Tommy Cash (country singer)
American country musician (1940–2024)
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Tommy Cash (April 5, 1940 – September 13, 2024) was an American country musician. His elder brother was Johnny Cash.
- Musician
- singer
- songwriter
Tommy Cash | |
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Cash in 1969 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | April 5, 1940 Dyess, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | September 13, 2024 (aged 84) |
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| Years active | 1965–2016 |
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| Website | tommycash |
Background and career
Cash was born in Dyess, Arkansas, on April 5, 1940,[1] the youngest of four sons and three daughters of Ray and Carrie (née Rivers) Cash. He formed his first band in high school. After high-school graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army, and worked as a disc jockey for the Armed Forces Radio network.[1]
After leaving the Army, Cash played with Hank Williams Jr., and eventually gained a record deal from Musicor Records in 1965.[2] A year later, he joined United Artists Records and released "The Sounds of Goodbye", which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard country chart.[3]
In late 1969, while on Epic Records, he released "Six White Horses", which peaked at number 4 on the Billboard country chart.[3] In 1970, he had a pair of top-10 singles, "One Song Away" and "Rise and Shine", written by Carl Perkins.[1] Cash's final top-20 song, "I Recall a Gypsy Woman", was released in 1973.[1]
Cash also acted in the 2016 film The River Thief. He continued to tour until at least late 2016.[4]
Cash died on September 13, 2024, at the age of 84.[5]
Other interests
Cash was a licensed realtor in Tennessee, and an agent with Crye-Leike Real Estate Services in Nashville. He was a listing agent for the sale of his older brother Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash's home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, after they both died in 2003.[6]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [2] | |||
| 1968 | Here's Tommy Cash | — | United Artists |
| 1969 | Your Lovin' Takes the Leavin' Out of Me | 44 | Epic |
| 1970 | Six White Horses | 18 | |
| Rise and Shine | 37 | ||
| 1971 | Cash Country | 20 | |
| The American Way of Life | — | ||
| 1972 | The Best of Tommy Cash Volume 1 | 43 | |
| 1975 | Only a Stone | — | Elektra |
| 1978 | The New Spirit | — | Monument |
| 1982 | Cashin' In | — | Brylen |
| All Around Cowboy | — | 51-West | |
| 1983 | Tommy Cash | — | Ame Dane |
| 1990 | 25th Anniversary Album | — | Playback |
| 1993 | Let an Old Racehorse Run | — | |
| 1996 | Solid Gold Country | — | Crazy Country |
| 1999 | The Very Best of Tommy Cash | — | Collectables/ Sony Music Special Products |
| Classics | — | Tomcat | |
| 2004 | Special Edition | — | |
| Tribute to My Brother | — | ||
| Rise and Shine | — | ||
| 2008 | Rise And Shine / Six White Horses | — | Omni Recording Group/ Sony Music Australia |
| Shades of Black | — | InLight Records | |
| Fade to Black: Memories of Johnny | — |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] |
CAN Country [7] | |||
| 1965 | "I Guess I'll Live" | — | — | singles only |
| "I Didn't Walk the Line" | — | — | ||
| 1966 | "Along the Way" | — | — | |
| "All I've Got to Show" | — | — | Here Comes Tommy Cash | |
| 1967 | "Jailbirds Can't Fly" | — | — | |
| "Tobacco Road" | — | — | ||
| "I'm Not the Boy I Used to Be" | — | — | ||
| 1968 | "The Sounds of Goodbye" | 41 | 17 | single only |
| 1969 | "Your Lovin' Takes the Leavin' Out of Me" | 43 | — | Your Lovin' Takes the Leavin' Out of Me |
| "Six White Horses"A | 4 | 1 | Six White Horses | |
| 1970 | "Rise and Shine" | 9 | 8 | Rise and Shine |
| "One Song Away" | 9 | — | ||
| "The Tears on Lincoln's Face" | 36 | — | ||
| 1971 | "So This Is Love" | 20 | 28 | Cash Country |
| "I'm Gonna Write a Song" | 28 | — | ||
| "Roll Truck Roll" | 67 | — | The American Way of Life | |
| 1972 | "You're Everything" | 32 | — | The Best of Tommy Cash Volume 1 |
| "That Certain One" | 22 | 34 | ||
| "Listen" | 24 | 48 | ||
| 1973 | "Workin' on a Feelin'" | 37 | 30 | singles only |
| "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" | 16 | — | ||
| "She Met a Stranger, I Met a Train" | 21 | 42 | ||
| 1974 | "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" | — | — | |
| "Roller Coaster Ride" | — | — | ||
| 1975 | "The One I Sing My Love Songs To" | 58 | — | Only a Stone |
| "Only a Stone" | — | — | ||
| 1976 | "Broken Bones" | 94 | — | singles only |
| 1976 | "She Is Beautiful" | — | — | |
| "She Still Has That Look in Her Eyes" | — | — | ||
| "King for a Day" | — | — | ||
| 1977 | "The Cowboy and the Lady" | 63 | — | The New Spirit |
| "Reach Out" | — | — | single only | |
| 1978 | "Take My Love to Rita" | 98 | — | The New Spirit |
| "In Crowd" | — | — | ||
| 1979 | "I'd Be Better Off Alone" | — | — | singles only |
| "When the Lovin' Starts" | — | — | ||
| 1982 | "(I Used to Want to Be a) Cowboy" | — | — | |
| 1983 | "My Mother's Other Son" (w/ Tommy Jennings) | — | — | |
| 1987 | "Radio Lover" | — | — | single only |
| 1990 | "Hank and George, Lefty and Me" (w/ George Jones) | — | — | 25th Anniversary Album |
| "Guess Things Happen That Way" (w/ Johnny Cash) | — | — | ||
| 1996 | "Man of Experience" | — | — | single only |
| 2009 | "Ramblin' Kind" | — | — | Fade to Black |
