You might consider Johnny Cash the original gangster. He sang a song about killing a man "just to watch him die" long before young men began to wear big pants and cap their teeth in gold. His trademark baritone growl and disdainful sneer were the crown and scepter he bore as the king of outlaw country music. Cash's unique sound wasn't complex by any means. His Southern Gothic-tinged narratives and lighthearted country songs contained similar elements to Woody Guthrie's simple ditties. However, nobody but Cash could sing those songs with the burning, heartfelt fever that has made him one of the most influential people in country music. Originally, he wanted to make gospel music after finishing up a Korean War tour of duty in the U.S. Air Force. But after releasing his first single on Sun Records ("Cry Cry Cry" backed with "Hey Porter"), it was perfectly clear that he was a country singer. Cash's music has never strayed from what he knew best: rock 'n' roll's rebellion, folk's painfully autobiographical sensibility, and country music's lovelorn longing. The Man In Black passed away in Nashville, Tenn., on September 12, 2003, due to complications brought on by diabetes. He survived his beloved wife, June Carter Cash, by four months.

16 BIGGEST HITS,VOL. 2	AABOARD THE BLUE TRAIN	ALL ABOARD THE BLUE TRAIN WITH JOHNNY CASH -	AMERICAN III - SOLITARY MAN
AT SAN QUENTIN - AT FOLSOM PRISON	BALLAD OF BARBARA	CASH,JOHNNY	COMPLETE LIVE AT SAN QUENTIN
CONCERT BEHIND PRISON WALLS	COUNTRY BOY-R/C	FABULOUS JOHNNY CASH / SONGS OF OUR SOIL	FIVE FEET HIGH AND RISING
FOLSON PRISON BLUES	GET RHYTHM	GREAT JOHNNY CASH	GREATEST HITS,VOL. 1
HELLO,I'M JOHNNY CASH	HIS GREATEST HITS,VOLUME 2	HOLY LAND -	I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU..
JOHNNY 99 -	JOHNNY CASH SHOW	KING OF COUNTRY - FESTIVAL 174	LOOK AT THEM BEANS
MANY SIDES OF JOHNNY CASH	MY MOTHER'S HYMN BOOK	MYSTERY OF LIFE	NOW HERE'S JOHNNY CASH -
NOW THERE WAS A SONG - COL	OH LONESOME ME- LIFE GOES ON - SUN	OLD GOLDEN THROAT	ORIGINAL GOLDEN HITS VOL.2.
ORIGINAL SUN SOUND OF JOHNNY C	PORTRAIT GREATEST HITS VOLUME 11	RAGGED OLD FLAG	RIDE THIS TRAIN-S
SINGING STORYTELLER/ROUGH CUT KING OF	SINGS HIS BEST	SINGS I WALK THE LINE	SINGS THE BALLADS OF THE TRUE WEST
STORY SONGS OF THE TRAINS AND RIVERS	TRIBUTE TO J.CASH	WALLS OF A PRISON	WATER FROM THE WELLS OF HOME
WAYS OF A WOMAN IN LOVE	WITH HIS HOT AND BLUE GUITAR	American V: A Hundred Highways	The Best of Johnny Cash
Personal File	The Universal Masters Collection: Classic Johnny Cash	The Mystery of Life	Johnny Cash Presents a Concert Behind Prison Walls
Rockabilly Reunion (Live At Rotterdam)	Destination Victoria Station	Christmas With Johnny Cash	Boom Chicka Boom
Happiness Is You	Man in Black: The Very Best of Johnny Cash	The Legendary	Lonesome in Black
The Complete Sun Recordings 1955-1958 (disc 2)	The Complete Sun Recordings 1955-1958 (disc 1)	The Complete Sun Recordings 1955-1958 (disc 3)	American IV: The Man Comes Around
Hurt / Personal Jesus	The Legend of Johnny Cash	Love, God, Murder	The Man in Black: 1954-1958
Ring of Fire: The Legend of Johnny Cash	Blood, Sweat and Tears	A Boy Named Johnny	The Essential Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar	The Fabulous Johnny Cash	All Aboard the Blue Train	Greatest Hits: Best of the Best (bonus disc)
The Essential Johnny Cash (1955-1983)	Traveling Cash: An Imaginary Journey	Bits and Pieces (bonus disc)	Hurt (Barry Bond & Kevin Dispain remix)
The Mercury Years	The Sunday Times: Johnny Cash	The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash	More of 'Old Golden Throat'
Hello I'm Johnny Cash	The Sound of Johnny Cash	The Legend of Johnny Cash, Volume II	Live Recordings From The Louisiana Hayride
This Is Johnny Cash	Sun Records 50th Anniversary Edition	The Man in Black: The Definitive Collection	Everybody Loves a Nut
10 Top 10's	The Great Lost Performances	Cash: Ultimate Gospel	The Fabulous Johnny Cash / Songs of Our Soil
At San Quentin (The Complete 1969 Concert)	Wanted Man: The Very Best of Johnny Cash	John R. Cash	The Original Sun Singles Collection 1955-1959
At Madison Square Garden	The Holy Land	The Christmas Spirit	Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
What Is Truth / Sing a Traveling Song	The Johnny Cash Show	A Thing Called Love	På Österåker
Return to the Promised Land	In Memory of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar / Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous	A Concert: Behind Prison Walls
The Man, the World, His Music	The Very Best of Johnny Cash: Walk the Line	Walking the Line: The Legendary Sun Recordings	Johnny Cash Collection
Classic Cash / Boom Chicka Boom	Johnny Cash Remixed	Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series	The Man in Black: 1963-1969
Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town	I Walk the Line - The Essential Collection	Original American Classics	Best of: Wanted Man
Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	Cash Sings Cash	The Very Best of Johnny Cash	The Best of Johnny Cash (disc 1: Folsom Prison Blues)
14 Favorite Gospel Songs	The Man in Black: 1959-1962	Johnny 99	A Boy Named Sue and Other Story Songs
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Johnny Cash	Now, There Was a Song!	The Best of the Sun Recordings	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Johnny Cash, Volume 2
Come Along and Ride This Train	His Sun Years	Johnny Cash Sings His Best	20 All Time Original Greatest Hits
Johnny Cash's America	Johnny Cash (disc 1)	The Very Best of Johnny Cash (disc 1: The Hit Man)	The Very Best of Johnny Cash (disc 2: The Country Boy)
The Johnny Cash Children's Album	Forever Johnny Cash	At Folsom Prison and San Quentin	Next in Line / Don't Make Me Go
30 Essential Hits	I Walk the Line: Country Legends	I Got Stripes / Five Feet High and Rising	Straight A's in Love / I Love You Because
I Walk the Line / Get Rhythm	American VI: Ain't No Grave	Original Legends (disc 4) (Country All Stars (disc 1))	Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash / All Aboard the Blue Train
The Heart of Cash	The Man in Black	Country Music CM001	Selections From "Cash Unearthed"
The Sun Years	The Fabulous Johnny Cash (disc 1)	The Fabulous Johnny Cash (disc 2)	3 Original CDs
Johnny Cash & Friends	International Superstar	Ballad of a Teenage Queen: 18 Greatest Hits	Greatest! / Now Here's Johnny Cash
Original Sun Singles 55-58	Showtime / Original Golden Hits, Volume 3	The Rough Cut King of Country Music	Complete Sun Singles
Original Golden Hits, Volume 1 / Original Golden Hits, Volume 2	The Rambler	Christmas With Johnny Cash (disc 1)	Christmas With Johnny Cash (disc 2)
Kings Of World Music: Johnny Cash	Old Golden Hits	Bootleg, Volume 2: From Memphis to Hollywood	The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash
The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me	The Best Of Johnny Cash (GreenSeries)	The Last Gunfighter Ballad	The Adventures of Johnny Cash
Radioshows	The Baron	The Cash Collection	A Boy Named Sue
The Essential Johnny Cash: Limited Edition 3.0 (disc 3)	1994-06-09: Manhattan Center, NY, US	The Man in Black: The Concert Collection - 22 Greatest Hits	I Walk the Line / Little Fause and Big Halsy
Johnny Cash Collection, Volume 2	Johnny Cash Collection, Volume 1	Land of the Free, Home of the Brave	More American Outtakes
Johnny Cash and His Woman / Give My Love to Rose	Heroes & Friends, Volume 1	Heroes & Friends, Volume 2	The Man in Black: His Greatest Hits
1990-08-25: Rocky Gap Festival, Cumberland, MD, USA	1996-09-07: Bury Me Not: Irvin Plaza, New York, NY, USA	American Outtakes	1955 to 1958 Recordings
1994-12-08: The Beast in Me: Austin, TX, USA	Johnny Cash Collection, Volume 4	Johnny Cash Collection, Volume 3	Johnny Cash Patriot
American Songs: The Very Best of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West	Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories	1986-03-31: Wembley Stadium, London, UK
San Quentin & Other Hits	Glastonbury Festival - 1994-06-26	The Many Sides of Johnny Cash	Sun Demos & Outtakes
2003-07-05: He Walked the Line: Carter Family Fold, Hiltons, VA, USA	1997-10-14: Unchained Melodies: Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany	Johnny Cash: Legendary Country Singer	The Ultimate Johnny Cash/ Bransound Vol.6
Hey Porter	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash - 18 Cash Classics	Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town & Boom Chicka Boom	The Collection Johnny Cash
Walk the Line (disc 1)	Walk the Line (disc 2)	Reader's Digest Classics (disc 2)	The Very Best of the Sun Years
Itchy Feet: 20 Foot Tappin' Greats	Reader's Digest Classics (disc 3)	From the Vaults, Volume 4	Johnny Cash - 3
Columbia Records 1958-1986	A Believer Sings the Truth / Believe in Him	Heroes & Friends, Volume 4	The SUN Years (disc 1)
Crazy Country	Country Greatest	The Many Sides of Johnny Cash: The Man in Black	16 Biggest Hits, Volume II
Country Legend, Vol. 1	Heroes & Friends, Volume 3	Live and on the Air	The Greatest Years 1958-1986
Roads Less Travelled	Reads the Complete New Testament	Reader's Digest Classics (disc 1)	1989-03-20: Minneapolis, MN, USA
The Best of Johnny Cash in Concert	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Columbia Radio Hour American III (disc 2)	San Quentin to Folsom
The Real Johnny Cash	The Walls Of A Prison	The World Of Johnny Cash	Understand Your Man
Bootleg, Volume III - Live Around the World