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Orange Blossom Special (album)


Orange Blossom Special is the 21st album released by musician Johnny Cash on Columbia Records in 1965. The recordings include country and folk standards, such as "The Long Black Veil", "When It's Springtime in Alaska", "Danny Boy" and "Wildwood Flower". The song that gave the title to the album was "Orange Blossom Special", released previous to the album, it became a success. At the time it was recorded, the authorship of the song was not widely known, being commonly
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Orange Blossom Special (album)


Johnny Cash offers an interesting collection of songs, partially reflecting the Folk Song Revival's influence, in Orange Blossom Special. While the album is good, the notes are even better for they give information previously unreported on the title tune of the album and its credited composer, Ervin Rouse." AllMusic later wrote about the album: "Even if the best and most popular of the songs on this 1965 album are the ones most likely to show up on greatest-hits compilations, it certainly rates as one of Cash's
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Orange Blossom Special (song)


could play it. Rouse copyrighted the song before the Orange Blossom Special train ever came to Jacksonville. Other musicians, including Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, have claimed authorship of the song. Wise did not write it although he claimed for years that he had. Rouse, a mild mannered man who lived deep in the Everglades never contested the matter. Years later, Johnny Cash learned of Rouse and brought him to Miami to play the song at one of his concerts. In a video on YouTube, Gene Christian,
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Harlan Howard


the classic Kingston Trio song "Everglades", and the song "Busted", originally a hit for both Ray Charles and Johnny Cash and later a hit for John Conlee who used the song to create awareness for Feed the Children. The song "The Wall", also became a hit for Johnny Cash on his studio album, "Orange Blossom Special", as well as his "Live at Folsom Prison" album. Howard formulated the oft-quoted definition of a great country song: "Three chords and the
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Orange Blossom Special (album)


a demo by Dylan. In addition "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" was included. To publicize both of their artists, Columbia Records released the single "It Ain't Me Babe" with the liner: "A new song from Bob Dylan on a new single sung by Johnny Cash". The album was released on February 1965, it reached number three in "Billboard"'s Country albums and forty-nine in pop albums respectively. The single "Orange Blossom Special" peaked number three on
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Orange Blossom Special (album)


During an intermission of the show in Miami, a man approached Cash backstage claiming to be Ervin Rouse. Cash recalled hearing the name but he could not remember who Rouse was. After clarifying that he had written a few songs, he remarked that one he co-wrote with his brother, named "The Special", was particularly successful. Cash recognized that he was talking about Orange Blossom Special. Cash believed the man, who actually was Rouse, that he had traveled from his house in the everglades in a custom
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Johnny Cash


followed by many further duets after their wedding); and railroad songs including "Hey, Porter", "Orange Blossom Special", and "Rock Island Line". During the last stage of his career, Cash covered songs by several late 20th-century rock artists, notably "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails and "Rusty Cage" by Soundgarden. Johnny Cash was born on February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas, to Carrie Cloveree ("née" Rivers) and Ray Cash. He was the
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June Carter Cash


It Ain't Me Babe", a Bob Dylan composition, that was released as a single and on Cash's album "Orange Blossom Special". In 1967, the two found more substantial success with their recording of "Jackson", which was followed by a collaboration album, "Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter". All these releases antedated her marriage to Cash (upon which event she changed her professional name to June Carter Cash). She continued to work with Cash on record and on stage
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Orange Blossom Special (train)


" song as a fiddle tune. The tune was first recorded by Ervin and his brother Gordon one year later in New York. Bill Monroe recorded Rouse's and Wise's tune in 1942 (with Art Wooten on fiddle) and popularized the tune. Johnny Cash named his 1965 album after the song. The song was also recorded by Bill Ramsey and Don Paulin. This popular tale explains the fascination which led Ervin Rouse and Robert "Chubby" Wise to write the now famous fiddle tune. However, historically the Blossom was
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Orange Blossom Special (album)


-made swamp buggy to the house of his sister in Miami, where he borrowed her bicycle to ride ten miles to be at the concert. Cash invited the man to perform the song with him in the concert, receiving the acclaim of the audience. Later Rouse stated: "The Special belongs to everybody by now, I guess, but it used to be my best number" Cash's back-cover album notes for "Orange Blossom Special" are devoted to describing his meeting with Rouse. Complementary to the standards
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Mama, You Been on My Mind


used "Daddy" in place of "Mama", including Joan Baez, who introduced the substitution jokingly in her guest appearance at Dylan's 1964 Philharmonic Hall concert. In 1965, Baez recorded "Daddy, You Been on My Mind" for the album "Farewell, Angelina", the song's first commercial release (Discogs and Second Hand Songs say the Johnny Cash version was released several months earlier, on his "Orange Blossom Special" LP), while that same year Judy Collins recorded "Daddy, You've
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Orange Blossom Special (album)


, it's Alright" and "Mama, You've Been on My Mind". The last one was only recorded by Dylan as a demo, but it was first released in an album by Cash. Cash had previously borrowed the melody of "Don't Think Twice" for his recording "Understand Your Man." Released on February 1965, the album reached number three in "Billboard"'s Country albums as well as forty-nine in pop albums respectively. The single "Orange Blossom Special" peaked number three
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Orange Blossom Special (album)


