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'''John R. "Johnny" Cash''' (Born '''J.R. Cash''', February 26, 1932-September 12, 2003) was an [[United States|American]] country singer. He is one of a small number of people to hold dual membership in both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was also an actor and author.
'''John R. "Johnny" Cash''' (Born '''J.R. Cash''', February 26, 1932-September 12, 2003) was an [[United States|American]] country singer. He is one of a small number of people to hold dual membership in both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. He was also an actor and author.
Cash's style of music was wide. He is most known for his country music. However, he was also famous for singing rockabilly (particularly early in his career), gospel, and he covered songs by rock artists such as Nine Inch Nails late in his life.
Cash was known as the Man in Black because of the attire he wore. He was also a champion for prisoners, though only being incarcerated for minor misdemeanors.
==Early Life==
==Early Life==
Cash was born in [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]] to Ray Cash Carrie Cloveree Rivers as J. R. Cash. He was renamed John R. Cash by his parents and used that name when he enlisted in the United States Air Force since they would not accept initials as his name, and he used Johnny Cash as a stage name. In March 1935, the Cash family relocated to Dyess, Arkansas. He worked picking cotton and his family's trouble during the [[Great Depression]] inspired many of his songs. Cash's siblings' names were: Roy, Margaret Louise, Jack, Reba, Joanne and Tommy. Cash always felt guilt over the saw accident that killed his older brother Tommy (who Cash was very close to) at the age of fifteen. He broke into both country music and early rock and roll on the famed [[Sun Records]] label of [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], with his biggest hit from those years being "I Walk the Line".
Cash was born in [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]] to Ray Cash Carrie Cloveree Rivers as J. R. Cash. He was renamed John R. Cash by his parents and used that name when he enlisted in the United States Air Force since they would not accept initials as his name, and he used Johnny Cash as a stage name. In March 1935, the Cash family relocated to Dyess, Arkansas. He worked picking cotton and his family's trouble during the [[Great Depression]] inspired many of his songs. Cash's siblings' names were: Roy, Margaret Louise, Jack, Reba, Joanne and Tommy. Cash always felt guilt over the saw accident that killed his older brother Tommy (who Cash was very close to) at the age of fifteen. He broke into both country music and early rock and roll on the famed [[Sun Records]] label of [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], with his biggest hit from those years being "I Walk the Line".