  Rock
'N Roll Hall Of Fame's 500
Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll includes "Folsom
Prison Blues" and "I Walk The
Line."
Cash went to Capitol Hill in
response to the recent rash of copyright
music material being found on the Internet.
Cash reportedly was searching the Internet
and found one of his songs being offered
without his permission in Slovenia. Cash
stated, "...maybe I should be flattered
that someone in Slovenia likes my song, but
when he or she makes it available to millions
of people, this hardly seems fair."
Cash' statements was mirrored by many in the
music industry who are fearful of such
Internet developments as MP3s which allow the
downloading of digitized songs with CD
quality over the Internet.
 It was announced by his record
label that Cash had developed Parkinson's
Disease. Cash's worsening medical condition
has resulted in his canceling an upcoming
tour in support of his autobiography, Cash:
The Autobiography. Cash's publicist told
ABC Radio, "Cash feels he is physically
not up to the tour" but felt the need
"to go public" with the news of his
condition. Cash's manager also stated that
"Johnny feels confident... once the
Parkinson's is medically stabilized, he can
resume his normal work schedule."
 The Nashville Banner
was reporting that Johnny Cash was battling
double pneumonia. The report states Cash had
been using a ventilator to clear his lungs of
fluids, and has "been gravely ill for
several days." Cash's condition began to
decline after being admitted to the hospital
at the beginning of November for the
treatment of Parkinson's disease. At the end
of the month the hospital treating Cash's
pneumonia stated that he has fully recovered
and is in good condition.
 Cash won a Grammy
Award for Best Country Album (Unchained) and was nominated for
Best Country Vocal
Performance - Male ("Rusty Cage").
With just one finger Cash was
raising eyebrows and turning heads in the
country music world. A recent full-page ad in
Billboard magazine shows Cash
"giving the finger" with the
caption "American Recordings and Johnny
Cash would like to acknowledge the Nashville
music establishment and country radio for
your support." The ad also congratulated
Cash for winning a Grammy
Award for Best Country Album, Unchained. Cash's producer, Rick
Rubin, talked about the $20,000 ad in USA
Today: "We hope it will open the
eyes of the country music community." Willie Nelson commented on the add
by saying, "John speaks for all us"
and George Jones will be
running a similar ad in the near future to
"promote" his new single and said,
"...it's very serious... all of us older
artists feel that way... radio gives us one
of the biggest insults there is when they
don't play our music."
 Ranked # 89 on VH1: Greatest
Artists of Rock & Roll (and
# 87 on Rock On The Net's
Poll).
Cash was back in the hospital
for a short time due to his disease,
Shy-Drager's Syndrome, which causes tremors
and blackouts.
 Cash received the lifetime
achievement honor from the National Academy
of Songwriters.
Cash was honored at the Grammy Awards with the Lifetime
Achievement Award.
 A tribute concert for Cash was
held, and the "Man In Black" made
an appearance of his own singing "Folsom
Prison Blues." Cash said: "My first
time on stage in 19 months. It feels good, it
feels good, it feels good."
Cash was back in a Nashville
hospital fighting pneumonia - a year after
being in the hospital twice for pneumonia.
 Cash released Johnny
Cash At San Quentin (The Complete 1969
Concert).
Cash won a Grammy Award for Best
Male Country Vocal Performance ("Solitary
Man") - his 3rd in that category after
winning back in 1969 and 1970.
February 12: The
Essential Johnny Cash was released.
 Cash was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Male ("I Dreamed About Mama
Last Night").
Cash released American
III: Solitary Man.
 A tribute LP to
Cash was released - Kindred
Spirits: A Tribute To Johnny Cash.
Cash released American
IV: The Man Comes Around.
16
Biggest Hits was certified platinum.
Cash won a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Male ("Give My Love To
Rose") and was nominated for Best
Cotemporary Folk Album (American
IV: The Man Comes Around) and Best Country
Collaboration with Vocals ("Bridge Over
Troubled Water" with Fiona
Apple).
American
IV: The Man Comes Around was certified gold.
Cash lost his wife June
Carter Cash - who died at age 73
from complications following a heart
operation.
