Tommy Cash
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Tommy Cash | |
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 Cash in 1969 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | April 5, 1940 Dyess, Arkansas,U.S. |
| Died | September 13, 2024(aged 84) |
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| Years active | 1965–2016 |
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| Website | tommycash |
Tommy Cash(April 5, 1940 – September 13, 2024) was an Americancountrymusician. His elder brother wasJohnny Cash.
Background and career
[edit]Cash was born inDyess, Arkansas,on April 5, 1940,[1]the youngest of four sons and three daughters of Ray and Carrie (Rivers) Cash (one of whom wasJohnny Cash,born eight years earlier). He formed his first band in high school. After high-school graduation, he enlisted in theUnited States Army,and worked as adisc jockeyfor theArmed Forces Radionetwork.[1]
After the Army, Cash played withHank Williams Jr.,and eventually gained a record deal fromMusicor Recordsin 1965. A year later, he joinedUnited Artists Recordsand just missed theCountryTop 40 in 1968 with "The Sounds of Goodbye."
In late 1969, while onEpic Records,he delivered his biggest hit, a tune dedicated toJohn F. Kennedy,Robert F. Kennedy,andMartin Luther King Jr.,titled "Six White Horses".[1]In 1970, he had a pair of top-10 singles, "One Song Away" and "Rise and Shine", written byCarl Perkins.[1]Cash's final top-20 hit, "I Recall a Gypsy Woman",was released in 1973.[1]
Cash also acted in the 2016 filmThe River Thief.He continued to tour until at least late 2016.[2]
Other interests
[edit]Cash was a licensed realtor in Tennessee, and an agent with Crye-Leike Real Estate Services in Nashville. He was listing agent for the sale of Johnny Cash andJune Carter Cash's home inHendersonville, Tennessee,after they both died in 2003.[3]
Death
[edit]Cash died on September 13, 2024, at the age of 84.[4]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]| Year | Album | US Country | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Here's Tommy Cash | United Artists | |
| 1969 | Your Lovin' Takes the Leavin' Out of Me | 44 | Epic |
| 1970 | Six White Horses | 18 | |
| Rise and Shine | 37 | ||
| 1971 | Cash Country | 20 | |
| The American Way of Life | |||
| 1972 | The Best of Tommy Cash Volume 1 | 43 | |
| 1975 | Only a Stone | Elektra | |
| 1978 | The New Spirit | Monument | |
| 1982 | Cashin' In | Brylen | |
| All Around Cowboy | 51-West | ||
| 1983 | Tommy Cash | ||
| 1990 | 25th Anniversary Album | Playback | |
| 1993 | Let an Old Racehorse Run | ||
| 1996 | Solid Gold Country | Crazy Country | |
| 1999 | The Very Best of Tommy Cash | Collectables/Sony Music Special Products | |
| Classics | Tomcat | ||
| 2004 | Special Edition | ||
| Tribute to My Brother | |||
| Rise and Shine | |||
| 2008 | Rise And Shine / Six White Horses | Omni Recording Group/Sony Music Australia | |
| Shades of Black | InLight Records | ||
| Fade to Black: Memories of Johnny |
Singles
[edit]| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1965 | "I Guess I'll Live" | — | — | singles only |
| "I Didn't Walk the Line" | — | — | ||
| 1966 | "Along the Way" | — | — | |
| "All I've Got to Show" | — | — | Here Comes Tommy Cash | |
| 1967 | "Jailbirds Can't Fly" | — | — | |
| "Tobacco Road" | — | — | ||
| "I'm Not the Boy I Used to Be" | — | — | ||
| 1968 | "The Sounds of Goodbye" | 41 | 17 | single only |
| 1969 | "Your Lovin' Takes the Leavin' Out of Me" | 43 | — | Your Lovin' Takes the Leavin' Out of Me |
| "Six White Horses"A | 4 | 1 | Six White Horses | |
| 1970 | "Rise and Shine" | 9 | 8 | Rise and Shine |
| "One Song Away" | 9 | — | ||
| "The Tears on Lincoln's Face" | 36 | — | ||
| 1971 | "So This Is Love" | 20 | 28 | Cash Country |
| "I'm Gonna Write a Song" | 28 | — | ||
| "Roll Truck Roll" | 67 | — | The American Way of Life | |
| 1972 | "You're Everything" | 32 | — | The Best of Tommy Cash Volume 1 |
| "That Certain One" | 22 | 34 | ||
| "Listen" | 24 | 48 | ||
| 1973 | "Workin' on a Feelin'" | 37 | 30 | singles only |
| "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" | 16 | — | ||
| "She Met a Stranger, I Met a Train" | 21 | 42 | ||
| 1974 | "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" | — | — | |
| "Roller Coaster Ride" | — | — | ||
| 1975 | "The One I Sing My Love Songs To" | 58 | — | Only a Stone |
| "Only a Stone" | — | — | ||
| 1976 | "Broken Bones" | 94 | — | singles only |
| 1976 | "She Is Beautiful" | — | — | |
| "She Still Has That Look in Her Eyes" | — | — | ||
| "King for a Day" | — | — | ||
| 1977 | "The Cowboy and the Lady" | 63 | — | The New Spirit |
| "Reach Out" | — | — | single only | |
| 1978 | "Take My Love to Rita" | 98 | — | The New Spirit |
| "In Crowd" | — | — | ||
| 1979 | "I'd Be Better Off Alone" | — | — | singles only |
| "When the Lovin' Starts" | — | — | ||
| 1982 | "(I Used to Want to Be a) Cowboy" | — | — | |
| 1983 | "My Mother's Other Son"(w/ Tommy Jennings) | — | — | |
| 1987 | "Radio Lover" | — | — | single only |
| 1990 | "Hank and George, Lefty and Me"(w/George Jones) | — | — | 25th Anniversary Album |
| "Guess Things Happen That Way"(w/Johnny Cash) | — | — | ||
| 1996 | "Man of Experience" | — | — | single only |
| 2009 | "Ramblin' Kind" | — | — | Fade to Black |
- A"Six White Horses" peaked at No. 79 on theBillboardHot 100and No. 72 on theRPMTop Singles chart in Canada.
References
[edit]- ^abcdeColin Larkin,ed. (1993).The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music(First ed.).Guinness Publishing.p. 78.ISBN0-85112-726-6.
- ^"Tour".Tommy Cash.RetrievedSeptember 14,2024.
- ^"Tommy Cash − Crye-Leike".Tommycah.crye-leike.com.RetrievedJanuary 16,2011.
- ^"Tommy Cash, brother of Johnny Cash, dies".Kait8.com.September 14, 2024.RetrievedSeptember 15,2024.
External links
[edit]
- Official website
- Tommy CashatAllMusic
- Tommy Cashdiscography atDiscogs
- Tommy CashatIMDb
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- American male singer-songwriters
- American country singer-songwriters
- American people of English descent
- American people of Scottish descent
- Country musicians from Arkansas
- Cash–Carter family
- People from Mississippi County, Arkansas
- United Artists Records artists
- Monument Records artists
- Elektra Records artists
- Epic Records artists
- United States Army soldiers
- Singer-songwriters from Arkansas
- American male film actors