Now, There Was a Song!

Now, There Was a Song!
Studioalbum von Johnny Cash

Veröffent-
lichung(en)

1960

Label(s) Columbia Records

Genre(s)

Country-Musik

Titel (Anzahl)

12

Länge

26:19

Besetzung
  • Johnny Cash, Gesang, Gitarre
  • Luther Perkins, Lead-Gitarre (E-Gitarre)
  • Marshall Grant, Bass
  • Murray M. „Buddy“ Harman, Schlagzeug
  • Don Helms, Steel-Gitarre
  • Johnny Western, Gitarre
  • Flyod Cramer, Klavier
  • Gordon N. Terry, Fiddle

Produktion

Don Law, Frank Jones

Chronologie
Ride This Train Now, There Was a Song! Now Here’s Johnny Cash

Now, There Was a Song! ist das neunte Studioalbum des US-amerikanischen Country-Sängers Johnny Cash. Es wurde von Don Law und Frank Jones produziert und im Dezember 1960 bei Columbia Records veröffentlicht.

Das Album wurde am 17. Februar 1960 in einer dreistündigen Session aufgenommen und beinhaltet als erste Arbeit von Cash keine Eigenkomposition. Es handelt sich um eine Sammlung von Country-Standards und damals aktuellen Hits. Cash singt unter anderem Songs von Marty Robbins, George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb und Hank Williams.

Inhalte der Songs

Die meisten der Songs handeln von Liebe, Sehnsucht oder Einsamkeit.

  • Transfusion Blues thematisiert das Leben eines Mannes, der unter dem Einfluss von Drogen eines Morgens seine Frau erschießt und dafür 99 Jahre hinter Gittern wandert. Cash nahm den Song etwas schneller und textlich leicht verändert später unter dem Namen Cocaine Blues für At Folsom Prison auf, wobei die Häftlinge deutliche Reaktionen auf die beschriebene Gewalt zeigten. Der Song endet mit dem Rat, von Whiskey und Drogen die Finger zu lassen.
  • Why Do You Punish Me (For Lovin' You) ist die Anklage eines Mannes an seine Geliebte, weil diese ihn schlecht behandelt. Der Song war im Original ein Hit für Hank Snow.
  • I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry ist eine Geschichte von Hank Williams über einen Mann, der eine einsame Nacht verbringt.
  • I Couldn't Keep from Crying von Marty Robbins beschreibt die Situation eines Mannes, der seine Ex-Frau mit ihrem neuen Liebhaber beobachtet und die Tränen nicht zurückhalten kann.

Titelliste

  1. „Seasons of My Heart“ (Darrell Edwards, George Jones) – 2:29
  2. „I Feel Better All Over“ (Kenny Rogers, Leon Smith) – 2:03
    Wurde durch Ferlin Husky im Original bekannt.
  3. „I Couldn't Keep from Crying“ (Marty Robbins) – 2:08
  4. „Time Changes Everything“ (Tommy Duncan) – 1:49
    Dieser Song ist durch die Interpretation von Bob Wills bekannt geworden.
  5. „My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You“ (Les Ross, Bob Wills) – 2:06
  6. „I'd Just Be Fool Enough (To Fall)“ (Melvin Endsley) – 2:05
  7. „Transfusion Blues“ (T. J. Arnall) – 2:32
    Unter dem Namen Cocaine Blues war dieser Song ein kleiner Hit für Roy Hogsed.
    Cash kehrte auf den Alben At Folsom Prison und Silver zu dem Song zurück.
  8. „Why Do You Punish Me (For Loving You)“ (Erwin King) – 2:18
    Im Original ein Hit von Hank Snow.
  9. „I Will Miss You When You Go“ (Baby Stewart, Ernest Tubb) – 2:01
  10. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry“ (Hank Williams) – 2:38
  11. „Just One More“ (George Jones) – 2:12
  12. „Honky Tonk Girl“ (Chuck Harding, Hank Thompson) – 1:58

