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So Doggone Lonesome

The Grand Ole Opry

Johnny Cash

1955
Debut TV appearance

So Doggone Lonesome

The Grand Ole Opry

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 3209

Get Rhythm, So Doggone Lonesome, I Walk The Line

Ranch Party

Johnny Cash

1957

Get Rhythm, So Doggone Lonesome, I Walk The Line

Ranch Party

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 3204

Give My Love To Rose, Next In Line, Train Of Love

Ranch Party

Johnny Cash

1957

Give My Love To Rose, Next In Line, Train Of Love

Ranch Party

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 3205

Home Of The Blues, There You Go

Ranch Party

Johnny Cash

1957

Home Of The Blues, There You Go

Ranch Party

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 3206

So Doggone Lonesome

The Jimmy Dean Show

Johnny Cash

1957
First broadcast August 10, 1957

So Doggone Lonesome

The Jimmy Dean Show

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 3207

Give My Love To Rose, Home Of The Blues, There You Go

Country Style USA

Johnny Cash

1958
US Army recruitment show

Give My Love To Rose, Home Of The Blues, There You Go

Country Style USA

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 14376

Ballad Of A Teenage Queen

The Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show

Johnny Cash

1958
First broadcast March 8, 1958

Ballad Of A Teenage Queen

The Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&W Mimed Entry id = 14189

Get Rhythm, You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven, I Was There When It Happened, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, Frankie And Johnny, I Walk The Line, The Ways Of A Woman In Love, Give My Love To Rose, It Was Jesus, All Over Again, Suppertime

Town Hall Party

Johnny Cash

1958
First broadcast November 15, 1958

Get Rhythm, You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven, I Was There When It Happened, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, Frankie And Johnny, I Walk The Line, The Ways Of A Woman In Love, Give My Love To Rose, It Was Jesus, All Over Again, Suppertime

Town Hall Party

Johnny Cash

Town HallUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 13283

Don't Take Your Guns To Town

TV show (USA)

Johnny Cash

1959

Don't Take Your Guns To Town

TV show (USA)

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 3203

Includes - Guess Things Happen That Way, Five Feet High And Rising, I Got Stripes, The Ways Of A Woman In Love, Big River, Pickin' Time, Folsom Prison Blues, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, I Was There When It Happened, Heartbreak Hotel*, I Got Stripes

Town Hall Party

Johnny Cash

1959
First broadcast August 8, 1959. *Impression of Elvis Presley

Includes - Guess Things Happen That Way, Five Feet High And Rising, I Got Stripes, The Ways Of A Woman In Love, Big River, Pickin' Time, Folsom Prison Blues, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, I Was There When It Happened, Heartbreak Hotel*, I Got Stripes

Town Hall Party

Johnny Cash

Town HallUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 13284

Camptown Races

The Bell Telephone Hour

Johnny Cash

1959
First broadcast october 23, 1959

Camptown Races

The Bell Telephone Hour

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 3208

The Rebel - Johnny Yuma

The Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show

Johnny Cash

1960
First broadcast March 26, 1960

The Rebel - Johnny Yuma

The Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&W Mimed Entry id = 14190

Big River, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, Pickin' Time*

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

Johnny Cash

1960
First broadcast May 12, 1960. *With Tennessee Ernie Ford

Big River, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, Pickin' Time*

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 14848

God Must Have My Fortune Laid Away

TV show (USA)

Johnny Cash

1962
Date estimated

God Must Have My Fortune Laid Away

TV show (USA)

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 15714

Frankie's Man Johnny

Hootenanny Hoot

Johnny Cash

1963

Frankie's Man Johnny

Hootenanny Hoot

Johnny Cash

FilmUSAB&WMimedEntry id = 7243

I Walk The Line, Ring Of Fire

The Jimmy Dean Show

Johnny Cash

1964

I Walk The Line, Ring Of Fire

The Jimmy Dean Show

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 10268

Busted, Five Feet High And Risin'

Hootenanny

Johnny Cash

1964
First broadcast January 11, 1964

Busted, Five Feet High And Risin'

Hootenanny

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 885

Don't Think Twice It's All Right, I Walk The Line

Newport Folk Festival 1964

Johnny Cash

1964
Fort Adams State Park, Newport, Rhode Island, July 25, 1964. Clips featured in the films Festival and The Other Side Of The Mirror

Don't Think Twice It's All Right, I Walk The Line

Newport Folk Festival 1964

Johnny Cash

Concert filmUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 1168

I Am A Pilgrim, There's A Mother Always Waiting, Five Feet High And Rising, Pickin' Time, As Long As The Grass Shall Grow*

