Chart Rewind: In 1956, Johnny Cash Took His First ‘Walk’ to No. 1

Chart Rewind: In 1956, Johnny Cash Took His First ‘Walk’ to No. 1

In 1956, Johnny Cash’s enduring “I Walk the Line” strutted to the top of Billboard’s Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes chart.

58 Years Ago Today, Johnny Cash Was at No. 1 With a Song He Wrote From the Perspective of a Cold-Blooded Killer

LOS ANGELES - 1968: Country singer/songwriter Johnny Cash performs onstage in 1968 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Unlike his outlaw country counterpart Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash had no firsthand experience of what life behind bars was truly like. It’s a true testament to the Man in Black’s storytelling prowess that no one believed him after hearing his signature song “Folsom Prison Blues”. More than a …