", Jester Hairston's "Amen", and Frederick Weatherly's Danny Boy. Due to the acclaim that the cover of the song "Orange Blossom Special" received from the audiences that attended live concerts of Cash, a single of the song was released previous to the album, in February 1965 reaching number three in the "Billboard singles". During the mid 1960s, the authorship of the song was not widely known. Cash asked Maybelle Carter during the recording session about the original author, Carter stated that the song
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The JaneDear girls (album)


played a medley of Charlie Daniels' 1979 single "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and Johnny Cash's 1938 song "Orange Blossom Special". Chris Parton of CMT praised the group for their energy and harmonies, while Matthew Keever of the "Houston Press" wrote that they had a polarizing effect on the crowd as either the best or worst act of the night. Keever had a mixed reaction to their performance, but responded positively to Brown's fiddle medley. Along with the duo's live performances, the album
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"The Johnny Cash Show" was Kris Kristofferson, who was beginning to make a name for himself as a singer-songwriter. During a live performance of Kristofferson's "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", Cash refused to change the lyrics to suit network executives, singing the song with its references to marijuana intact: The closing program of "The Johnny Cash Show" was a gospel music special. Guests included the Blackwood Brothers, Mahalia Jackson, Stuart Hamblen, and Billy Graham. By the early 1970s, he
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Orange Blossom Special (album)


was written by Ervin T. Rouse and his brother Gordon. Carter also told Cash that the songwriter resided in Florida. Cash called Florida disk jockey Jim Brooker, who told him that he lived with the Seminoles on the Everglades. In order to locate him, Brooker announced on air during his radio show, that if Rouse was listening to call the station to give him the phone number of Cash. Rouse called the station and contacted Cash who told him that he would be soon in Miami, Florida for a scheduled concert.
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Orange Blossom Special (album)


on "Billboard"s Hot Country Singles and the duet with June Carter "It Ain't Me Babe" peaked number four in Hot Country Singles. Following the recording of the concept album "", Cash recorded 'Orange Blossom Special' between August 27 and December 20, 1964. The recordings included a series of country and folk standards such as Lefty Frizzell's, "The Long Black Veil", Tillman Franks' "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)", A.P. Carter's "Wildwood Flower
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Orange Blossom Special (album)


covered by diverse artists. Cash learned from Maybelle Carter that the song was written by Ervin T. Rouse, who Cash later met during a show in Miami, Florida. Cash's recording is unusual in his repertoire for featuring a tenor saxophone solo by Boots Randolph, an instrument (and musician) rarely spotlighted on Cash's recordings. The album also contains three covers of Bob Dylan songs, that he gave Cash after a concert in Newport, Rhode Island. "It Ain't Me Babe", "Don't Think Twice
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Orange Blossom Special (album)


, the album also featured covers of Bob Dylan. Cash had met Dylan briefly backstage during one of his performances at The Gaslight Cafe, but they talked extensively after a show in Newport, Rhode Island. Cash and Dylan traded songs in a motel, where Joan Baez wrote for Cash the lyrics of "It Ain't Me Babe" and "Mama, You've Been on My Mind". The first song was originally released in Dylan's "Another Side of Bob Dylan", but the second was only recorded as
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At Folsom Prison


other songs of despair, such as the Merle Travis song "Dark as a Dungeon". Following "Orange Blossom Special", Cash included a few "slow, ballad-type songs", including "Send a Picture of Mother" and "The Long Black Veil", followed by three novelty songs from his album "Everybody Loves A Nut": "Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog", "Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart", and "Joe Bean". June Carter joined Cash to perform
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A Believer Sings the Truth


A Believer Sings the Truth is a gospel double album and 63rd overall album by American country singer Johnny Cash. The tracks for the double-length album were all recorded in 1979. Cash was under contract to Columbia Records, but the label was doubtful that a double-album of gospel songs was commercially viable. With the label's blessing, Cash was allowed to release it on his own on the Cachet label and as a radio special with added narration. His efforts paid off, as the album made it into the
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Orange Blossom Special (album)


"Billboard"s Hot Country Singles as well as eighty in the Hot 100. The duet with June Carter "It Ain't Me Babe" peaked number four in Hot Country Singles and number fifty-eight in the Hot 100. Billboard wrote: "Cash is in fine form here and he has been coupled with a great selection of material. Cash displays a sense of drama and wit". Meanwhile, "Western Folklore" also praised the album as well as the recognition of the original author of the title song: "
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Orange Blossom Special (train)


resemble a locomotive of the time, and lettered "Orange Blossom Special" was moved in from its long-time display location at the Church Street Station in Orlando, Florida to the Gulf Coast Railway Museum in nearby Tampa. Plans are for a multi-year restoration to active status for eventual excursion service. It happened during the maiden run of the new streamlined train at the Jacksonville Seaboard Railroad Station that Ervin T. Rouse and Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise saw this train. Rouse and Wise wrote the "Orange Blossom Special
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The Ballad of Boot Hill


"The Ballad of Boot Hill" is a 1959 song written by Carl Perkins which was recorded by Johnny Cash on Columbia Records. The song was originally released in 1959 in the U.S. on a Columbia EP by Johnny Cash entitled "Johnny Cash Sings 'The Rebel --- Johnny Yuma"'. The song was also released on his 1965 LP album "Sings the Ballads of the True West". The song is about the 1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral when three gunmen were killed by Doc Holliday. "The Ballad of
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, though Columbia declined to release "A Believer Sings the Truth", a gospel double-LP Cash recorded in 1979 and which ended up being released on an independent label even with Cash still under contract to Columbia. On November 22, 1974, CBS ran his one-hour TV special entitled" Riding The Rails", a musical history of trains. He continued to appear on television, hosting Christmas specials on CBS in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Later television appearances included a starring role in an episode of
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Orange Blossom Special (song)


