Cry! Cry! Cry!
Johnny Cash featuring the Tennessee Two | Artist Essentials
First released: 1955 (year verified)
Original 1955 Sun studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: A concise early performance whose light rhythmic bounce offsets the warning in the vocal.
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First released: 1955 (year verified)
Original Sun single pairing released in 1955. Year precision is retained because retrospective sources differ over its exact release month.
Recording: Original 1955 Sun studio recording
Credit: Johnny Cash featuring the Tennessee Two
Role in this collection: Lead vocalist with the credited Tennessee Two
Original single: Cry! Cry! Cry! / Hey, Porter
Johnny Cash - Sun Records artist history
Identifies the Tennessee Two and documents the original Hey Porter / Cry Cry Cry release in 1955. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Johnny Cash commemorative stamp history - official artist site
Documents the first Sun sessions and 1955 single release of Cry, Cry, Cry, with Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Hey, Porter! / Cry! Cry! Cry! - label-supplied single catalog
Names the Tennessee Two on the original Sun single pairing. Year evidence is separately supplied by Sun and the official Cash history. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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About Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash's early Sun recordings paired his voice and acoustic guitar with the spare accompaniment of guitarist Luther Perkins and bassist Marshall Grant. After moving to Columbia, he recorded country songs, gospel and concept albums drawing on American history and folk traditions. His prison concert albums at Folsom and San Quentin became major parts of that career. Later work with Rick Rubin opened another recording chapter, while collaborations such as the Highwaymen remained separately credited group projects.
Artist background sources
Johnny Cash - Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum biography
Sun recording trio, Columbia repertoire, Folsom and San Quentin albums, Rick Rubin collaboration and separately credited Highwaymen partnership. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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