Tommy Cash

Tommy Cash
Tommy Cash
	Cash in 1969
Background information
Born	April 5, 1940; Dyess, Arkansas, U.S.
Died	September 13, 2024 (aged 84)
Genres	Country; folk;
Occupations	Musician; singer; songwriter;
Instruments	Vocals; guitar;
Years active	1965–2016
Labels	Epic Records; House of Cash;
Website	tommycash.com

Tommy Cash (April 5, 1940 – September 13, 2024) was an American country musician. His elder brother was Johnny Cash.

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 (Rivers) Cash (one of whom was Johnny Cash, born eight years earlier). 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 the Army, Cash played with Hank Williams Jr., and eventually gained a record deal from Musicor Records in 1965. A year later, he joined United Artists Records and just missed the Country Top 40 in 1968 with "The Sounds of Goodbye."

In late 1969, while on Epic Records, he delivered his biggest hit, a tune dedicated to John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., titled "Six White Horses".^[1] 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 hit, "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.^[2]

Other interests

Cash was a licensed realtor in Tennessee, and an agent with Crye-Leike Real Estate Services in Nashville. He was listing agent for the sale of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash's home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, after they both died in 2003.^[3]

Death

Cash died on September 13, 2024, at the age of 84.^[4]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	US Country	Label
1968	Here's Tommy Cash		United Artists
1969	Your Lovin' Takes the Leavin' Out of Me	44	Epic
1970	Six White Horses	18
1970	Rise and Shine	37
1971	Cash Country	20
1971	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
1982	All Around Cowboy		51-West
1983	Tommy Cash
1990	25th Anniversary Album		Playback
1993	Let an Old Racehorse Run		Playback
1996	Solid Gold Country		Crazy Country
1999	The Very Best of Tommy Cash		Collectables/Sony Music Special Products
1999	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		InLight Records

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions		Album
Year	Single	US Country	CAN Country	Album
1965	"I Guess I'll Live"	—	—	singles only
1965	"I Didn't Walk the Line"	—	—
1966	"Along the Way"	—	—
1966	"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
1969	"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	—	Cash Country
	"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"	—	—
1974	"Roller Coaster Ride"	—	—
1975	"The One I Sing My Love Songs To"	58	—	Only a Stone
1975	"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
1977	"Reach Out"	—	—	single only
1978	"Take My Love to Rita"	98	—	The New Spirit
1978	"In Crowd"	—	—	The New Spirit
1979	"I'd Be Better Off Alone"	—	—	singles only
1979	"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
1990	"Guess Things Happen That Way" (w/ Johnny Cash)	—	—	25th Anniversary Album
1996	"Man of Experience"	—	—	single only
2009	"Ramblin' Kind"	—	—	Fade to Black

^A"Six White Horses" peaked at No. 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 72 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 0-85112-726-6.
^ "Tour". Tommy Cash. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
^ "Tommy Cash − Crye-Leike". Tommycah.crye-leike.com. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
^ "Tommy Cash, brother of Johnny Cash, dies". Kait8.com. September 14, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.

External links

[LarkinCountry-1] Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 0-85112-726-6.

[2] "Tour". Tommy Cash. Retrieved September 14, 2024.

[3] "Tommy Cash − Crye-Leike". Tommycah.crye-leike.com. Retrieved January 16, 2011.

[4] "Tommy Cash, brother of Johnny Cash, dies". Kait8.com. September 14, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.

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