Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash at the 2006 South by Southwest festival
Background information
Born	May 24, 1955 (1955-05-24) (age 52)
Genre(s)	Country, rock, folk, blues
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Years active	1978–present
Label(s)	Columbia Records Capitol Records
Website	Official Website

Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American singer and songwriter. Although she is most often classified as a country artist, her music also draws on other genres including folk, pop, rock and roll and blues. She is one of the daughters of Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin, born shortly before the release of her father's first single. She is also the stepdaughter of June Carter and the stepsister of country singer Carlene Carter. Downtown Austin, Texas, where SXSW is held each spring Bloc Party performing at Stubbs BBQ in 2007 Carrie Rodriguez, a SXSW 2007 performer Morrissey at SXSW 2006 South by Southwest (SXSW) is a set of interactive, film, and music festivals and conferences that have taken place every spring in... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Folk song redirects here. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Country music, the first half of Billboards country and western music category, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. ... Folk song redirects here. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Blues music redirects here. ... For the song of the same name, recorded by Tracy Byrd and later by Jason Aldean, see Johnny Cash (song). ... Vivian Liberto (April 23, 1934 – May 24, 2005) met Johnny Cash in 1950 at a roller skating rink in San Antonio, Texas three weeks before the Air Force deployed him to Germany. ... Valerie June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was a singer, songwriter, actress and comedian and was a member of the Carter Family, and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Early life

Born May 24, 1955, to her father Cash with his first Wife, Vivian Liberto, Rosanne was raised by her mother in Southern California after her parents separated in the early '60s. She was largely uninfluenced by her father's music until she joined his road show following her graduation from high school; over a three-year period, she was promoted from handling the tour's laundry duties to performing, first as a backup singer and then as an infrequent soloist. ^[1] Still, Cash remained unsure of choosing a career in music, and took some acting classes; not wishing to succeed solely on the basis of her family's influence, she also worked as a secretary in London and traveled extensively abroad. ^[2] London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ...

Rise to fame

After releasing an eponymously titled solo record — later disavowed — in Germany in 1978, Cash signed with Columbia Records, and began performing with Texas singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell, who produced three songs for her American debut, 1979's Right or Wrong. ^[3] Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... Texas singer/songwriter, considered as a part of both the Alt Country and the mainstream Country music camps. ... Right or Wrong is a country music album by George Strait, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ...

Music career

1979 – 1989: Biggest success

The record featured three Top 25 hits, including "No Memories Hangin' Round," a duet with Bobby Bare. The same year, she and Crowell also married. ^[4] Two years later, she had her first country No. 1 (and the biggest commercial hit of her career), "Seven Year Ache". Not only did the album yield three number one singles, the title track even crossed over into the Top 30 on Billboard's pop chart. ^[5] Although Cash was a prominent country star throughout the '80s, alongside fellow decade-defining artists Emmylou Harris, Juice Newton, and Dolly Parton, her music was anything but traditional: She topped the charts with songs written not only by herself, but by her father as well as The Beatles. Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947, Birmingham, Alabama) is a country, folk, alternative rock, and alternative country musician. ... Juice Newton (born Judy Kay Cohen 18 February 1952 in Lakehurst, New Jersey) is a Grammy Award-winning American pop music and country singer. ... Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American, Grammy Award-winning country music singer/songwriter, composer, author, actress, and philanthropist. ...

The follow-up, 1982's Somewhere in the Stars, was a rush job, recorded during Cash's pregnancy. While failing to repeat Seven Year Ache's success, it did produce two more Top Ten singles, "Ain't No Money" and "I Wonder." ^[6] After a three-year hiatus, Cash returned with Rhythm & Romance, a deft fusion of country and pop that won wide acclaim from both camps. The record earned her two more number ones, "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" (co-written with Crowell) and a cover of Tom Petty's "Never Be You." In 1987, she issued King's Record Shop, a meditation on country music traditions which generated four successive number one hits in John Hiatt's "The Way We Make a Broken Heart," "Tennessee Flat Top Box" (a hit for her father in 1961), "If You Change Your Mind," and John Stewart's "Runaway Train." ^[7] Somewhere in the Stars produced three Billboard hits in the country top 20, including the #4 Aint No Money, the #8 I Wonder, and the #14 It Hasnt Happened Yet. The album itself rose as high as #6 on the country albums chart. ... Rhythm & Romance was the second #1 Billboard country album for Rosanne Cash. ... Thomas Earl Tom Petty (born October 20, 1950) is a singer and guitarist. ... Although it was not Rosanne Cashs highest charting album at #6, Kings Record Shop had the most singles topping the country charts. ... John Stewart may be: John Walking Stewart (1747–1822), English traveller and philosopher John D. Stewart (1833–1894), United States Representative from Georgia John Knox Stewart (1853–1919), United States Representative from New York John K. Stewart (1870–1916), American entrepreneur and inventor John Smith Stewart (1878–1970), Canadian Member...

Also hitting number one was "It's Such a Small World," a duet with Crowell from his Diamonds & Dirt LP. She was named Billboard's Top Singles Artist in 1988. ^[8]

The next year, Cash assembled the retrospective The Hits 1979-1989; one of the record's few new songs, a cover of The Beatles' "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party," pushed the consecutive number ones streak to five. ^[9] The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ...

