I Walk the Line (1964 album)

I Walk the Line
I Walk the Line
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	June 22, 1964
Recorded	June 13, 1963–March 5, 1964
Genre	Country; rockabilly;
Label	Columbia
Producer	Don Law; Frank Jones;
Johnny Cash chronology
Singles from I Walk the Line
	"Understand Your Man"; Released: February 22, 1964; "Bad News"; Released: June 2, 1964;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Record Mirror	^[1]

I Walk the Line is the nineteenth studio album by singer and songwriter Johnny Cash, featuring a handful of recent songs alongside new recordings of previous hits from his previous tenure at Sun Records (save for "I Still Miss Someone" that was first recorded for Columbia). It was released on Columbia Records in 1964. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1967.^[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Walk the Line" (new recording)	Cash	2:33
2.	"Bad News"	John D. Loudermilk	2:56
3.	"Folsom Prison Blues" (new recording)	Cash	2:35
4.	"Give My Love to Rose" (new recording)	Cash	2:20
5.	"Hey Porter" (new recording)	Cash	2:19
6.	"I Still Miss Someone" (new recording)	Johnny Cash, Roy Cash	3:07

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Understand Your Man"	Cash	2:43
8.	"Wreck of the Old '97" (new recording)	Cash, Bob Johnson, Norman Blake	2:41
9.	"Still in Town"	Harlan Howard, Hank Cochran	2:36
10.	"Big River" (new recording)	Cash	2:17
11.	"Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye" (new recording)	Gene Autry, Johnny Marvin	2:24
12.	"Troublesome Waters"	Maybelle Carter, Dixie Dean	3:48

Personnel

Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
Luther Perkins – lead guitar
Norman Blake – acoustic guitar, dobro
Bob Johnson, Jack Clement – rhythm guitar
Marshall Grant – bass
W.S. Holland – drums
Bill Pursell – piano
Don Helms – steel guitar
Karl Garvin, Bill McElhiney – trumpet
Rufus Long – flute
The Carter Family – backing vocals

Additional personnel

Produced by: Don Law and Frank Jones
Cover Photo by: Lee Friedlander

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1964	Country Albums	1
1964	Pop Albums	53

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1964	"Understand Your Man"	Country Singles	1
1964	"Understand Your Man"	Pop Singles	35
1964	"Bad News"	Country Singles	8

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[2]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Jopling, Norman (4 September 1964). "Johnny Cash: I Walk The Line" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 182. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "American album certifications – Johnny Cash – I Walk the Line". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 7, 2022.

External links

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[1] Jopling, Norman (4 September 1964). "Johnny Cash: I Walk The Line" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 182. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[RIAA-2] "American album certifications – Johnny Cash – I Walk the Line". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 7, 2022.

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