Who is Johnny Cash?
Johnny Cash is a legendary American country musician, often called “the Man in Black.” Born in 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas, to an impoverished farming family, Johnny Cash (known as J.R. Cash) sold more than 50 million albums over a career that spanned nearly 50 years, until his death in 2003. He won many Grammy awards during his lifetime, and is widely recognized as one of the most influential musicians in American history. Johnny Cash trained as a radio operator with the U.S. Air Force; while stationed at an air base in Germany, he formed his first band, the Landsberg Barbarians. After his training was complete, Cash married his first wife, Vivian Liberto, and moved with her to Memphis Tennessee. There, he worked as an appliance salesman while secretly harboring ambitions of becoming a famous musician. In 1955, his wish came true. Johnny Cash and his bandmates recorded two songs, “Hey Porter” and “Cry Cry Cry” for Sam Phillips’ famous Sun Studios record label, which became popular on
