The Very Best of Johnny Cash

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Hit Man
• 1
  Cry, Cry, Cry
  2:27
• 2
  So Doggone Lonesome
  2:35
• 3
  Folsom Prison Blues
  2:49
  4.4 ★
• 4
  I Walk the Line
  2:44
  4.2 ★
• 5
  Get Rhythm
  2:14
  4.0 ★
• 6
  There You Go
  2:17
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Train of Love
  2:23
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Next in Line
  2:45
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Don’t Make Me Go
  2:29
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Home of the Blues
  2:39
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Give My Love to Rose
  2:41
• 12
  Ballad of a Teenage Queen
  2:12
  4.5 ★
• 13
  Big River
  2:32
  3.2 ★
• 14
  Guess Things Happen That Way
  1:50
  3.8 ★
• 15
  Come in Stranger
  1:42
• 16
  The Ways of a Woman in Love
  2:16
• 17
  You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
  2:40
  4.0 ★
• 18
  It’s Just About Time
  2:07
• 19
  Luther Played the Boogie
  2:05
  4.5 ★
• 20
  Thanks a Lot
  2:38
• 21
  Katy Too
  1:59
• 22
  Goodbye Little Darlin’
  2:14
• 23
  I Love You Because
  2:26
• 24
  Straight A’s in Love
  2:16
  4.0 ★
• 25
  Mean‐Eyed Cat
  2:28
• CD 2: The Country Boy
• 1
  Oh, Lonesome Me
  2:29
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Rock Island Line
  2:11
• 3
  Two Timin’ Womas
  1:57
• 4
  Wide Open Road
  2:25
• 5
  Hey! Porter
  2:14
• 6
  The Wreck of the Old ’97
  1:48
• 7
  Belshazar
  2:25
• 8
  Country Boy
  1:52
• 9
  Doin’ My Time
  2:37
• 10
  If the Good Lord’s Willing
  1:44
  1.0 ★
• 11
  I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Cry
  2:25
• 12
  Remember Me (I’m the One Who Loves You)
  2:00
  3.5 ★
• 13
  I Was There When It Happened
  2:16
• 14
  Born to Lose
  2:10
• 15
  Life Goes On
  1:59
• 16
  Blue Train
  2:02
• 17
  Goodnight Irene
  2:41
• 18
  Fool’s Hall of Fame
  2:25
• 19
  I Forgot to Remember to Forget
  1:54
• 20
  I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love With You)
  1:46
• 21
  Always Alone
  1:50
• 22
  I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
  2:13
• 23
  The Story of a Broken Heart
  2:11
• 24
  You Win Again
  2:17
• 25
  I Thought You’d Like to Know
  2:22

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Out Among the Stars

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Release credits

• Asa Wilkerson
  background vocals [8, 10, 12]
• Bill Abbott
  background vocals [8, 10, 12]
• Bill Busby
  background vocals [14]
• Cyd Mosteller
  background vocals [8, 10, 12]
• Dave LaBonte
  background vocals [14]
• Don Carter
  background vocals [8, 10, 12]
• Gene Lowery Singers
  vocal [17]
• George Evans
  background vocals [14]
• Jack Clement
  guitar [8-9, 13], producer [10, 12-14, 17, 24]
• Jimmy Van Eaton
  drums (drum set) [14, 17]
• Jimmy Wilson
  piano [14, 17]
• Johnny Cash
  acoustic guitar [2.10, 2.12, 1.3-10, 1.12-14, 1.17, 1.19], lead vocals [1.3-10, 1.12, 1.14, 1.17, 1.19, 2.10, 2.12], vocal [3, 13]
• Lee Holt
  background vocals [8, 10, 12]
• Luther Perkins
  electric guitar [1.3-10, 1.12-14, 1.17, 1.19, 2.10, 2.12]
• Marshall Grant
  bass [13], double bass [2.10, 2.12, 1.3-10, 1.12, 1.14, 1.17, 1.19]
• Nita Smith
  background vocals [8, 10, 12]
• Sam Phillips
  producer [1.3-9, 2.10, 2.12]
• The Tennessee Two
  performer [13]
• Wally Singleton
  background vocals [14]
• Show all credits (19)

Issues

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  The Very Best of Johnny Cash

  2x CD
  1996