The Johnny Cash Children's Album

Studio album by Johnny Cash

Released

Original: January 1975
Re-issued: April 25, 2006

Recorded

January 1972–October 1973

Genre

Length

Original: 26:35
Re-issue: 36:33

Label

Columbia

Producer

Johnny Cash, Charlie Bragg, Larry Butler

Johnny Cash chronology

Five Feet High and Rising
(1974)

The Children's Album
(1975)

Sings Precious Memories
(1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The Johnny Cash Children's Album is the 49th album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1975 featuring recordings made between January 1972 and October 1973. As the title implies, it contains songs written for children. Among others, this includes "Tiger Whitehead", a song later released in an acoustic version on Cash's posthumous Personal File album in 2006. Most of the songs on the album had not been performed by Cash before. "Old Shep" had been performed by Elvis Presley, among others. One track recorded in 1972 was previously released on LP: "I Got a Boy (And His Name is John)" was first made available on the 1972 album International Superstar. It is a tongue-in-cheek duet between Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, about their son, John Carter Cash.

The Johnny Cash Children's Album was reissued in 2006 (see 2006 in music) through Legacy Recordings, with four bonus tracks, including Henry Clay Work's "My Grandfather's Clock". An early version of "My Grandfather's Clock" was recorded in 1958 and is available on Songs of Our Soil. The song "Old Shep" was also re-released on the 2005 box set The Legend.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nasty Dan"	Jeff Moss	2:07
2.	"One and One Makes Two"	Jeff Moss	2:24
3.	"I Got a Boy (and His Name is John)"	Johnny Cash	2:55
4.	"Little Magic Glasses"	Johnny Cash	2:22
5.	"Miss Tara"	Johnny Cash	2:08
6.	"Dinosaur Song"	Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash	1:28
7.	"Tiger Whitehead"	Johnny Cash, Nat Winston	3:13
8.	"Call of the Wild"	Billy Mize	2:54
9.	"Little Green Fountain"	Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash	1:50
10.	"Old Shep"	Red Foley	2:25
11.	"The Timber Man"	Johnny Cash	2:49
12.	"There's a Bear in the Woods" (re-issue bonus track)	Johnny Cash	2:23
13.	"My Grandfather's Clock" (re-issue bonus track)	Henry Clay Work	3:40
14.	"Ah Bos Cee Dah" (re-issue bonus track)	Johnny Cash	2:35
15.	"Why Is a Fire Engine Red" (re-issue bonus track)	Johnny Cash	1:20

Note: "My Grandfather's Clock" was recorded 12 March 1959 for Songs of Our Soil

Personnel

Johnny Cash - vocals, acoustic guitar
Ray Edenton, Larry Gatlin, David Jones, Red Lane, Jerry Shook - guitar
Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton - electric guitar
Larry Butler, Larry McCoy, Bill Pursell, Bill Walker, Jerry Whitehurst - piano
Marshall Grant - bass
W.S. "Fluke" Holland, William Don Favorite - drums
June Carter Cash, Rosie Nix - backing vocals

Additional personnel

Produced by Johnny Cash and Charlie Bragg
Tracks 4,5,8,9,12,13,15,15 Produced by Larry Butler
Reissue Produced by Gregg Geller
Mastered by Vic Anesini at Sony Music Studios, New York
Legacy A&R: Steve Berkowitz
Project Designer: John Jackson
A&R Coordination: Jeremy Holiday and Stacey Boyle
Art Direction: Howard Fritzson
Design: Ron Kellum/Kellum McClain Inc.
Project Manager: Triana D'Orazio

Photography: Al Clayton (original LP), J.P. Philips (two black-and-white photos)

References

↑ Allmusic review

External links

Luma Electronic entry on The Johnny Cash Children's Album

Johnny Cash

Studio albums	With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Songs of Our Soil Sings Hank Williams Now, There Was a Song! Now Here's Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Orange Blossom Special Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Old Golden Throat More of Old Golden Throat Hello, I'm Johnny Cash The World of Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love International Superstar Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver Rockabilly Blues The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Rainbow Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series Water from the Wells of Home Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life American Recordings Unchained American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around Personal File American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars

Concept albums	Ride This Train Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West From Sea to Shining Sea America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Children's Album The Rambler

Gospel albums	Hymns by Johnny Cash Hymns from the Heart The Holy Land The Gospel Road (film soundtrack) Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him Return to the Promised Land (video soundtrack) My Mother's Hymn Book

Christmas albums	The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas

Collaborations	The Lure of the Grand Canyon Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Class of '55 Heroes Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever VH1 Storytellers

Live albums	At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Non-Gospel Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride This Train The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash: Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say"

Television	The Johnny Cash Show

Family	June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Carlene Carter Vivian Liberto Tommy Cash Carter Family

Related	Albums discography Singles discography Sun Records discography The Highwaymen Carter Family Fold Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words Cash: The Autobiography Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music Walk the Line We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash Ring of Fire (2013 film) Ring of Fire (musical) My Father and the Man in Black Dyess, Arkansas The Sound Behind Johnny Cash

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