a fiddler for Bill Monroe who knew both men, confirms that Rouse wrote and copyrighted the song. Christian says in the interview that Chubby Wise popularized the song by playing it weekly on the "Grand Ole Opry". As Wise tells the story, he and Rouse decided to visit the Jacksonville Terminal in Florida to tour the Orange Blossom Special train. Rouse copyrighted the song in 1938 and recorded it in 1939. Bill Monroe, regarded by many as "the father of bluegrass music", recorded the song (with Art
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Orange Blossom Special (train)


travelers, the "Orange Blossom Special" became famous in its own right. It was renowned for its speed and luxury. E. M. Frimbo, "The World's Greatest Railway Buff", offered this account of a dining car chef who had worked aboard the train: The service was suspended during World War II to free the equipment up for carrying troops. Its last run was in 1953. This west Florida market is now handled by Amtrak's "Silver Star." In early 2012, a similar locomotive painted to
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List of Strawberry Shortcake characters


to the series in 1984 as a brainy female. Strawberry Shortcake seemed not to notice. Plum remained Strawberry Shortcake's scientific adviser through the franchise's disbanding in 1985. Her pet is an owl called Elderberry. Strawberry Shortcake met urban artist Orange Blossom during her trip to Big Apple City in the 1981 TV special. Orange Blossom followed Strawberry home at the conclusion of her trip, and has been at her side ever since. Orange Blossom's pet butterfly, Marmalade, actually predates the introduction of Orange Blossom's character, and
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Orange Blossom Special (song)


New York?"br "Well, I don't care if I do-die-do-die-do-die-do-die."br br Hey talk about a-ramblin'br She's the fastest train on the linebr Talk about a-travellin'br She's the fastest train on the linebr It's that Orange Blossom Specialbr Rollin' down the seaboard line The lyrics of the first verse are very reminiscent of the Jimmie Rodgers song "Freight Whistle Blues". Chet Atkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXNwVnOZ6BU Don Rich, instrumental version of Orange Blossom Special
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Kenneth Jones (songwriter)


Kenneth Burton Jones (1952–1969), was the son of Helen Myrl Carter (of country music's Carter Family) and of Glenn Jones. He is best remembered for a song he wrote called "Sing A Traveling Song" which appeared on Johnny Cash's albums "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" and "Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden". Kenneth was Cash's nephew-in-law. Cash's second wife, June Carter Cash, was Helen's sister. Kenneth, or Kenny as he was also
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Johnny Cash


"too radical for the public". Cash singing songs of Indian tragedy and settler violence went radically against the mainstream of country music in the 1950s, which was dominated by the image of the righteous cowboy who simply makes the native's soil his own. In 1964, coming off the chart success of his previous album "I Walk The Line", he recorded the aforementioned album "". "We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited", a documentary by Antonino D'Ambrosio (author of" A
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På Österåker


The Last Gunfighter Ballad". Some lyrics from "City Jail" taken from the protagonist's dialogue with a policeman would later be incorporated by Cash into live performances of "Orange Blossom Special". "På Österåker" was re-released during the latter part of 2007. The album differs significantly from the original. "Orleans Parish Prison" is a completely different performance; the original release version was, in fact, a studio recording overdubbed with applause for the original album and single release; the 2007 Legacy reissue replaces
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Orange flower water


" or "Ilma Ward," which is rose blossom water. Orange blossom water serves two purposes in the Maghreb: One usage is as a perfume or freshener, usually given to guests to wash their hands upon entering the host house or before drinking tea. It is put in a special silver or metal container, recognizable in the typical Maghrebi tea set. However, this old custom is fading away in the present day. The second usage of orange blossom water, however, is in Algerian cuisine, Tunisian cuisine,
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Floyd Dakil


Johnny B. Goode / Mister Bojangles / Watermelon Wine / Let's Have A Party / C'mon Everybody / Cabaret / For Once In My Life / Pickin' And Grinnin' / Wildwood Flower / Steel Guitar Rag / Beverly Hillbillies (Theme) / Rose Of San Antone / Turkey In The Straw / Bonanza (Theme) / High Noon (Theme) / Gunsmoke (Theme) / El Commanchero / Orange Blossom Special / Holiday For Strings / Barnum & Bailey Circus Theme / Barnacle Bill The Sailor / Bye Bye Blues / Bridge On
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The Blackwood Brothers


popularity. He shared a stage with them in 1955 while on tour for the first time in Texas and refused to sing rock and roll out of respect for, and a desire to sing with his idols. Johnny Cash formed a strong relationship with the Blackwoods and the two acts performed with each other numerous times. Their song "I Was There When It Happened" can be heard singing on the radio towards the beginning of the movie "Walk the Line (2005)"—when Johnny Cash (played by Joaquin Phoenix) was in Memphis
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Sings Precious Memories


Sings Precious Memories is the fifth gospel and 50th overall album by country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1975 on Columbia Records. It is one of several spiritual albums that he recorded. Other examples include "Hymns by Johnny Cash", "Hymns from the Heart", "The Holy Land" and "Believe in Him". The song selection includes several of Cash's personal favorites, as some would later be recorded again for "My Mother's Hymn Book". "Precious Memories" may have been a replacement
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At San Quentin


Performed but not included were the songs "Jackson" and "Orange Blossom Special", which are included in the video release of the show (both songs had been included in "At Folsom Prison"). Two songs were somehow slowed down by half a step ("Starkville City Jail" and "Blistered"), possibly due to using another tape machine while the tape on the original machine was changed. This was Cash's first album recorded without his longtime lead guitar player and Tennessee Two founder Luther Perkins,
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Orange Blossom Special (song)


The fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special", about the passenger train of the same name, was written by Ervin T. Rouse (1917–1981) in 1938. The original recording was created by Ervin and Gordon Rouse in 1939. It is often called simply The Special. It has been referred to as the fiddle player's national anthem. By the 1950s, it had become a perennial favorite at bluegrass festivals, popular for its rousing energy. For a long time no fiddle player would be hired for a bluegrass band unless he
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June Carter Cash


with fellow songwriter Merle Kilgore. June wrote the lyrics about her relationship with Johnny Cash and she offered the song to her sister Anita. Anita Carter was the first singer to record the song. In 1963, Johnny recorded the song with the Carter Family singing backup, and added mariachi horns. The song became a number-one hit and went on to become one of the most recognizable songs in the world of country music. Her first notable studio performance with Johnny Cash occurred in 1964 when she duetted with Cash on "
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Orange Blossom Special (song)


comin'br Comin' down that railroad trackbr It's the Orange Blossom Specialbr Bringin' my baby backbr br Well, I'm going down to Floridabr And get some sand in my shoesbr Or maybe Californybr And get some sand in my shoesbr I'll ride that Orange Blossom Specialbr And lose these New York bluesbr br "Say man, when you going back to Florida?"br "When am I goin' back to Florida? I don't know, don't reckon I ever will."br "Ain't you worried about getting your nourishment in
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T Bone Burnett


for Achievement in Film Music. In 2005, he composed the score for Wim Wenders's film "Don't Come Knocking". In 2005, he worked with actors Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon for their singing roles as Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash in the film "Walk the Line". Witherspoon won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film, giving special thanks to Burnett in her speech for "helping her realize her lifelong dream of being a country music singer". He also produced that
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Rosanne Cash


a half years, first as a wardrobe assistant, then as a background vocalist and occasional soloist. She made her studio recording debut on Johnny Cash's 1974 album "The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me", singing lead vocal on a version of Kris Kristofferson's "Broken Freedom Song". In 1976, Johnny Cash recorded the Rosanne Cash composition "Love Has Lost Again" on his album "One Piece At A Time". Though she did not appear on this track, it was Rosanne Cash's first professionally
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Fort Lauderdale station


of a temporary structure that had been hastily erected at the end of 1926 to greet the January 1927 arrival of the first Seaboard passenger train in South Florida, the "Orange Blossom Special". The station was served by the "Orange Blossom Special" until 1953 and, among other Seaboard trains, the "Silver Meteor" beginning in 1939. Amtrak maintained "Silver Meteor" service to the station when it took over intercity passenger train service in 1971. Both the "Silver Meteor" and Amtrak's "Silver Star"
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Johnny Cash: Patriot


Patriot, the 79th overall album by the American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, is a 1991 album that collects some of Cash's patriotic songs released on Columbia Records. The album contains 10 tracks from Cash's long stint with Columbia, from 1958 to 1987, including two songs not commonly found on other Cash releases: The opening track, "Song of the Patriot", was originally released on the 1981 compilation album "Encore", and the ninth track, "Singing in Vietnam Talking Blues", comes from the
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Hymns from the Heart


Hymns from the Heart is the eleventh album and the second gospel album of singer Johnny Cash, released in 1962 (see 1962 in music). It features a selection of gospel songs, and is the second album of this type released by Cash, the first being "Hymns by Johnny Cash". Cash later recorded many more gospel albums, including "Sings Precious Memories" and "Believe in Him", among others. This album has a more traditional hymn/gospel feel than Cash's previous Hymns album. The
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Glitterhouse Records


” as well as its branches “Glitterbeat” (specialised in world music) and “Stag-O-Lee Records” (specialised in Garaga Rock’n’Roll, vintage R’n’B and everything weird), the “Glitterhouse Mailorder” and the “Orange Blossom Special” open-air festival. Since 1997 the Orange Blossom Special takes place in the backyard of the company office. The annual open-air event hosts 1,800 visitors and 20 international bands to create a cosy atmosphere purposely in contrast to strongly commercialized major events. Rembert Stiewe about
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Hamilton County Bluegrass Band


. “Orange Blossom Special.” Paul and Colleen, now husband and wife, left not long after. This effectively ended the band, although a final album called “Orange Blossom Special” was released in 1978. Paul and Colleen Trenwith recorded four albums under their names between 1976 and 1986. In 1993, a 25th Anniversary compilation called “1968 To 1973″ was released. The album "Encore" came out in the late 1990s. In the band were Alan, Colleen, Paul, Dave Calder, and Colleen and
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Jerry Scoggins


Fox was making a film version of the series. He called their offices only to be told that they'd had no idea he was still alive. The studio preferred Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson to sing the theme song, but the director, Penelope Spheeris, insisted on Scoggins getting the job, which he did. He figured he'd probably sung the ballad over 1,000 times since the original recording. Scoggins appeared on-camera, singing the ballad, in the 1993 TV special, "The Legend of The Beverly Hillbillies
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Farm No. 266—Johnny Cash Boyhood Home


Farm No. 266—Johnny Cash Boyhood Home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. In March 1935, when American music icon Johnny Cash was three years old, the family settled in Dyess, Arkansas, a New Deal colony established to give poor families a chance to work land that they had a chance to own as a result. J.R., as he was known as a child, started working in his father's cotton fields at the age of five, singing along with his family while working. The
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June Carter Cash


. June Carter Cash along with her husband, Johnny Cash, worked with and gave money to the group, SOS Children's Villages, throughout their life. They began this involvement in 1973 when they donated $12,000 to build an orphanage in a Jamaican village close to their home in the country. They would visit the nearby village during their time spent in Jamaica and play with the children and sing songs to them. When Johnny Cash died in 2003, their family asked that donations be made to the SOS Children's Villages
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Sings the Ballads of the True West


Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West is a conceptual double album and the 22nd overall album released by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1965 (see 1965 in music). Covering twenty individual songs, the album, as its title suggests, contains various ballads and other songs on topics related to the history of the American Old West. This includes Carl Perkins' "The Ballad of Boot Hill", "Streets of Laredo", and the sole single from the album, "Mr. Garfield
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Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous


Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. It was originally released on 13 November 1958, but later re-issued in 2003, under the label Varèse Sarabande, with four different versions of tracks already present on the original LP as a bonus. The complete contents of the album are also incorporated into an extended version of the previous collection "With His Hot and Blue Guitar" included in the 2012 box set "". Singles - Billboard (North
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Dead Hot Workshop


major record label. Even though they were considered to be in the shadow of the Gin Blossoms, the album was reviewed to have a "gritty, sandblasted edge" that the Gin Blossoms were missing. The music was described as having a mix of country, folk and rock influences from artists such as Neil Young, Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, while maintaining its "90s garage-band relevance". The album contains fourteen tracks, including "Burger Christ", "Choad",
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Orange Blossom Special (train)


The Orange Blossom Special was a deluxe passenger train on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and connecting railroads between New York City and Miami in the United States. It ran during the winter season only. It covered on the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York City to Washington, D.C., the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad from Washington to Richmond, and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad from Richmond via Raleigh, Columbia, and Savannah to Miami. A section also went to Tampa and St. Petersburg. The train started on November 21, 1925
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Johnny Chester


John Howard Chester (born 26 December 1941) is an Australian singer-songwriter, who started his career in October 1959 singing rock'n'roll and in 1969 changed to country music. He has toured nationally with the Beatles, Roy Orbison, the Everly Brothers, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette and Charley Pride. During his career he has led various groups including Johnny Chester and The Chessmen, Johnny Chester and Jigsaw, Johnny Chester and Hotspur. With Jigsaw he had five top 30 hit singles, "Gwen (Congratulations)
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The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)


Johnny Cash Christmas Special" series was launched, starting in 1976, with specials airing almost every year until 1985. 32 episodes A DVD set featuring 66 live performances from the show, called "The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show", was released in Region 1 on September 18, 2007. The DVD set was hosted by Kris Kristofferson and directed by Michael B. Borofsky, and was produced by Reverse Angle Productions for Sony Pictures Entertainment and Legacy Recordings, Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division. An accompanying CD, featuring
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Michael A. Simon


on Film Simon the first 53 episodes, from Johnny Cash to David Bowie, to Elton John to Garth Brooks. Simon left VH1 in 1998 and has worked on over 25 series and specials including; 22 Live Survivor Finales, A Home for the Holidays, America’s Best Dance Crew, The Sing-Off and the worldwide sensation Ridiculousness which is now at 400+ episodes. He has continued his work, directing programs primarily in music and dance, including broadcast concerts and Reality TV competitions, such as The Sing-Off
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Orange blossom


part of both French cuisine and Middle Eastern cuisine (most often as an ingredient in desserts and baked goods). In the United States, orange flower water is used to make orange blossom scones and marshmallows. Orange blossom honey (citrus honey) is produced by putting beehives in the citrus groves during blooming period. This also pollinates seeded citrus varieties. Orange blossom honey is highly prized and tastes much like the fruit. The orange blossom gives its touristic nickname to the Costa del Azahar ("orange-blossom coast")
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Johnny Cash


the Rosebud Reservation, close to the historical landmark of the massacre at Wounded Knee, to raise money to help build a school. He also played at the D-Q University in the 1980s. Johnny Cash used his stardom and economic status to bring awareness to the issues surrounding the Native American people. Cash sang songs about indigenous humanity in an effort to confront the U.S. government. Many non-Native Americans stayed away from singing about these things. In 1970, Cash recorded a reading of John G. Burnett's 1890 80th
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Johnny Cash


" sentiments might have backfired. In his remarks when introducing Cash, Nixon joked that one thing he had learned about the singer was one did not tell him what to sing. Johnny Cash was the grand marshal of the United States Bicentennial parade. He wore a shirt from Nudie Cohn which sold for $25,000 in auction in 2010. After the parade he gave a concert at the Washington monument. In 1980, Cash became the Country Music Hall of Fame's youngest living inductee at age 48, but during the 1980s,
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Father Is a Bachelor


of being separated, they have not told anybody. Johnny finds himself being "adopted" as their uncle. Johnny starts working hard to support his new family, working on a farm during the week and singing and waiting tables on Sunday in a restaurant owned by Jericho Schlosser (Sig Ruman). Johnny makes the acquaintance of lovely heiress Prudence Millett (Coleen Gray) when she comes to inquire why the children are not in school. A romance begins to blossom, despite Johnny's determination to remain free of entanglements. When
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Tangleweed


from old-time country (Train 45, Katy Kline), Blues (Spoonful), Bluegrass (Orange Blossom Special), and Jazz (Duke Ellington's C Jam Blues).The record received rave reviews from the music press in publications such as Sing Out!, Bluegrass Unlimited, and the Chicago Reader. Chicago Reader music critic Monica Kendrick also drew attention to the CD's humorous liner notes, written by Jazz critic Alexander Gelfand and mandolinist Kenneth Rainey. Tangleweed's second full-length CD, "Where You Been So Long
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June Carter Cash


for the rest of her life, recording a number of duets with Cash for his various albums and being a regular on "The Johnny Cash Show" from 1969-1971 and on Cash's annual Christmas specials. After "Carryin' On", June Carter Cash recorded one more direct collaboration album, "Johnny Cash and His Woman", released in 1973, and along with her daughters was a featured vocalist on Cash's 1974 album "The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me". She also shared sleeve credit with
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Sammi Smith


of school at the age of eleven and began to sing professionally in nightclubs. She was only fifteen when she married Steel Guitar Hall of Fame and Night Club Operator Bobby White. They had three children. She had her first divorce in 1966. She would eventually have two more marriages. In 1967 Johnny Cash's bass player Marshall Grant discovered her singing in the Someplace Else Night Club in downtown Oklahoma City. After Grant's discovery she moved to Nashville, Tennessee. When Johnny Cash learned of her talent, he helped her
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Return to the Promised Land


