The Fabulous Johnny Cash is the third album by country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

. It was released in January 1959 (see 1959 in music

1959 in music

-Events:*January 5 – The first sessions for Ella Fitzgerald's George and Ira Gershwin Songbook are held.*January 12 – Tamla Records is founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in Detroit, Michigan....

) by the Columbia

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 label, after Cash's departure from Sun Records

Sun Records

Sun Records is a record label founded in Memphis, Tennessee, starting operations on March 27, 1952.Founded by Sam Phillips, Sun Records was known for giving notable musicians such as Elvis Presley , Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Cash...

, and was re-issued in 2002 (see 2002 in music

2002 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI...

) by Sony Music's Legacy

Legacy Recordings

Legacy Recordings is Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division. It was founded in 1990 by CBS Records under the leadership of Jerry Shulman, Richard Bauer, Gary Pacheco and Amy Herot to handle reissues of recordings from the vast catalogues of Columbia Records, Epic Records and associated...

 imprint. The re-issue contains six bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Johnny Cash; except where indicated

1. "Run Softly, Blue River" – 2:22
2. "Frankie's Man, Johnny" – 2:15
3. "That's All Over" (Dick Glasser
   Dick Glasser
   Richard Eugene "Dick" Glasser was a singer, songwriter, and record producer....
   
   ) – 1:52
4. "The Troubadour" (Cindy Walker
   Cindy Walker
   Cindy Walker was a prolific American songwriter, as well as a country music singer and dancer. As a songwriter Walker was responsible for a large number of popular and enduring songs recorded by many different artists. She adopted a craftsman-like approach to her songwriting, often tailoring...
   
   ) – 2:15
5. "One More Ride" (Bob Nolan
   Bob Nolan
   Bob Nolan was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the...
   
   ) – 1:59
6. "That's Enough" (Dorothy Coates
   Dorothy Love Coates
   Dorothy Love Coates was an American gospel singer.-Early years:Born Dorothy McGriff in Birmingham, Alabama, her early years were hard, . Her minister father left the family when she was six, divorcing her mother thereafter...
   
   ) – 2:41
7. "I Still Miss Someone
   I Still Miss Someone
   "I Still Miss Someone" is the title of a song written and originally recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. He first recorded it in 1958 as the b-side to "Don't Take Your Guns to Town".-History:...
   
   " (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash) – 2:34
8. "Don't Take Your Guns to Town
   Don't Take Your Guns to Town
   "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" is a 1958 single by Johnny Cash. The song tells the story of a young cowboy who, ignoring the titular advice from his mother, gets into a gunfight at a saloon and is killed. The single became his fifth release to reach the number one position on the country chart,...
   
   " – 3:03
9. "I'd Rather Die Young" (Beasley Smith, Billy Vaughn
   Billy Vaughn
   Richard "Billy" Vaughn was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader, and A&R man for Dot Records....
   
   , Randy Wood) – 2:29
10. "Pickin' Time" – 1:58
11. "Shepherd of My Heart" (Jenny Lou Carson
    Jenny Lou Carson
    Jenny Lou Carson, , born Virginia Lucille Overstake, was an American country music singer-songwriter and the first woman to write a No. 1 country music hit...
    
    ) – 2:10
12. "Suppertime" (Ira Stanphill
    Ira Stanphill
    Ira Forest Stanphill was a well-known American gospel songwriter of the mid-twentieth century. Stanphill was born in Belleview, New Mexico....
    
    ) – 2:50

Bonus tracks

1. "Oh, What a Dream" – 2:08
2. "Mama's Baby" – 2:22
3. "Fool's Hall of Fame" (Jerry Freeman, Danny Wolfe) – 2:10
4. "I'll Remember You" – 2:07
5. "Cold Shoulder" (Helene Hudgins) – 1:55
6. "Walking the Blues" (Johnny Cash, Robert Lunn) – 2:12

songs in bold print were unissued in the U.S. until 2002

Personnel

Musicians

• Johnny Cash - Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , Main Performer, Vocals, Leader
• Luther Perkins
  Luther Perkins
  Luther Monroe Perkins was an American country music guitarist and a member of the Tennessee Three, the backup band for singer Johnny Cash. Perkins was an iconic figure in what would become known as rockabilly music...
  
   - Guitar
• Don Helms
  Don Helms
  Don Helms was a steel guitarist best known as the steel guitar player of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys group....
  
   - Steel Guitar
• Marshall Grant
  Marshall Grant
  Marshall Garnett Grant was the upright bassist and electric bassist of singer Johnny Cash's original backing duo, the Tennessee Two, in which Grant and electric guitarist Luther Perkins played. The group became known as The Tennessee Three in 1960, with the addition of drummer W. S. Holland...
  
   - Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• The Jordanaires
  The Jordanaires
  The Jordanaires are an American vocal quartet, which formed as a gospel group in 1948. They are best known for providing vocal background for Elvis Presley, in live appearances and recordings from 1956 to 1972...
  
   - Background vocals
• Marvin Hughes - Piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Buddy Harman
  Buddy Harman
  Buddy Harman was an American session musician.-Career:Born in Nashville, Tennessee, he played drums on over 18,000 sessions for artists such as Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Brenda Lee, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Connie Francis, Chet Atkins, Marty Robbins, Roger Miller,...
  
   - Drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
   on "Suppertime," "Oh, What a Dream," and "I'll Remember You"
• Morris Palmer - Drums

Additional personnel

• Al Quaglieri - Producer
• Don Law - Producer
• Billy Altman - Liner Notes
• Don Hunstein - Photography
• Seth Foster - Mastering
• Mark Wilder - Mastering, Mixing
• Hal Adams - Cover Photo
• Stacey Boyle - Tape Research
• Kay Smith - Tape Research
• Matt Kelly - Tape Research
• Geoff Gillette - Sleeve Design
• Steven Berkowitz - A&R
• Darren Salmieri - A&R
• Patti Matheny - A&R
• Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
• Nick Shaffran - Series Consultant

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1958	Pop Albums	19

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1959	"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"	Country Singles	1
1959	"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"	Pop Singles	32
1959	"Frankie's Man, Johnny"	Country Singles	9
1959	"Frankie's Man, Johnny"	Pop Singles	57