Rainbow Quest

Johnny Cash

1966
*With Pete Seeger, June Carter Cash

I Am A Pilgrim, There's A Mother Always Waiting, Five Feet High And Rising, Pickin' Time, As Long As The Grass Shall Grow*

Rainbow Quest

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 14989

The One On The Right, Were You There*

Road To Nashville

Johnny Cash

1967
*With The Carter Family

The One On The Right, Were You There*

Road To Nashville

Johnny Cash

FilmUSAColourMimedEntry id = 279

I Walk The Line, Hits Medley

The Grand Ole Opry

Johnny Cash

1967
With The Statler Brothers

I Walk The Line, Hits Medley

The Grand Ole Opry

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 15110

We're Gonna Sing, It Takes a Worried Man, I Walk the Line, Were You There

The Johnny Cash Show

Johnny Cash

1967
PBS TV Speical

We're Gonna Sing, It Takes a Worried Man, I Walk the Line, Were You There

The Johnny Cash Show

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 15111

Folsom Prison Blues, Ring Of Fire, Jackson*

The Grand Ole Opry

Johnny Cash

1968
*With June Carter Cash

Folsom Prison Blues, Ring Of Fire, Jackson*

The Grand Ole Opry

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 15109

Folsom Prison Blues

The CMA Awards 1968

Johnny Cash

1968
2nd Annual Country Music Association Awards, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, October 18, 1968

Folsom Prison Blues

The CMA Awards 1968

Johnny Cash

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 16849

Host And Performer

The Johnny Cash Show

Johnny Cash

1969-1971

Host And Performer

The Johnny Cash Show

Johnny Cash

TV seriesUSAColourEntry id = 71

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So Doggone Lonesome

So Doggone Lonesome

Get Rhythm, So Doggone Lonesome, I Walk The Line

Get Rhythm, So Doggone Lonesome, I Walk The Line

Give My Love To Rose, Next In Line, Train Of Love

Give My Love To Rose, Next In Line, Train Of Love

Home Of The Blues, There You Go

Home Of The Blues, There You Go

So Doggone Lonesome

So Doggone Lonesome

Give My Love To Rose, Home Of The Blues, There You Go

Give My Love To Rose, Home Of The Blues, There You Go

Ballad Of A Teenage Queen

Ballad Of A Teenage Queen

Get Rhythm, You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven, I Was There When It Happened, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, Frankie And Johnny, I Walk The Line, The Ways Of A Woman In Love, Give My Love To Rose, It Was Jesus, All Over Again, Suppertime

Get Rhythm, You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven, I Was There When It Happened, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, Frankie And Johnny, I Walk The Line, The Ways Of A Woman In Love, Give My Love To Rose, It Was Jesus, All Over Again, Suppertime

Don't Take Your Guns To Town

Don't Take Your Guns To Town

Includes - Guess Things Happen That Way, Five Feet High And Rising, I Got Stripes, The Ways Of A Woman In Love, Big River, Pickin' Time, Folsom Prison Blues, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, I Was There When It Happened, Heartbreak Hotel*, I Got Stripes

Includes - Guess Things Happen That Way, Five Feet High And Rising, I Got Stripes, The Ways Of A Woman In Love, Big River, Pickin' Time, Folsom Prison Blues, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, I Was There When It Happened, Heartbreak Hotel*, I Got Stripes

Camptown Races

Camptown Races

The Rebel - Johnny Yuma

The Rebel - Johnny Yuma

Big River, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, Pickin' Time*

Big River, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, Pickin' Time*

God Must Have My Fortune Laid Away

God Must Have My Fortune Laid Away

Frankie's Man Johnny

Frankie's Man Johnny

I Walk The Line, Ring Of Fire

I Walk The Line, Ring Of Fire

Busted, Five Feet High And Risin'

Busted, Five Feet High And Risin'

Don't Think Twice It's All Right, I Walk The Line

Don't Think Twice It's All Right, I Walk The Line

I Am A Pilgrim, There's A Mother Always Waiting, Five Feet High And Rising, Pickin' Time, As Long As The Grass Shall Grow*

I Am A Pilgrim, There's A Mother Always Waiting, Five Feet High And Rising, Pickin' Time, As Long As The Grass Shall Grow*

The One On The Right, Were You There*

The One On The Right, Were You There*

I Walk The Line, Hits Medley

I Walk The Line, Hits Medley

We're Gonna Sing, It Takes a Worried Man, I Walk the Line, Were You There

We're Gonna Sing, It Takes a Worried Man, I Walk the Line, Were You There

Folsom Prison Blues, Ring Of Fire, Jackson*

Folsom Prison Blues, Ring Of Fire, Jackson*

Folsom Prison Blues

Folsom Prison Blues

Host And Performer

Host And Performer