Johnny Cash On this day (August 23) in 1969, Johnny Cash reached the top of the Hot Country Songs chart with “A Boy Named Sue.” It spent five weeks at No. 1 and peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100, giving Cash his only top 10 hit on the pop chart. Cash performed the Shel Silverstein-penned classic for the first time while recording the album At San Quentin. Silverstein is best remembered for the books Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, an…
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