Johnny Cash and June Carter returned to the Grand Ole Opry stage where they met to perform together in 1970l ABC Photo Archives // Getty Images Cash and Carter met at the Grand Ole Opry It was recorded in May and issued with “Porter" the start of Cash's road to fame. The aspiring songwriter reportedly went home and wrote the song “Cry, Cry, Cry,” in 15 minutes. The newlyweds moved to Memphis where Cash briefly sold appliances before his brother Roy introduced him to guitarists Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant, who would go on to become Cash's backup players as the Tennessee Two.Īfter introducing himself to Phillips in 1955, Cash played one of his original songs, “Hey Porter,” which interested the producer enough that he asked to write a sad song to pair with it. Together they would go on to have four daughters Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy and Tara.
Throughout Cash's service, the two exchanged an enormous volume of letters, and when he returned to the States in 1954, they married. Shortly before he shipped out to Germany in 1951, he met Vivian Liberto at a roller rink in San Antonio, setting off a whirlwind romance. In 1950, Cash graduated from high school, taking on a number of short term jobs before ultimately joining the Air Force. Cash was said to have never been entirely the same after the incident. According to Cash's sister, he helped dig his brother's grave on the morning of the funeral and stood through the service covered in dirt. His young life was marred by tragedy when his older brother, Jack, whom Cash admired died in an industrial accident while sawing wood when Johnny was 12. was supposedly a compromise between his parents who could not agree on a name), though Sun Records founder Sam Phillips is frequently credited with adapting it to "Johnny."
Cash would later take on the name John at the insistence of an Air Force recruiter who would not accept only initials (J.R. Cash was born in Cleveland County,Arkansas on February 26, 1932. ABC Television // Getty Images Johnny Cash Johnny Cash would achieve fame not only for his music but also his iconic romance with June Carter.
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