To The Promised Land" soundtrack ends with an untitled 10-minute bonus track with John's mother, Carrie (aka "Mama Cash") who plays the piano, sings songs, reads her poetry and speaks of her memories of him as a little boy on their farm in rural Arkansas. This recording predated the "Return to the Promised Land" recording sessions and was a 1989 birthday present to Johnny Cash from Cash's publicist Hugh Waddell (producer of both "Return to the Promised Land" audio and video releases),
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The Mystery of Life


The Mystery of Life is the 77th album by country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1991, and his last for Mercury Records. The songs featured are culled from both recent sessions and from leftovers from Cash's first Mercury session in 1986 for the album "Johnny Cash is Coming to Town". It includes new recordings of two songs already associated with him from his Sun and Columbia days, "Hey Porter" and "Wanted Man". "I'll Go Somewhere and Sing My Songs Again" is a duet with
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Lee Gordon (promoter)


including a return visit by Frank Sinatra, as well as the first Australian tours by Sammy Davis Jr and Johnny Cash. Johnny Ray made his fifth visit in September 1959, when he was supported by Johnny O'Keefe, who was by then the biggest star on the local music scene. Shortly after his return to Australia, Gordon played a pivotal role in the career of Melbourne-born singer Diana Trask. Gordon spotted her singing in a Sydney club in early 1959 and signed her as the support singer for the Stan Freberg tour
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John Wesley Hardin in popular culture


favorite theme in popular culture: Hardin has also been the subject or supporting character of various works about the Old West, such as: Hardin has been portrayed on film by: Country music singer, Johnny Cash, wrote and recorded a song about Hardin entitled "Hardin Wouldn't Run," released on his 1965 album "Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West." It relates some of the true events of Hardin's life, including his death at the Acme Saloon. Prior to this, Cash portrayed Hardin
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The One That Got Away (Katy Perry song)


progression of E–G♯m–C♯m–A, and Perry's vocal range spans from B to E. Kitty Empire noticed that Perry's vocal is wistful throughout the song and that the references to June and Johnny Cash were unexpected. Rob Sheffield from "Rolling Stone" stated that when Perry sings, 'I was June, and you were my Johnny Cash,' "it's understood that she's thinking of the scrubbed-up Hollywood version of June and Johnny, from "Walk the Line"." In 2017
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Johnny Cash


which Cash – who had previously scored major chart hits with comedic material such as "A Boy Named Sue" and "One Piece at a Time" – accepted enthusiastically, performing the song live on stage and filming a comedic music video in which he dresses up in a superhero-like bank-robber costume. According to Hilburn, Cash's enthusiasm for the song waned after Waylon Jennings told Cash he looked "like a buffoon" in the music video (which was showcased during Cash's 1984 Christmas TV special),
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Orange blossom


The orange blossom is the fragrant flower of the "Citrus sinensis" (orange tree). It is used in perfume making, has been written about as an aphrodisiac and is the state flower of Florida. It is traditionally associated with good fortune and has been popular in bridal bouquets and head wreaths for weddings. Orange blossom essence is an important component in the making of perfume. The petals of orange blossom can also be made into the delicately scented orange flower water (as an alternative to rose water), a common
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Don't It Make You Want to Go Home


on his 1970 LP, "This Is Bare Country". It has also been covered by Jerry Reed, Al Green, Mel Tillis, Johnny Rodriguez, Glen Campbell, Dave Kirby, Henson Cargill, and The Persuasions. South performed the song with Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash and George Lindsey on "The Johnny Cash Show" in October of 1970. Glen Campbell and John Denver performed "Don't It Make You Want to Go Home" on the "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" variety special in
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Johnny Cash


team up with Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins to create the album "Class of '55"; according to Hilburn, Columbia still had Cash under contract at the time, so special arrangements had to be made to allow him to participate. Also in 1986, Cash published his only novel, "Man in White", a book about Saul and his conversion to become the Apostle Paul. He recorded "Johnny Cash Reads The Complete New Testament" in 1990. After Columbia Records dropped Cash from
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Carl Perkins


also filmed by Granada Television for broadcast). Perkins spent a decade in Cash's touring revue, often as an opening act for Cash (as at the Folsom and San Quentin prison concerts, at which he was recorded singing "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Matchbox" before Cash took the stage; these performances were not released until the 2000s). He also appeared on the television series"The Johnny Cash Show." He played "Matchbox" with Cash and Derek and the Dominos's Eric Clapton. Cash also featured Perkins
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The One and Only (Waylon Jennings album)


The One and Only is an album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released in 1967 on RCA Camden. It peaked at #19 on the "Billboard" country albums chart. "John's Back in Town" is a comic response to Johnny Cash's "The Singing Star's Queen" from "Everybody Loves a Nut" (1966), with an identical general concept. During this time, Jennings rented an apartment in Nashville with Cash, who later recalled in the Jennings documentary "Renegade Outlaw Rebel"
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Neroli


