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How Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt gave him a whole new audience

The Man In Black gained a whole new generation of fans when he covered a track by Nine Inch Nails. How did this 70-year-old ...
American Songwriter

I Ranked the Saddest Country Songs Ever Written—Here’s the One That Ruined Me

The four country songs below are all really beautiful bummers, with the final entry being the one that ruined me the most.

Paul McCartney, Unfiltered, Part 2: “Go Back and Look at Who Wrote the Hits”

In the second half of his lengthy 2015 conversation with Joe Hagan, McCartney opens up about reconciling with John Lennon, ...

Johnny Cash’s Biggest Hit Was Born From a Forbidden Love Confession That Another Legend Wrote

While Johnny Cash most certainly made it famous, he actually did not write his career-defining hit song Ring of Fire.
American Songwriter

Remember When Johnny Cash Played a Frat House, Went to Jail, and Wrote a Prison Song About It?

We go back to the wee hours of May 11, 1965, when Johnny Cash was picking up material for his song "Starkville City Jail".
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Remember When Johnny Cash Gave His Final Public Performance? [Watch]

Johnny Cash was just weeks away from death and visibly frail when he took the stage for the final public performance of his lifetime on July 5, 2003, but he still had the defiant spirit that had ...
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“He was effin’ brilliant” – George Harrison remembered by the people who knew him best

Discovering the truth about George Harrison's solo years, with the help of Paul McCartney, Pattie Boyd, Michael Palin, Jim Keltner, John Hurt and many ...