The Fabulous Johnny Cash is a 1958 Columbia Records album (CL 1253) and Cash's debut on his new major label, produced by Don Law, following his pioneering years on Sam Phillips's Sun Records in Memphis. The album includes "Don't Take Your Guns to Town," a narrative ballad about a young man who ignores his mother's warning — it reached number one on the country charts for six weeks and established Cash as a Columbia priority. The move from Sun to Columbia brought wider distribution and a larger production canvas, and The Fabulous Johnny Cash marks the beginning of the most commercially commanding phase of a career that would encompass landmark albums, the Prison series, and a television show that redefined country music's cultural reach.
Tracklist
- 1 Run Softly, Blue River 2:20
- 2 Frankie's Man, Johnny 2:18
- 3 That's All Over 1:55
- 4 The Troubadour 2:16
- 5 One More Ride 2:02
- 6 That's Enough 2:43
- 7 I Still MIss Someone alt version 2:34
- 8 Don't Take Your Guns to Town 3:03
- 9 I'd Rather Die Young 2:32
- 10 Pickin' Time 1:59
- 11 Shepherd of My Heart 2:15
- 12 Suppertime 2:50