Neroli oil is an essential oil produced from the blossom of the bitter orange tree ("Citrus aurantium subsp. amara" or "Bigaradia"). Its scent is sweet, honeyed and somewhat metallic with green and spicy facets. Orange blossom is also extracted from the same blossom and both extracts are extensively used in perfumery. Orange blossom can be described as smelling sweeter, warmer and more floral than neroli. The difference between how neroli and orange blossom smell and why they are referred to with different names, is a result
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Vince Mira


Vince Mira (born March 18, 1992) is a singer/songwriter from Federal Way, Washington who specializes in country and rock and roll music. His deep bass-baritone voice has drawn comparisons to Johnny Cash. His repertoire consists of several Johnny Cash and Hank Williams songs, as well as his own originals. Born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in San Antonio, Texas. Vince subsequently moved to Federal Way, Washington. His career began playing Spanish-language songs in Seattle's Pike Place Market.
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Sings Hank Williams


Sings Hank Williams is the seventh album by American country and rock and roll singer Johnny Cash, released under Sun Records on September 15, 1960. The album was reissued on Varèse Sarabande on June 17, 2003 as "Sings Hank Williams and Other Favorites" with five bonus tracks, two of them being alternate recordings of numbers already available on the album. Only the first four of the twelve tracks on the album were written by Williams, with most of the others being written by Cash. (Additional songs composed by Williams
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God's Gonna Cut You Down


's Gonna Cut You Down", it was performed by Odetta on "Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues" (1956) and Johnny Cash on the posthumously released "" (2006). As "Run On", it was recorded, among others, by Elvis Presley. The song has also been covered by many other artists. A version by Bill Landford & The Landfordairs from 1949 was later sampled heavily for the 1999 song "Run On" by Moby. Johnny Cash recorded a version of "God's Gon
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Home of the Blues


"Home of the Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Johnny Cash. The song was recorded on July 1, 1957 in Memphis, Tennessee, and was released as a single in August of the same year. It was also included as the eleventh track of his second album "Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous". The song was written by Johnny Cash, Lillie McAlpin and Glenn Douglas Tubb and produced by Jack Clement. Partial ownership of the song is held by Florida
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Daddy Sang Bass


has ever started off a pop career with a longer such drought on the charts that was finally broken. The song appeared originally on the 1969 album "The Holy Land", the 1971 "Johnny Cash: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" collection, the 1999 Johnny Cash greatest hits compilation "16 Biggest Hits", and the 2002 "The Essential Johnny Cash" collection. According to Johnny Cash's book, "The Man in Black", Carl Perkins was an alcoholic. Cash had been a drug addict who
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Blossom


In botany, blossoms are the flowers of stone fruit trees (genus "Prunus") and of some other plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely for a period of time in spring. Colloquially, flowers of orange are referred to as such as well. Peach blossoms (including nectarine), most cherry blossoms, and some almond blossoms are usually pink. Plum blossoms, apple blossoms, orange blossoms, some cherry blossoms, and most almond blossoms are white. Blossoms provide pollen to pollinators such as bees, and initiate
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Joaquin Phoenix


's albums more or less by heart, I closed my eyes to focus on the soundtrack and decided that, yes, that was the voice of Johnny Cash I was listening to. The closing credits make it clear it's Joaquin Phoenix doing the singing, and I was gob-smacked". For his portrayal of Johnny Cash, Phoenix was nominated for his second Academy Award, in the category of Best Actor as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor and the Screen
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The Song of Hiawatha


's rhythmic composition for strings in Dorian mode (2003), which is frequently performed by youth orchestras. British rock band The Sweet reference Hiawatha and Minnehaha in their 1972 song "Wig Wam Bam". Some performers have incorporated excerpts from the poem into their musical work. Johnny Cash used a modified version of "Hiawatha's Vision“ as the opening piece on "Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West" (1965). Mike Oldfield used the sections "Hiawatha's Departure" and "The Son of the
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Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden


Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden is a 1969 recording of a Johnny Cash concert at Madison Square Garden. It was released in 2002. The album featured Cash and other musicians and singers including W.S. Holland, Marshall Grant, Bob Wootton, the Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, Tommy Cash and the Carter Family. Noticeably absent from the show was Cash's wife June Carter Cash, who was home pregnant with their son John Carter Cash, a fact referenced during the recording. As with most Cash shows, the genres covered ran
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Highwayman (song)


as the sailor, then Jennings as the dam builder, and finally Cash as the starship captain. Webb later observed, "I don't know how they decided who would take which verse, but having Johnny last was like having God singing your song (laughs)." Rosanne Cash has said her father did not realize the song was about reincarnation until she explained it to him. A black-and-white music video was released, which used actors to re-enact the song's lyrics, including the deaths
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List of tributes to Hank Williams


"Honky Tonk Blues" on his Grammy-nominated album "Bronx in Blue" in 2007. Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis teamed up on the 1971 album "Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis Sing Hank Williams", which featured covers of 12 of Williams's greatest hits. British alternative band recorded a full album of Williams cover versions in 1994 entitled "Hanky Panky". This was intended to be the first in a series of tribute albums by covering the work of influential songwriters and musicians, but no further albums
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Everybody Loves a Nut


