The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Belshazzar
recording of:
Belshazzar
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
2:25
2I Was There When It Happened
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
background vocals:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04) and Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
cover recording of:
I Was There When It Happened (on 1957-08-04)
writer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Fern Jones
42:16
3God Must Have My Fortune Laid Away
cover recording of:
God Must Have My Fortune Laid Away
lyricist and composer:
Ted Harris (US Rockabilly/Country artist Theodore Clifford Harris)
2:53
4He Turned Water Into Wine
recording of:
He Turned Water Into Wine
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:12
5Daddys Sang Bass
recording of:
Daddy Sang Bass
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
is based on:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
2:39
6When the Saints Go Marching In
2:15
7Man in Black
recording of:
Man in Black
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:12
8Gospel Road
recording of:
Gospel Road
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:33
9Over the Next Hill We’ll Be Home
2:31
10Peace in the Valley
cover recording of:
There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me
publisher:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1939-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp., Rightsong Music, Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:50
11Why Me
cover recording of:
Why Me
lyricist and composer:
Kris Kristofferson
publisher:
Resaca Music Publishing Co.
2:20
12The Old Rugged Cross
recording of:
The Old Rugged Cross
lyricist and composer:
George Bennard (in 1912)
additional composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
publisher:
Patterdale Music Ltd.
premiered at:
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Pokagon (AKA the Old Rugged Cross Church) in Michigan, United States (on 1913-06-07)
written at:
Friends Community Church (Historic church located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States (from 1912-12-29 until 1913-01-12)
2:25
13I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal
2:10
2▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1I Won’t Have to Cross Jordan Alone
recording of:
I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
0:49
2The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago
cover recording of:
The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago
lyricist and composer:
Frank Graham
2:27
3Far Side Banks of Jordan
recording of:
Far Side Banks of Jordan
lyricist:
Terry Smith (British jazz guitarist)
composer:
Terry Smith (country singer, songwriter)
2:12
4Farther Along
recording of:
Farther Along
lyricist:
Rev. W.A. Fletcher (in 1911)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
J.R. Baxter and W.B. Stevens
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
3:06
5Matthew 24 (Is Knocking at the Door)
2:39
6That Ragged Old Flag
2:50
7Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)?
recording of:
Were You There When They Crucified the Lord
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:37
8It Is No Secret
recording of:
It Is No Secret
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Hamblen Music, MCA Music Ltd. and Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
3:08
9Angel Band
recording of:
Angel Band
lyricist:
Jefferson Hascall
composer:
William Batchelder Bradbury (composer of popular hymns) (in 1862)
2:41
10My Children Walk in Truth
recording of:
My Children Walk in Truth
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:36
11In the Sweet by and By
recording of:
The Sweet By-and-By
lyricist:
Sanford Fillmore Bennett (in 1868)
composer:
Joseph Philbrick Webster (in 1868)
3:37
12In God’s Hands
2:36