The Legend

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Win, Place and Show: The Hits
2▶CD: Old Favorites and New
3▼CD: The Great American Songbook
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1The Wreck of the Old 97
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1957)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (in 1957)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (in 1957)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1957)
cover recording of:
Wreck of the Old 97 (in 1957)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 777)
3.651:47
2Rock Island Line
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1957)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (in 1957)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (in 1957)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1957)
cover recording of:
Rock Island Line (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
3.752:11
3Goodnight Irene
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-11-12)
producer:
Jack Clement
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
recording of:
Goodnight Irene (on 1957-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
2:41
4Goodbye, Little Darlin'
recording of:
Goodbye Little Darlin’, Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”) and Johnny Marvin
publisher:
Western Music Publishing Co., Inc. (on 1940-03-15) and Chappell & Co., Inc. (company that specialized in library and production music) (on 1940-05-07)
2:15
5Born to Lose
recording of:
Born to Lose
lyricist and composer:
Frankie Brown
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1943-05-29)
2:10
6Walking the Blues
recording of:
Walking the Blues
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Robert Lunn
2:13
7Frankie's Man, Johnny
recording of:
Frankie’s Man, Johnny (Johnny Cash arr.)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
arrangement of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert")
2:18
8Delia's Gone
recording of:
Delia's Gone
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend), Karl Silbersdorf and Dick Toops
3:02
9In the Jailhouse Now
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
cover recording of:
In the Jailhouse Now
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (in 1978)
32:23
10Waiting for a Train
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
cover recording of:
Waiting for a Train
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
2:08
11Casey Jones
cover recording of:
Casey Jones
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3247)
3:02
12The Legend of John Henry's Hammer
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
recording of:
The Legend of John Henry's Hammer
lyricist and composer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Johnny Cash (country music legend)
48:26
13I've Been Working on the Railroad
recording of:
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 12606)
translated version of:
線路はつづくよどこまでも
3:27
14Sweet Betsy From Pike
recording of:
Sweet Betsy from Pike
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:18
15The Streets of Laredo
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-10)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-10)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-10)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-10)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-10) and Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-10)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1965-03-10), Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-10) and The Statler Brothers (on 1965-03-10)
recording of:
Streets of Laredo (aka “Cowboy’s Lament”) (on 1965-03-10)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 23650)
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
3:41
16Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-03-10)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1965-03-10)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1965-03-10)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1965-03-10)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-10)
mandocello:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (on 1965-03-10)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1965-03-10), Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1965-03-10) and The Statler Brothers (on 1965-03-10)
recording of:
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (The Dying Cowboy) (on 1965-03-10)
lyricist:
Edward Hubbell Chapin (poet 19th cent)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
32:28
17Down in the Valley
recording of:
Down in the Valley
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 943)
3:11
18Wabash Cannonball
cover recording of:
Wabash Cannonball
composer:
A.P. Carter and William Kindt
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)
2:40
19The Great Speckled Bird
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-03-12)
producer:
Don Law
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1959-03-12)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1959-03-12)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1959-03-12)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1959-03-12)
piano:
Marvin Hughes (on 1959-03-12)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1959-03-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 2007)
cover recording of:
The Great Speckled Bird (on 1959-03-12)
lyricist:
Guy Smith (Reverend)
composer:
Roy Carter (country songwriter)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated)
32:09
20Wildwood Flower
cover recording of:
Wildwood Flower (Carter family version)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) and Peer International Corporation (BMI)
version of:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
2:12
21Cotton Fields
cover recording of:
Cotton Fields
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
2:34
22Pick a Bale o' Cotton
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-06-08)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
recording of:
Pick a Bale of Cotton (on 1962-06-08)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
1:59
23Old Shep
cover recording of:
Old Shep
publisher:
Clyde Julian Foley (US country music musician) (on 1935-06-24)
lyricist:
Willis Arthur (lyricist)
composer:
Clyde Julian Foley (US country music musician)
publisher:
Westpar Music
32:23
24I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
cover recording of:
I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
2:49
25I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
cover recording of:
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (2002–today), Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-31) and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 2002 to present)
2:40
26Time Changes Everything
cover recording of:
Time Changes Everything
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist)
1:49
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