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Title: Johnny Cash - Now, There Was a Song! Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1960, Country, Honky-Tonk/Traditional Country, Nashville, TN Members: Johnny Cash, Luther Perkins, Marshall Grant | Producer: Don Law, Frank Jones
Cultural Facts:
Cash Sings His Heroes: Unlike many of his early albums, Now, There Was a Song! is built around songs associated with other major country artists, including Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, George Jones, Bob Wills, Marty Robbins, and Hank Thompson.
A Different Side of Early Cash: The album leans heavily into honky-tonk and traditional country, rather than simply repeating the stripped-down boom-chicka-boom formula of his Sun Records hits. Players on the sessions included country greats Floyd Cramer, Buddy Harman, Don Helms, and Gordon Terry alongside Cash’s regular band.
George Jones Connection: Cash recorded “Seasons of My Heart” and “Just One More,” both closely associated with George Jones. Cash’s version of “Seasons of My Heart” reached the Top 10 on Billboard’s country chart, giving the covers-focused LP a hit of its own.
