Tommy Cash
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Tommy Cash, is a singer-songwriter
and younger brother of Johnny Cash
.
, youngest of four sons and three daughters of Ray and Carrie (Rivers) Cash, and eight years after his brother, Johnny Cash
. He formed his first band in high school
. After high school graduation, he enlisted into the Army
. While in the army, he was a disc jockey
for the American Forces Radio Network.
After the Army, Cash played with Hank Williams, Jr.
, and later gained a record deal from Musicor Records
in 1965. A year later, he joined United Artists Records
and just missed the Country
Top 40 in 1968 with “The Sounds of Goodbye.”
In late 1969, while on Epic Records
, he delivered his biggest hit, a tune dedicated to John F. Kennedy
, Robert F. Kennedy
and Martin Luther King, entitled, "Six White Horses.” 1970 saw a pair of Top Ten singles, “One Song Away” and "Rise and Shine." Cash's final Top 20 hit, “I Recall a Gypsy Woman,” was released in 1973.
Cash continues to record albums and currently tours around the world.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and younger brother of 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...
.
Biography
Cash was born in Dyess, ArkansasDyess, Arkansas
Dyess is a town in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 515 according to the 2000 census. Dyess was founded in 1934. Johnny Cash's biography "Man in Black" describes Dyess as a planned community built as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program, with...
, youngest of four sons and three daughters of Ray and Carrie (Rivers) Cash, and eight years after his brother, 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...
. He formed his first band in high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
. After high school graduation, he enlisted into the Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
. While in the army, he was a disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
for the American Forces Radio Network.
After the Army, Cash played with Hank Williams, Jr.
Hank Williams, Jr.
Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country...
, and later gained a record deal from Musicor Records
Musicor Records
Musicor Records was a New York City based record label, active during the 1960s and 1970s. The label was founded by songwriter Aaron Schroeder and distributed by United Artists Records...
in 1965. A year later, he joined United Artists Records
United Artists Records
United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...
and just missed the 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...
Top 40 in 1968 with “The Sounds of Goodbye.”
In late 1969, while on Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
, he delivered his biggest hit, a tune dedicated to John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
, Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy , also referred to by his initials RFK, was an American politician, a Democratic senator from New York, and a noted civil rights activist. An icon of modern American liberalism and member of the Kennedy family, he was a younger brother of President John F...
and Martin Luther King, entitled, "Six White Horses.” 1970 saw a pair of Top Ten singles, “One Song Away” and "Rise and Shine." Cash's final Top 20 hit, “I Recall a Gypsy Woman,” was released in 1973.
Cash continues to record albums and currently tours around the world.
Other interests
Cash is a licensed realtor in Tennessee, and an agent with Crye-Leike Real Estate Services in Nashville. He was listing agent for the sale of Johnny and June Carter Cash's home in Hendersonville, TN after they both died in 2003.Albums
| Year | Album | US Country | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Here's Tommy Cash | United Artists | |
| 1969 | Your Lovin' Takes the Leavin' Out of Me | 44 | Epic |
| 1970 | Six White Horses | 18 | |
| Rise and Shine | 37 | ||
| 1971 | Cash Country | 20 | |
| The American Way of Life | |||
| 1972 | The Best of Tommy Cash Volume 1 | 43 | |
| 1975 | Only a Stone | Elektra | |
| 1978 | The New Spirit | Monument | |
| 1982 | Cashin' In | Brylen | |
| All Around Cowboy | 51-West | ||