. On the sixth episode of his ABC TV series "The Johnny Cash Show", he performed a version of the title track with musical guest The Monkees. "Please Don't Play Red River Valley" would also later be performed by Cash on the series as a musical comedy routine with his wife, June Carter Cash. Cash also performed "Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog" a decade later during an appearance on "The Muppet Show". "The Singing Star's Queen" features lyrics poking fun at Cash's
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Orange Blossom Special (train)


never "streamlined" and used Pullman heavyweight sleepers, diners, and some coaches of the winter Tampa run. The Blossom may have used some lightweight cars sporadically in mixed consist with the Pennsylvania Railroad which hauled the Blossom in the Northeast Corridor. If Rouse and Wise did see a streamlined Seaboard train in 1938, it was most likely the "Silver Meteor" which was streamlined with its stainless steel coaches. The name of this train was chosen by a public contest. The Seaboard's lightweight trains later became known as the Silver
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Clare Bowen


she’s told them a really heavy story. I think she’s just a really marvellous storyteller. She’s always been a big inspiration to me". She also added that she "loved the way Alison Krauss sings and the stories she tells" and professes her love of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Australian pop star Tina Arena and musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim. Bowen asserts that Buddy Miller is her "ultimate music mentor" as he is "the one who taught [her] to use a microphone when
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Orange Blossom Carnival


The Orange Blossom Carnival is an annual celebration held every April in Adana, Turkey. It is an inspiration to the blossom scent that covers the orange tree lined streets during early April. While some of the carnival celebrations occur at organized, large-scale events, others are simply spontaneous street celebrations. The carnival begins in early April and has the simple slogan "Nisan'da Adana'da" (In April In Adana). It is one of the first annual carnivals in Turkey. The Orange Blossom Carnival of Adana is accompanied by many
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Keep On the Sunny Side


Side" became their theme song on the radio in later years. A.P. Carter's tombstone has a gold record of the song embedded in it. In later years, the Carter Family treated "Keep on the Sunny Side" as a theme song of sorts. A 1964 album by the Carter Family (with special guest vocalist Johnny Cash) was titled "Keep On the Sunny Side", and Cash recorded a version for his 1974 album "The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me" accompanied by June Carter Cash, Johnny
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Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)


by Adams. He reportedly consulted with John Wayne for tips on how to play the role. Adams wanted Presley to sing the theme song for "The Rebel", but the show's producer wanted Johnny Cash. Guest stars appearing on the series during its two-year run included Dan Blocker, Johnny Cash, Leonard Nimoy, Tex Ritter, and Robert Vaughn. A total of 76 half-hour episodes were filmed before the series was cancelled in 1961. Reruns were syndicated for several years. Adams went back to TV
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The Ballad of Boot Hill


"Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" on Bear Family Records. In 2008, Mark van den Berg recorded the song for his collection "Mark van den Berg Sings the Hits of Johnny Cash" on the Continental Record Services label. Billy McFarland recorded the song on his 2013 album "Golden Guitar". Giuseppe Grasso, Jaromir Hauptman, Gabi Schaetz, Peter Medwed, Rainer Jantz, Thommy Kletsch, and Jeff Johnson have also performed the song. "The Ballad of Boot Hill" appears on the following Johnny Cash albums:
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Johnny Cash


, singing with them as they worked. The Cash farm in Dyess experienced a flood, which led Cash later to write the song "Five Feet High and Rising". His family's economic and personal struggles during the Great Depression inspired many of his songs, especially those about other people facing similar difficulties. Consequently, Cash had sympathy for the poor and working class throughout his life. On Saturday, May 13, 1944, Cash's older brother Jack, with whom he was close, was seriously injured in an accident
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Orval Prophet


, "Judgement Day Express" and "Beautiful Bells". Prophet recorded the song "Mademoiselle" under the name "Johnny Six", released in 1958. Around that time he had a brief residency in the United States to host a radio programme. Other appearances included CBC Television's "The Tommy Hunter Show" and at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. When Waylon Jennings was working as a radio host prior to his singing career, he sought to adopt Prophet's singing style. Johnny Cash and Dallas Harms also
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Country Christmas (Johnny Cash album)


Country Christmas is a Christmas album and 78th overall album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Laserlight Digital in 1991 (see 1991 in music), in-between Cash's contracts with Mercury Records and American Recordings. Four tracks do not feature Cash but instead feature vocals by his wife, June Carter Cash and the Carter Family. This was the last Johnny Cash release within his lifetime to feature Carter Family, who had been a staple of his live show and studio recordings since the early 1960s. The sisters would
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Sing Me Back Home


and he performed it as a duet with Johnny Cash on the latter's network television show in 1969. In his 1999 autobiography "House of Memories", Haggard states that the song had been published by Blue Book Music, a company owned by Buck Owens, and when Haggard asked Owens for a sum of money to pay back debts incurred in Las Vegas, Owens agreed only if he received half of “Sing Me Back Home,” to which Haggard agreed. Haggard, who later felt he had been taken, sued
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Pullo Center


Blossoms, Robin Spielberg, "Simply Sinatra" featuring Steve Lippia, "Ring of Fire": The Music of Johnny Cash, "Julius Caesar", "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", "Top Secret: Battle for the Pentagon Papers", Go Diego Go, LIVE! "The Great Jaguar Rescue", The Penn State Blue Band, The Curtis Symphony Orchestra, "Rent", Livingston Taylor, "Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy", "The Producers", Lewis Black, "Cirque Dreams", "
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The Legend of Jesse James


The Legend of Jesse James is a 1980 country music concept album by various artists singing songs by English songwriter Paul Kennerley, based on the story of American Old West outlaw Jesse James. The album features Levon Helm singing the role of Jesse James, Johnny Cash as Frank James, Charlie Daniels as Cole Younger and Emmylou Harris as Jesse James' wife, Zerelda James. Other artists included Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell and Albert Lee. The album was re-released in 1999 in a two-for-one package with Kennerley
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