Greatest!

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Greatest!
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Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 19, 1959
RecordedJuly 30, 1955–July 17, 1958
Genre
Length25:46
Label Sun
Producer
Johnny Cash chronology
Songs of Our Soil
(1959)
Greatest!
(1959)
Now, There Was a Song!
(1960)
Singles from Greatest!
  1. "It's Just About Time"
    Released: November 12, 1958
  2. "Luther Played the Boogie"
    Released: February 15, 1959
  3. "Katy Too"
    Released: June 2, 1959
  4. "Goodbye Little Darlin'"
    Released: September 15, 1959
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Greatest! is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. It was released on October 19, 1959, by Sun Records after Cash had left the label and signed with Columbia Records. The album is made of songs Cash recorded for Sun prior to leaving the label. The album was re-issued in 2003 by Varèse Sarabande with four additional tracks, two of them being alternate versions of songs already on the album.

Contents

The tracks on Greatest! were recorded between July 1955 and July 1958. Six out of the twelve songs became singles, with "Get Rhythm" topping the Country charts and becoming the most successful one.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye" Gene Autry, Johnny Marvin 2:14
2."I Just Thought You'd Like to Know" Charlie Rich, Bill Justis 2:23
3."You Tell Me" Roy Orbison 1:48
4."Just About Time"Johnny Cash2:07
5."I Forgot to Remember to Forget" Stan Kesler, Charlie Feathers 2:09
6."Katy Too"Johnny Cash, Jack Clement 1:57
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Thanks a Lot"Charlie Rich2:38
8."Luther Played the Boogie"Johnny Cash2:03
9."You Win Again" Hank Williams 2:18
10."Hey Good Lookin'"Hank Williams1:41
11."I Could Never Be Ashamed of You"Hank Williams2:14
12."Get Rhythm"Johnny Cash2:14
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Fool's Hall of Fame"Jerry Freeman, Danny Wolfe2:26
14."I Forgot to Remember to Forget" (Undubbed Master)Stan Kesler, Charlie Feathers2:11
15."Hey Good Lookin'" (Undubbed Master)Hank Williams1:43
16."Rock and Roll Ruby"Johnny Cash1:42
Total length:33:48

Charts

Singles - Billboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
1958"Just About Time"Country Singles30
1959"Thanks a Lot"Country Singles12
1959"Luther Played the Boogie"Country Singles8
1959"Katy Too"Country Singles11
1959"Cry Cry Cry"Pop Singles66
1959"Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye"Country Singles22
1959"Get Rhythm"Country Singles1

References

  1. Greatest! at AllMusic
  2. Berger, Arion (2004). "Johnny Cash". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Simon and Schuster. pp.  145–49. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.