| 1983 | Tommy Cash | Audiograph | |
| 1990 | 25th Anniversary Album | Playback | |
| 1993 | Let an Old Racehorse Run | ||
| 1996 | Solid Gold Country | Crazy Country | |
| 1999 | The Very Best of Tommy Cash | Collectables/Sony Music Special Products | |
| Classics | Tomcat | ||
| 2004 | Special Edition | ||
| Tribute to My Brother | |||
| Rise and Shine | |||
| 2008 | Rise And Shine / Six White Horses | Omni Recording Group/Sony Music Australia | |
| Shades of Black | InLight Records | ||
| Fade to Black: Memories of Johnny Fade to Black: Memories of Johnny Fade to Black is a 2008 album by Tommy Cash. The album includes duets with George Jones, on "Some Kind of a Woman", and Marty Stuart, on "Six White Horses", a new version of Cash's 1970 hit, as well as several Johnny Cash songs in tribute to his late brother.-Track listing:# "Some Kind of a Woman" ... |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN Country | |||
| 1965 | "I Guess I'll Live" | — | — | singles only |
| "I Didn't Walk the Line" | — | — | ||
| 1966 | "Along the Way" | — | — | |
| "All I've Got to Show" | — | — | Here Comes Tommy Cash | |
| 1967 | "Jailbirds Can't Fly" | — | — | |
| "Tobacco Road" | — | — | ||
| "I'm Not the Boy I Used to Be" | — | — | ||
| 1968 | "The Sounds of Goodbye" | 41 | 17 | single only |
| 1969 | "Your Lovin' Takes the Leavin' Out of Me" | 43 | — | Your Lovin' Takes the Leavin' Out of Me |
| "Six White Horses Six White Horses "Six White Horses" is a song written by Larry Murray and recorded by Tommy Cash in 1969. Probably Cash's best-known recording, it reached #4 on the Billboard country charts and #79 on the Billboard Hot 100, the only song of his to make the pop charts... "A |
4 | 1 | Six White Horses | |
| 1970 | "Rise and Shine" | 9 | 8 | Rise and Shine |
| "One Song Away" | 9 | — | ||
| "The Tears on Lincoln's Face" | 36 | — | ||
| 1971 | "So This Is Love" | 20 | 28 | Cash Country |
| "I'm Gonna Write a Song" | 28 | — | ||
| "Roll Truck Roll" | 67 | — | The American Way of Life | |
| 1972 | "You're Everything" | 32 | — | The Best of Tommy Cash Volume 1 |
| "That Certain One" | 22 | 34 | ||
| "Listen" | 24 | 48 | ||
| 1973 | "Workin' on a Feelin'" | 37 | 30 | singles only |
| "I Recall a Gypsy Woman I Recall a Gypsy Woman "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" is song written by Bob McDill and Allen Reynolds, and originally recorded by Don Williams in 1973. In 1976, his version charted at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was previously the b-side of Williams' 1973 single "Atta Way to Go", which peaked at number 13 on... " |
16 | — | ||
| "She Met a Stranger, I Met a Train" | 21 | 42 | ||
| 1974 | "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" | — | — | |
| "Roller Coaster Ride" | — | — | ||
| 1975 | "The One I Sing My Love Songs Too" | 58 | — | Only a Stone |
| "Only a Stone" | — | — | ||
| 1976 | "Broken Bones" | 94 | — | singles only |
| 1976 | "She Is Beautiful" | — | — | |
| "She Still Has That Look in Her Eyes" | — | — | ||
| "King for a Day" | — | — | ||
| 1977 | "The Cowboy and the Lady" | 63 | — | The New Spirit |
| "Reach Out" | — | — | single only | |
| 1978 | "Take My Love to Rita" | 98 | — | The New Spirit |
| "In Crowd" | — | — | ||
| 1979 | "I'd Be Better Off Alone" | — | — | singles only |
| "When the Lovin' Starts" | — | — | ||
| 1982 | "(I Used to Want to Be a) Cowboy" | — | — | |
| 1983 | "My Mother's Other Son" (w/ Tommy Jennings) | — | — | |
| "Forgotten Man" | — | — | Tommy Cash | |
| 1990 | "Hank and George, Lefty and Me" (w/ George Jones George Jones George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette.... ) |
— | — | 25th Anniversary Album |
| "Guess Things Happen That Way" (w/ 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... ) |
— | — | ||
| 1996 | "Man of Experience" | — | — | single only |
| 2009 | "Ramblin' Kind" | — | — | Fade to Black |
- A"Six White Horses" peaked at #79 on the BillboardBillboard (magazine)Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot 100Billboard Hot 100The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and #72 on the RPMRPM (magazine)RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
Top Singles chart in Canada.