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Cash, Johnny

(Encyclopedia) Cash, Johnny, 1932–2003, American singer and songwriter, b. Kingsland, Ark. Born to a farm family, he went to Memphis in 1955 and recorded such hits as “I Walk the Line” (1956) and “…

Carter Family

(Encyclopedia) Carter Family, group of singers that specialized in traditional music of the Southern Appalachian Mountains; it consisted of A(lvin) P(leasant) Carter, 1891–1960, b. Maces Spring, Va…

June Carter Cash 2003 Deaths

June Carter CashAge: 73 country music singer and songwriter who co-wrote the 1963 hit “Ring of Fire,” a dark love song about Johnny Cash, whom she married in 1968. She began performing at age…

Johnny Cash 2003 Deaths

Johnny CashAge: 71 highly influential and singular country music singer and songwriter who was known as the “Man in Black.” In his gritty baritone, Cash typically sang about temptation,…

Johnny Cash

UnchainedAmerican Recordings The second installment of Cash's late-career renaissance on Rick Rubin's American Recordings label is a strong follow-up to the 1994 disc named after the label…

June

(Encyclopedia) June: see month.

Carter, Jimmy

(Encyclopedia) Carter, Jimmy (James Earl Carter, Jr.), 1924–, 39th President of the United States (1977–81), b. Plains, Ga, grad. Annapolis, 1946. Carter served in the navy, where he worked with…

Brewer's: King Cash

what the Americans call the “Almighty Dollar.” Now birth and rank and breeding Hardly saved from utter smash, Have been ousted, rather roughly, By the onslaught of King Cash. Truth (…

Johnny Cash Biography

Johnny Cashcountry singerBorn: 2/26/1932Birthplace: Kingsland, Arkansas Grammy Award-winning country and western singer known as “the man in black.” From his earliest rockabilly sessions at…

Carter, Nick

(Encyclopedia) Carter, Nick, fictional detective character in dime novels said to have been created by J. R. Coryell in the 1880s. The firm of Street & Smith, New York City, published over 1,000…