Charterfolge

Jahr Titel Singlecharts Position
1960 Season of My Heart Country 10
Studioalben
Gemeinschaftsalben
  • The Survivors Live
  • Highwayman
  • Class of ’55
  • Heroes
  • Highwayman 2
  • The Road Goes On Forever
  • VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson
  • Every Song Tells A Story
Livealben
Kompilationen
  • Mean as Hell!
  • Johnny Cash’s Greatest Hits
  • The Johnny Cash Show
  • Original Golden Hits, Volume I
  • The World of Johnny Cash
  • Original Golden Hits, Volume II
  • The Johnny Cash Collection: Greatest Hits Volume II
  • Star Portrait
  • The Johnny Cash Songbook
  • Sunday Morning Coming Down
  • Five Feet High and Rising
  • Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
  • Itchy Feet – 20 Foot-Tappin’ Greats
  • A Free Man
  • Johnny Cash: Patriot
  • The Best of Johnny Cash
  • Super Hits
  • The Man in Black (The Definitive Collection)
  • The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits
  • 16 Biggest Hits
  • Hits
  • Love, God and Murder
  • The Essential Johnny Cash
  • The Legend of Johnny Cash: First Original Hits
  • Johnny Cash Sings His Best: 40 Original Hits
  • 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
  • The Heart of a Legend
  • The Complete Sun Recordings, 1955–1958
  • Walking the Line: The Legendary Sun Recordings
  • The Legend
  • The Legend of Johnny Cash
  • At Folsom Prison / At San Quentin – The 2 Classic Prison Concerts
  • Golden Legends: Johnny Cash
  • Bootleg Vol. I – Personal File
  • Walk The Line – The Very Best of Johnny Cash
  • JC: Johnny Cash
  • The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II
  • Cash – Ultimate Gospel
  • Forever Johnny Cash
  • The Great Lost Performance – Live at the Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, New Jersey
  • Icon: Johnny Cash
  • Bootleg Vol III: Live Around The World
  • The Soul Of Truth: Bootleg Vol IV
  • Opus Collection
  • The Number Ones
  • The Classics
  • The Greatest: Duets
  • Country: Johnny Cash
  • The Complete Columbia Album Collection
  • LIFE Unheard
  • The Rebel
  • LIFE Unheard
  • Complete Mercury Albums 1986–1991
  • Classic Cash, Early Mixes: Hall Of Fame Series
  • Golden Sounds of Country Music
  • This Is Johnny Cash
  • More of Old Golden Throat
  • The Walls of a Prison
  • The Mighty Johnny Cash
  • Understand Your Man
  • Give My Love to Rose
  • Ballads of the American Indian
  • The Unissued Johnny Cash
  • Johnny & June
  • Tall Man
  • Encore
  • Biggest Hits
  • Inside a Swedish Prison
  • Bitter Tears
  • Columbia Records 1958–1986
  • The Man in Black 1954–1958
  • 12 Giant Hits
  • Come Along and Ride this Train
  • The Man in Black 1959–1962
  • The Essential Johnny Cash 1955–1983
  • Wanted Man
  • The Man in Black 1963–1969
  • Johnny Cash: The Hits
  • Johnny Cash: Crazy Country
  • The Best of Johnny Cash
  • It’s All in the Family
  • I Walk the Line/Little Fauss and Big Halsy
  • The Mercury Years
  • 16 Biggest Hits: Volume II
  • A Boy Named Sue and Other Story Songs
  • Johnny Cash & Friends
  • Life
  • Johnny Cash Live Recordings
  • Traveling Cash – An Imaginary Journey
  • June Carter and Johnny Cash: Duets
  • ohnny Cash: The Outtakes
  • The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show: 1969–1971
  • Playlist: The Very Best of Johnny Cash
  • Bootleg Vol. II – From Memphis to Hollywood
  • The Broadcast Archives
  • Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Remixalben
  • Johnny Cash Remixed
Soundtracks
  • America
  • I Walk the Line – Movie Soundtrack
  • Little Fauss and Big Halsy – Movie Soundtrack
Weihnachtsalben
  • Christmas With Johnny Cash
  • Country Christmas
  • The Classic Christmas Album
  • The Christmas Spirit
  • The Johnny Cash Family Christmas
  • Classic Christmas
  • Johnny Cash Country Christmas
Tributealben
  • Til Things Are Brighter: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
  • Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
  • Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash
