急求Johnny Cash的英文介绍

急求Johnny Cash的英文介绍
急求Johnny Cash的英文介绍

急求Johnny Cash的英文介绍
Born:26 February 1932
Birthplace:Kingsland,Arkansas
Died:12 September 2003 (complications from diabetes)
Best Known As:The singer of "Folsom Prison Blues"
Country singer Johnny Cash was nicknamed "The Man in Black," a nod to his wardrobe as well as to the darker themes of his music.He got his start with Sun Records in 1955.Like fellow Sun recording artists Jerry Lee Lewis,Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley,Cash used country and gospel influences in what was called rockabilly,an early form of rock 'n' roll.He wrote "Folsom Prison Blues" while serving in the Air Force and in 1956 the song became one of his first big hits.In the 1950s and '60s Cash toured relentlessly and had many more hits,employing his rumbling,mournful baritone on tunes like "I Walk the Line" and "Ring of Fire." In 1968 he married June Carter of the Carter Family Singers.Cash later performed with artists as diverse as Bob Dylan and U2.He earned a new audience with his 1994 acoustic album American Recordings and continued to record new songs in spite of ongoing struggles with pneumonia,diabetes and a nervous system disease known as autonomic neuropathy.Cash was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.Two years before his death,in 2001,he received the National Medal of the Arts for artistic excellence.
Johnny's daughter,Roseanne Cash,is also a country singer...Johnny Cash was played by Joaquin Phoenix in the 2005 biographical film Walk the Line.June Carter Cash was played by Reese Witherspoon...A theatrical musical based on his life,Ring of Fire,opened in 2006.

Johnny Cash was born in nineteen-thirty-two in the southern state of Arkansas. His parents were poor cotton farmers. He worked in the fields alongside his parents, three brothers and two sisters.

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Johnny Cash was born in nineteen-thirty-two in the southern state of Arkansas. His parents were poor cotton farmers. He worked in the fields alongside his parents, three brothers and two sisters.
He also listened to country music on the radio. He began writing songs and he performed on radio programs. After high school, he joined the United States Air Force. He served as a radio operator in Germany.
He returned to the United States in nineteen-fifty-four and married Vivian Liberto. They moved to 3)Memphis, 4)Tennessee. He got a job selling kitchen equipment and went to school to learn how to be a radio announcer.
Cash formed a band with two friends and performed at local events. They began recording for Sun Records in Memphis. One of the songs Cash wrote became the first country music hit record for the company. It was “Cry, Cry, Cry.”
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Johnny Cash continued to record on his own for Sun Records. He performed all across the United States and Canada. He also appeared on radio and television shows. His next big hit record sold more than one-million copies. It was a hit for a second time in nineteen-sixty-eight after Johnny Cash recorded it live at Folsom Prison. It was “Folsom Prison Blues.”
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By nineteen-fifty-eight, Johnny Cash was a successful recording artist, songwriter and singer. He was invited to perform at the Grand Ole Opry in 5)Nashville, Tennessee. He performed his music in front of live audiences in the United States and in other countries. But he was often afraid to perform in front of a lot of people. He began using drugs to help him perform and quickly became dependant on the drugs. His serious drug problem caused the end of his marriage.Johnny Cash said he took drugs regularly for seven years during the nineteen-sixties. Then he would drive cars and boats too fast and get into dangerous accidents that almost killed him. He finally decided that he needed to stop taking drugs. One of his best friends, country singer June Carter, helped him through this difficult time. The Carter family is considered one of the earliest country and western singing groups.
Johnny Cash and June Carter recorded together. They won a Grammy award in nineteen-sixty-eight for best country and western performance by a group. The song was “Jackson.”
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Johnny Cash and June Carter were married in nineteen-sixty-eight. They performed many times with the Carter family. She also helped him re-discover his Christian faith.
Years earlier, June Carter had written a song about her feelings for Johnny. His record of that song became one of his biggest hits, “Ring Of Fire.”
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Johnny Cash had his own television show and also acted in movies. He published two books about his life. He won many awards, including eleven Grammy Awards and the Kennedy Center Honors. He was elected to both the Country Music 6)Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He also received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Johnny Cash suffered many health problems as he got older. When June Carter Cash died in May, two-thousand-three, his friends feared the worst. But Cash decided to continue recording.
He recorded more than fifty songs in the four months before he died on September twelfth, two-thousand-three, in Nashville. He was seventy-one years old.
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Fans say that Johnny Cash's music was important because it told simple stories about life and death. They say he cared about social issues and continued to express support for those who are poor and without political power. One of the last songs he recorded was one made popular by the rock and roll group Nine Inch Nails. It is called “Hurt.”
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A reporter once asked Johnny Cash what he hoped people would remember about his music. Cash said he hoped people would remember that his music described the feelings of love and life. That it was different. And that it was honest.
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VOICE ONE:
This Special English program was written by Nancy Steinbach. It was produced by Lawan Davis. Suleiman Tarawalay was our studio engineer. I'm Faith Lapidus.
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And I'm Doug Johnson. Join us again next week for another PEOPLE IN AMERICA program on the Voice of America.

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