Sixty-eight years ago today, Johnny Cash played his first-ever prison concert and unknowingly changed the country music world.

On January 1, 1958, Johnny Cash walked through the gates of San Quentin State Prison and performed for inmates.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Michel Linssen/Redferns/Getty Images Johnny Cash is inextricably linked with Martin ...

Cash was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1997 about his career, from touring with Elvis to singing at prisons. He died in 2003.

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Johnny Cash was an icon, friend and inspiration for many, including Debbie Horton. Continuing with News 2 On Tour in Sumner County—which is also the home of Johnny ...

Johnny Cash boasts many great songs of his own. But these are three iconic covers by Cash that will live forever.

Next month, the Man in Black will be immortalized in bronze in the United States Capitol. Johnny Cash is one of two Arkansas natives—along with civil rights leader Daisy Bates, whose statue debuted in ...

While on the road, Hill teased audiences with a cover of the legendary Johnny Cash song, "Folsom Prison Blues." He officially ...

Next in our series of interviews on R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll, we have my 1997 interview with Johnny Cash, one of country music's most influential performers.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Next in our series of interviews on R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll, we have my 1997 interview with Johnny Cash, one of country music's most influential ...