(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
JOHNNY CASH: Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “MAN IN BLACK”)
JOHNNY CASH: (Singing) There ought to be a man in black.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “FOLSOM PRISON BLUES”)
JOHNNY CASH: (Singing) I hear the train a-coming.
SCOTT DETROW, HOST:
Johnny Cash, in one way or another, dominated the American music scene for more than half a century, ever since he recorded his first song for Sun Records, “Hey, Porter.”
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “HEY, PORTER”)
JOHNNY CASH: (Singing) Hey, porter. Hey, porter, would you tell me the time?
DETROW: Cash is most often identified as a country star, but much of his music transcended genres. He’s one of just a few artists who have been inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY”)
JOHNNY CASH: (Singing) If…
