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Johnny Cash Hit No. 1 With a Song From Shel Silverstein on This Day in 1969

On This Day in 1958, Johnny Cash Played His First-Ever Prison Concert and Changed One Inmate’s Life (and the Country Music World) Forever

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Born on This Day in 1954, the Award-Winning Country Singer Who Overcame a Childhood Accident That Left Him Partially Blind

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