Johnny
Cash At Folsom Prison (from 1968) and Johnny
Cash At San Quentin (from 1969) were
certified 3x platinum, and His
Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (from 1972) and Super
Hits (from 1994) were certified
platinum.
Cash was nominated for 4 Country
Music Associations Awards for Single of the
Year and Music Video of the Year
("Hurt"), Album of the Year (American
IV: The Man Comes Around), and Vocal Event of
the Year ("Tears In The Holston
River" with Nitty Gritty Dirt
Band).
Cash's video for
"Hurt" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Cinematography (Jean-Yves
Escoffier) and was nominated for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Direction (Mark Romanek), Best Art Direction (Ruby Guuidara), and Best Editing (Robert Duffy). Cash
had to miss the ceremony after being
hospitalized for a stomach ailment.
 Cash lost his health battles on
September 12th - dying at the age of 71. His
manager stated that Cash had died
"...due to complications from diabetes,
which resulted in respiratory failure."
Cash topped the Billboard Hot
Digital Tracks chart for a week with
"Hurt."
 Cash posthumously won 3 Country
Music Awards for Album of the Year (American
IV: The Man Comes Around), Single of the Year,
and Video of the Year ("Hurt").
American
IV: The Man Comes Around was certified
platinum.
The box set Unearthed was released.
Cash topped the Billboard
Country Singles Sales chart for 13 weeks with
"Hurt."
 Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 88:
Johnny
Cash At Folsom Prison, # 364:
American Recordings.
Cash won a posthumous Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form ("Hurt")
and was
nominated for Best Country
Collaboration with Vocals
("Temptation" with June
Carter Cash).
Rolling Stone:
The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of
All Time included Cash at # 31.
 Unearthed was certified gold.
Cash topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Country
Single Sales ("Hurt").
Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time included "I Walk
The Line" at # 30.
February 5: The
Essential Johnny Cash was certified
platinum.
Cash was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("Redemption Song"
with Joe Strummer) and Best Country Vocal
Performance - Male ("Engine
One-Forty-Three").
 The single "Hurt" was
certified gold.
The box set The
Legend was released.
The
Legend Of Johnny Cash was released
(Billboard peak: # 5).
 The
Legend Of Johnny Cash was certified
platinum.
The
Legend was certified gold.
Personal
File (Billboard peak: # 108 - Entertainment
Weekly:
A-) was released.
The
Legend Of Johnny Cash was certified
2x platinum.
 American
V: A Hundred Highways (Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly:
A-) was released.
American
V: A Hundred Highways topped the Billboard
200 LP chart and Top Country Albums chart.
The LP sold over 88,000 copies its first week
of release in the US. The last time Cash
topped the Billboard LP chart was in 1969.
 American
V: A Hundred Highways topped the Billboard
Internet Albums chart.
Cash was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Album (The
Legend Of Johnny Cash).
The
Legend Of Johnny Cash Vol. II was released
(Billboard peak: # 145).
 Cash topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Country
Album Artist - Male.
Cash:
Ultimate Gospel was released.
 The
Great Lost Performances was released.
The video for "God's Gonna
Cut You Down" won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form.
 Entertainment Weekly:
100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included American
IV: The Man Comes Around at # 48.
Rolling Stone:
'The Greatest Singers' includes Cash at # 21.
 Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)' included American
III: Solitary Man at # 62
and Unearthed at # 93.
Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Songs of the Decade (2000-2009)' included
"Hurt" at # 15.
 The DVD Johnny
Cash's America was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form.
The LP American
VI: Ain't No Grave was released.
(available for download at  )
 American
VI: Ain't No Grave topped the Billboard
Digital Albums chart.
The video for "Ain't No
Grace / The Johnny Cash Project" was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form.
 Bootleg,
Volume 2: From Memphis To Hollywood was released.
Bootleg
Volume 3: Live Around The World was released.
Get
Rhythm, Country
Boy, and Train
Of Love were released.
Bootleg
Vol. IV: The Soul Of Truth was released.
The
Greatest: The Number Ones, The
Greatest: Gospel Songs, The
Greatest: Country Classics, and The
Greatest: Duets were released on August
7th.
   
The box set The
Complete Columbia Album Collection was released.
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