  • All Aboard: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
  • Johnny Cash Remixed
Videoalben
  • A Concert Behind Prison Walls
  • Live at Montreux 1994
  • CBS TV Anniversary Special: The First 25 Years
  • Live from Austin, TX
  • Live in Denmark
  • Johnny Cash in Ireland
  • Cash for Kenya: Live in Johnstown, PA
Singles
  • Cry! Cry! Cry!
  • Folsom Prison Blues
  • I Walk the Line
  • Get Rhythm
  • Home of the Blues
  • Give My Love to Rose
  • Big River
  • Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
  • Little Drummer Boy
  • Ring of Fire
  • Daddy Sang Bass
  • A Boy Named Sue
  • Rock Island Line
  • What Is Truth
  • Sunday Morning Coming Down
  • Man in Black
  • If I Had a Hammer
  • Father and Daughter
  • One Piece at a Time
  • Lady
  • After the Ball
  • (Ghost) Riders in the Sky
  • Sixteen Tons
  • Cat’s in the Cradle
  • I’ve Been Everywhere
  • The Man Comes Around
  • Hurt
  • Help Me
  • Cotton Fields
  • Green, Green Grass of Home
  • Hey, Porter
  • I Still Miss Someone
  • In My Life
  • Rock’n’Roll Ruby
  • What’d I Say
  • So Doggone Lonesome
  • There You Go
  • Train of Love
  • Next in Line
  • Don’t Make Me Go
  • Ballad of a Teenage Queen
  • Guess Things Happen That Way
  • Come in Stranger
  • The Ways of a Woman in Love
  • You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
  • All Over Again
  • What Do I Care
  • It’s Just About Time
  • Luther Played the Boogie
  • Thanks a Lot
  • Frankie’s Man, Johnny
  • You Dreamer You
  • Katy Too
  • I Got Stripes
  • Five Feet High and Rising
  • Goodbye Little Darling
  • Straight A’s in Love
  • I Love You Because
  • Seasons of My Heart
  • Smiling Bill McCall
  • The Story of a Broken Heart
  • Down the Street to 301
  • Second Honeymoon
  • Mean Eyed Cat
  • Oh Lonesome Me
  • The Rebel – Johnny Yuma
  • Tennessee Flat-Top Box
  • The Big Battle
  • In the Jailhouse Now
  • Bonanza
  • Busted
  • The Matador
  • Understand Your Man
  • Dark as a Dungeon
  • The Ballad of Ira Hayes
  • Bad News
  • It Ain’t Me, Babe
  • Orange Blossom Special
  • The Streets of Laredo
  • Mister Garfield
  • The Sons of Katie Elder
  • Happy to Be with You
  • The One on the Right Is on the Left
  • Everybody Loves a Nut
  • Boa Constrictor
  • You Beat All I Ever Saw
  • Jackson
  • Long-Legged Guitar Pickin’ Man
  • The Wind Changes
  • Rosanna’s Going Wild
  • Blistered
  • See Ruby Fall
  • If I Were a Carpenter
  • What Is Truth
  • Flesh and Blood
  • Man in Black
  • Singin’ in Vietnam Talkin’ Blues
  • No Need to Worry
  • Papa Was a Good Man
  • A Thing Called Love
  • Kate
  • Oney
  • Any Old Wind That Blows
  • The Loving Gift
  • Orleans Parish Prison
  • Ragged Old Flag
  • The Junkie and the Juicehead, Minus Me
  • Lady Came From Baltimore
  • My Old Kentucky Home (Turpentine and Dandelion Wine)
  • Look at Them Beans
  • Texas – 1947
  • Strawberry Cake
  • Sold Out of Flagpoles
  • Ridin’ on the Cotton Belt
  • Old Time Feelin’
  • The Last Gunfighter Ballad
  • Lady
  • I Would Like to See You Again
  • There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang
  • Gone Girl
  • It’ll Be Her
  • I Will Rock and Roll with You
  • I’ll Say It’s True
  • I Wish I Was Crazy Again
  • Wings in the Morning
  • Bull Rider
  • Songs of the Patriot
  • Cold Lonesome Morning
  • Last Time
  • Without Love
  • The Baron
  • Mobile Bay
  • The Reverend Mr. Black
  • Chattanooga City Limit Sign
  • The General Lee
  • Georgia on a Fast Train
  • Fair Weather Friends
  • We Must Believe in Magic
  • I’m Ragged But I’m Right
  • Johnny 99
  • That’s the Truth
  • Chicken in Black
  • They Killed Him
  • I’m Leaving Now
  • Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
  • The Night Hank Williams Came to Town
  • Let Him Roll
  • W. Lee O’Daniel (And the Light Crust Doughboys)
  • That Old Wheel
  • Farmer’s Almanac
  • Going By the Book
  • The Mistery of Life
  • Delia’s Gone
  • The Man Who Couldn’t Cry
  • Rusty Cage
  • Hurt
  • God’s Gonna Cut You Down
  • She Used to Love Me a Lot
  • Green, Green Grass of Home