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

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 ...

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

In the cultural landscape of midcentury America, few transformations were as subtly seismic as the slow, sometimes reluctant, elevation of country music into the national consciousness. The genre, ...

Johnny Cash was born on this date in 1932. Let's mark the occasion with your favorite tracks from him, collaborations and covers by other artists. We'll spin a set. Hear your requests weekdays after 9 ...

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