- Guess Things Happen That Way (Clement) – 1:52
- Train of Love (Cash) – 2:24
- The Ways of a Woman in Love (Bill Justis, Charlie Rich) – 2:16
- Next in Line (Cash) – 2:49
- You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven (Jim Atkins, Cash, Hoyt Johnson) – 2:42
- I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) (Hank Williams) – 1:49
- Home of the Blues (Cash, Glen Douglas, Vic McAlpin) – 2:41
- Big River (Cash) – 2:35
Charts
Singles – Billboard
Jahr
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Titel
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Singlecharts
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Position
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1956
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"There You Go"
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Country
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1
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1957
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"Don't Make Me Go"
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Country
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9
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1957
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"Home of the Blues"
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Country
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3
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1957
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"Home of the Blues"
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Pop
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88
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1957
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"Next in Line"
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Country
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9
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1957
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"Next in Line"
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Pop
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99
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1957
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"Train of Love"
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Country
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7
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1958
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"Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
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Country
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1
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1958
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"Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
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Pop
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14
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1958
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"Big River"
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Country
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4
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1958
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"Big River"
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Pop
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14
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1958
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"Guess Things Happen That Way"
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Country
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1
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1958
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"Guess Things Happen That Way"
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Pop
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11
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1958
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"The Ways of a Woman in Love"
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Country
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2
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1958
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"The Ways of a Woman in Love"
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Pop
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24
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1958
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"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven"
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Country
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5
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1958
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"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven"
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Pop
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24
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Studioalben | |
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Gemeinschaftsalben |
- The Survivors Live
- Highwayman
- Class of ’55
- Heroes
- Highwayman 2
- The Road Goes On Forever
- VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson
- Every Song Tells A Story
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Livealben | |
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Kompilationen |
- Mean as Hell!
- Johnny Cash’s Greatest Hits
- The Johnny Cash Show
- Original Golden Hits, Volume I
- The World of Johnny Cash
- Original Golden Hits, Volume II
- The Johnny Cash Collection: Greatest Hits Volume II
- Star Portrait
- The Johnny Cash Songbook
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
- Five Feet High and Rising
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
- Itchy Feet – 20 Foot-Tappin’ Greats
- A Free Man
- Johnny Cash: Patriot
- The Best of Johnny Cash
- Super Hits
- The Man in Black (The Definitive Collection)
- The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits
- 16 Biggest Hits
- Hits
- Love, God and Murder
- The Essential Johnny Cash
- The Legend of Johnny Cash: First Original Hits
- Johnny Cash Sings His Best: 40 Original Hits
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
- The Heart of a Legend
- The Complete Sun Recordings, 1955–1958
- Walking the Line: The Legendary Sun Recordings
- The Legend
- The Legend of Johnny Cash
- At Folsom Prison / At San Quentin – The 2 Classic Prison Concerts
- Golden Legends: Johnny Cash
- Bootleg Vol. I – Personal File
- Walk The Line – The Very Best of Johnny Cash
- JC: Johnny Cash
- The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II
- Cash – Ultimate Gospel
- Forever Johnny Cash
- The Great Lost Performance – Live at the Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, New Jersey
- Icon: Johnny Cash
- Bootleg Vol III: Live Around The World
- The Soul Of Truth: Bootleg Vol IV
- Opus Collection
- The Number Ones
- The Classics
- The Greatest: Duets
- Country: Johnny Cash
- The Complete Columbia Album Collection
- LIFE Unheard
- The Rebel
- LIFE Unheard
- Complete Mercury Albums 1986–1991
- Classic Cash, Early Mixes: Hall Of Fame Series
- Golden Sounds of Country Music
- This Is Johnny Cash
- More of Old Golden Throat
- The Walls of a Prison
- The Mighty Johnny Cash
- Understand Your Man
- Give My Love to Rose
- Ballads of the American Indian
- The Unissued Johnny Cash
- Johnny & June
- Tall Man
- Encore
- Biggest Hits
- Inside a Swedish Prison
- Bitter Tears
- Columbia Records 1958–1986
- The Man in Black 1954–1958
- 12 Giant Hits
- Come Along and Ride this Train
- The Man in Black 1959–1962
- The Essential Johnny Cash 1955–1983
- Wanted Man
- The Man in Black 1963–1969
- Johnny Cash: The Hits
- Johnny Cash: Crazy Country
- The Best of Johnny Cash
- It’s All in the Family
- I Walk the Line/Little Fauss and Big Halsy
- The Mercury Years
- 16 Biggest Hits: Volume II
- A Boy Named Sue and Other Story Songs
- Johnny Cash & Friends
- Life
- Johnny Cash Live Recordings
- Traveling Cash – An Imaginary Journey
- June Carter and Johnny Cash: Duets
- ohnny Cash: The Outtakes
- The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show: 1969–1971
- Playlist: The Very Best of Johnny Cash
- Bootleg Vol. II – From Memphis to Hollywood
- The Broadcast Archives
- Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Remixalben | |
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Soundtracks |
- America
- I Walk the Line – Movie Soundtrack
- Little Fauss and Big Halsy – Movie Soundtrack
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Weihnachtsalben |
- Christmas With Johnny Cash
- Country Christmas
- The Classic Christmas Album
- The Christmas Spirit
- The Johnny Cash Family Christmas
- Classic Christmas
- Johnny Cash Country Christmas
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Tributealben |
- Til Things Are Brighter: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash
- All Aboard: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Johnny Cash Remixed
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Videoalben |
- A Concert Behind Prison Walls
- Live at Montreux 1994
- CBS TV Anniversary Special: The First 25 Years
- Live from Austin, TX
- Live in Denmark
- Johnny Cash in Ireland
- Cash for Kenya: Live in Johnstown, PA
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Singles | |
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