Johnny Cash would have turned 93 today (February 26). Unfortunately, the legendary singer/songwriter passed away more than 20 years ago at the age of 71. He joined his loving wife June Carter Cash in ...

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 ...

Twenty-one years ago today, the songwriter behind a major hit from Johnny Cash and multiple country classics died in Mexico.

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, ...

Today, we're taking a look at some of the greatest country hits of all time. These songs managed to become so big that even ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Johnny Cash, a towering musical figure whose rough, unsteady voice championed the downtrodden and reached across generations with songs like “Ring of Fire,” “I Walk the Line” ...

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.