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Hymns by Johnny Cash
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	Original: May 1959 Re-issued: March 19, 2002
Recorded	July 24, 1958 - August 13, 1958
Genre	Country
Length	Original: 26:40 Re-issue: 28:44
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	Al Quaglieri Don Law
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Greatest! (1959)	Hymns by Johnny Cash (1959)	Songs of Our Soil (1959)

Hymns by Johnny Cash is the fourth album by Johnny Cash. It was originally released in May of 1959 (see 1959 in music) but later re-issued in 2002 (see 2002 in music) with an alternate version of "It Was Jesus" as a bonus track.

From the 1959 Release

Hymns and country and western singing might seem at first glance to be a long way apart, but in fact, once you get down to analysing both they become pretty nigh inseparable, especially when the name of Johnny Cash is associated with them both.

On this album great hymns and great singing come together because Cash not only sings them in his own inimitable style, but also because he's had a hand in composing many of the titles. Cash is someone who knows what life is all about, and he's lived it on many levels and in many strained circumstances. He's experienced the lonely sound that the clanging of a cell door behind you makes and, because of his deep and abiding love of helping those in trouble, he's returned to the stoney confines of prison to entertain the inmates with those songs that mean much to prisoners wherever they may be.

But this album isn't concerned with confinement; it's more concerned with great hymns that also need great singing to bring out the richness of their message, the messages that come across strong on "I saw a man", "Swing low sweet chariot", "I call him", and the many others that make up the collection. To sing them in a way that appeals to everyone, we present Johnny Cash, a man who really can bring a religious message and some fine singing to a truly great programme of hymns.

1. "It Was Jesus" (Cash) – 2:08
2. "I Saw a Man" (Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith) – 2:36
3. "Are All the Children In" (Craig Starrett) – 1:58
4. "The Old Account" (Traditional) – 2:29
5. "Lead Me Gently Home" (Will L. Thompson) – 2:04
6. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Traditional) – 1:56
7. "Snow in His Hair" (Marshall Pack) – 2:24
8. "Lead Me Father" (Cash) – 2:31
9. "I Call Him" (Cash/Roy Cash) – 1:50
10. "These Things Shall Pass" (Stuart Hamblen) – 2:20
11. "He'll Be a Friend" (Cash) – 2:00
12. "God Will" (John D. Loudermilk/Marijohn Wilkin) – 2:24
13. "It Was Jesus" (Bonus track) (Cash) – 2:04

• Johnny Cash - Arranger, Leader, Vocals, Main Performer, Guitar
• Al Casey - Guitar
• Luther Perkins - Guitar
• Don Helms - Guitar (Steel)
• Marshall Grant - Bass
• Marvin Hughes - Piano
• Buddy Harman - Drums

Additional personnel

• Al Quaglieri - Producer
• Don Law - Producer
• Seth Foster - Mastering
• Mark Wilder - Mastering, Mixing
• Hal Adams - Photography
• Don Hunstein - Photography
• Stacey Boyle - Tape Research
• Matt Kelly - Tape Research
• Kay Smith - Tape Research
• Steven Berkowitz - A&R
• Darren Salmieri - A&R
• Patti Matheny - A&R
• Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
• Randall Martin - Design
• Nick Shaffran - Consultant
• Johnny Whiteside - Liner Notes

• Johnny Cash discography

• LP Discography entry on Hymns by Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

Studio albums With His Hot and Blue Guitar | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | Greatest! | Hymns by Johnny Cash | Songs of Our Soil | Sings Hank Williams | Ride This Train | Now, There Was a Song! | Now Here's Johnny Cash | The Lure of the Grand Canyon | Hymns from the Heart | The Sound of Johnny Cash | All Aboard the Blue Train | Blood, Sweat and Tears | Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash | The Christmas Spirit | I Walk the Line | Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian | Orange Blossom Special | Sings the Ballads of the True West | Everybody Loves a Nut | Happiness is You | Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter | From Sea to Shining Sea | Old Golden Throat | Heart of Cash | The Holy Land | More of Old Golden Throat | Hello, I'm Johnny Cash | Man in Black | A Thing Called Love | America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song | The Johnny Cash Family Christmas | Any Old Wind That Blows | Johnny Cash and His Woman | Ragged Old Flag | Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me | The Johnny Cash Children's Album | Sings Precious Memories | John R. Cash | Look at Them Beans | One Piece at a Time | The Last Gunfighter Ballad | The Rambler | I Would Like to See You Again | Gone Girl | Silver | A Believer Sings the Truth | Rockabilly Blues | Classic Christmas | The Baron | The Adventures of Johnny Cash | Johnny 99 | Highwayman | Rainbow | Believe in Him | Heroes | Class of '55 | Johnny Cash is Coming to Town | Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series | Water from the Wells of Home | Boom Chicka Boom | Highwayman 2 | The Mystery of Life | American Recordings | The Road Goes on Forever | Unchained | American III: Solitary Man | American IV: The Man Comes Around | American V: A Hundred Highways | American VI Live albums At Folsom Prison | At San Quentin | The Johnny Cash Show | På Österåker | Strawberry Cake | The Survivors Live | VH1 Storytellers | At Madison Square Garden Soundtrack albums I Walk the Line | Little Fauss and Big Halsy | The Gospel Road | Return to the Promised Land Compilation albums Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | The World of Johnny Cash | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | International Superstar | Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 | The Unissued Johnny Cash | Johnny & June | Tall Man | Encore | Love, God and Murder | The Essential Johnny Cash | Unearthed | The Legend | The Legend of Johnny Cash | Personal File | The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II Songs "25 Minutes to Go" | "A Boy Named Sue" | "Cat's in the Cradle" | "Cocaine Blues" | "Cry Cry Cry" | "Dark as a Dungeon" | "Engine 143" | "Folsom Prison Blues" | "Get Rhythm" | "Goodnight, Irene" | "Green Green Grass of Home" | "Greystone Chapel" | "Hey Porter" | "Home of the Blues" | "Hurt" | "I Walk the Line" | "In My Life" | "It Ain't Me Babe" | "Jackson" | "Like the 309" | "The Man Comes Around" | "One Piece at a Time" | "The One on the Right is on the Left" | "Remember the Alamo" | "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" | "Ring of Fire" | "What'd I Say" Family June Carter Cash | John Carter Cash | Rosanne Cash | Carlene Carter | Vivian Liberto | Tommy Cash | Carter Family Related articles Sun Records | Columbia Records | Mercury Records | American Recordings | Legacy Recordings | Lost Highway Records | Sam Phillips | Jack Clement | Rick Rubin | Carl Perkins | Jerry Lee Lewis | The Highwaymen | Waylon Jennings | Kris Kristofferson | Willie Nelson | Folsom Prison | San Quentin State Prison | Outlaw country | Tennessee Three | Shel Silverstein | Walk the Line | Man in Black | Cash: The Autobiography