Johnny Cash
His music also drew from gospel, rock, and folk. This topic is part of Music Artists within Music. This page currently draws on 13 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Johnny Cash trivia questions
Johnny Cash was best known for what genre?
Answer: Country music
Bonus fact: His music also drew from gospel, rock, and folk.
Johnny Cash was nicknamed the Man in what color?
Answer: Black
Bonus fact: He often wore black clothing onstage.
Which prison hosted one of Johnny Cash's most famous live albums?
Answer: Folsom Prison
Bonus fact: At Folsom Prison was recorded in 1968.
Which Johnny Cash hit was written by Shel Silverstein?
Answer: A Boy Named Sue
Bonus fact: Cash’s live recording became a major hit in 1969.
In which country did Johnny Cash serve while in the U.S. Air Force?
Answer: Germany
Bonus fact: Cash wrote the future Sun Records songs Folsom Prison Blues and Hey Porter while serving in Germany.
Which Memphis record label launched Johnny Cash's recording career in the mid-1950s?
Answer: Sun Records
Bonus fact: Sun owner-producer Sam Phillips auditioned Cash and his band after Elvis Presley's breakthrough at the label.
Which songwriter-performer joined Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson in the Highwaymen?
Answer: Kris Kristofferson
Bonus fact: The four artists scored a number-one country hit with the title track of the 1985 album Highwayman.
In what year was Johnny Cash inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?
Answer: 1980
Bonus fact: The Country Music Hall of Fame lists Johnny Cash among its 1980 inductees.
Which singer is closely associated with the nickname 'The Man in Black'?
Answer: Johnny Cash
Bonus fact: Johnny Cash often performed dressed in black.
Which singer recorded Ring of Fire?
Answer: Johnny Cash
Bonus fact: Ring of Fire became one of Johnny Cash’s signature recordings.
Which country artist recorded the landmark live album At Folsom Prison?
Answer: Johnny Cash
Bonus fact: The Library of Congress lists At Folsom Prison as a 1968 National Recording Registry recording.
Which country legend appears with Bob Dylan on "Girl from the North Country" on "Nashville Skyline"?
Answer: Johnny Cash
Bonus fact: Cash and Dylan admired each other's work and recorded together during the Nashville sessions.