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• "I Walk The Line" is a song written and made famous by country music legend Johnny Cash.

  Cash recorded the song in 1956 at the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

• Fast Facts

  1. Format: 7" single
  2. Label: Sun Records
  3. Writer: Johnny Cash
  4. Producer: Sam Phillips
  5. Recorded: April 1956
  6. Released: May 1, 1956
  7. Spent six weeks at the top spot on the U.S. country charts
  8. Ranked #30 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

• Johnny Cash Facts

  1. Name: J.R. Cash
  2. Born: February 26, 1932
  3. Died: September 12, 2003 (age 73)
  4. Birthplace: Kingsland, Arkansas
  5. Known as "the man in black"
  6. Years active: 1955 - 2003
  7. His brother Jack died in 1944
  8. Married his second wife June Carter Cash in 1968
  9. Had 4 daughters with first wife Vivian Liberto who he divorced in 1967
  10. Has sold over 90 million albums worldwide
  11. 1972: First performance at The White House for Richard Nixon
  12. 1980: Youngest person to be inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame
  13. Traditionally started his concerts saying "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash"
  14. Received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999

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