1990 – 1999: Career decline

By 1990, her marriage to Crowell was beginning to dissolve; Interiors, an essay on the couple's relationship, was released the following year, and while the record was the subject of great critical acclaim, it was a commercial failure that generated only one Top 40 hit, "What We Really Want." In 1991, Cash and Crowell divorced; The Wheel, released in 1993, was an examination of the marriage's failure. ^[10] Not particularly country-sounding, the introspective Interiors may have been a personal catharsis for Cash after her breakup with husband and longtime producer Rodney Crowell. ... The Wheel is an album by singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash. ...

After a three-year hiatus, Cash returned in 1996; not only did she publish her first book, a short-story collection titled "Bodies of Water," but she also issued her first release on Capitol Records, 10 Song Demo, an 11-cut collection of stark home recordings released with minimal studio gloss. ^[11] Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... 10 Song Demo is a 1996 album by Rosanne Cash. ...

2000 – present: Music career today

In 2003, Cash returned with Rules of Travel, an album five years in the making and her first full-fledged studio release since The Wheel. The album features guest appearances by Sheryl Crow, the Odds' Craig Northey and Steve Earle, as well as a tune penned by Joe Henry and the Wallflowers' Jakob Dylan. Sony reissued Interiors, King's Record Shop, and Seven Year Ache in 2005, as well as a the greatest-hits collection Blue Moons and Broken Hearts: The Anthology 1979-1995. ^[12] Rules of Travel is Rosanne Cashs 2003 album. ... Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist, and songwriter. ... Odds were a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1990s. ... Craig Northey is a Canadian musician and one of the founding members of the band Odds, with whom he played over the period from 1987 to 1999. ... Steve Earle (born Stephen Fain Earle January 17, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, well known for his rock and country music, as well as for his political views. ... Joe Henry is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. ... The Wallflowers formed in 1990, in Los Angeles, California. ... Jakob Luke Dylan, born December 9, 1969 in New York City, is the lead singer and songwriter of the rock band The Wallflowers. ...

Cash ranked at #22 on CMT's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music in 2002. CMT can refer to: Cadmium Mercury Telluride Canal Metropolitano Televisión Catalog Management Table Certified Market Technician Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Childrens Musical Theatreworks of Fresno, California Chip Multi Threading Comision del Mercado de las Telecommunicaciones, the Spanish communications industry regulator. ... The 40 Greatest Women of Country Music is a three hour television special held in 2001, by the CMT (otherwise known as Country Music Television) network honoring the 40 Greatest Women in Country Music. ...

In 2005, she was portrayed by Hailey Anne Nelson in the Academy Award-winning biopic based on her father's life, Walk the Line, for which her half-brother John Carter Cash -- the only child of June Carter and Johnny Cash -- was the executive producer. Cash's name was incorrectly spelled in the credits as "Roseanne". Cash's most recent album, entitled Black Cadillac, was released by Capitol Records in January 2006 to critical acclaim. The album addresses the losses (within a 24-month span) of her step-mother, her father, and her mother, who died on Cash's fiftieth birthday. Hailey Anne Nelson (born September 14, 1994 in USA) is an American child actress. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... For the song, see I Walk the Line. ... Black Cadillac is Rosanne Cashs latest album. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... Valerie June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was a singer, songwriter, actress and comedian and was a member of the Carter Family, and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. ... For the song of the same name, recorded by Tracy Byrd and later by Jason Aldean, see Johnny Cash (song). ... Vivian Liberto (April 23, 1934 – May 24, 2005) met Johnny Cash in 1950 at a roller skating rink in San Antonio, Texas three weeks before the Air Force deployed him to Germany. ... For other uses, see Birthday (disambiguation). ...

In 1979, she married Rodney Crowell, who was to produce most of her hit records. Their stormy marriage lasted until 1992; its break-up is chronicled in Cash's Interiors and in Crowell's album Life Is Messy. Cash later married John Leventhal, who produced her 1990s and 2000s albums. In addition to her own recordings, Cash has made guest appearances on albums by Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Marc Cohn, The Chieftains, Willy Mason, and others, as well as children's albums by Larry Kirwan, Tom Chapin, and Dan Zanes and Friends. She has also appeared on tribute albums to Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Tammy Wynette, Doc Pomus, Laura Nyro, Yoko Ono, John Hiatt and Jimi Hendrix. John Leventhal is a grammy award-winning guitarist, composer, and music producer who has worked with singer-songwriters such as Shawn Colvin, Roseanne Cash (to whom he is married), Rodney Crowell, Marc Cohn, David Crosby, Kelly Willis, Johnny Cash, and others. ... For the song of the same name, recorded by Tracy Byrd and later by Jason Aldean, see Johnny Cash (song). ... Texas singer/songwriter, considered as a part of both the Alt Country and the mainstream Country music camps. ... Guy Clark on the cover of Keepers (1997) Guy Clark (born 6 November 1941) is a songwriter and performer who often performs in the country style. ... Vince Gill (born Vincent Grant Gill[1], April 12, 1957) is an American neotraditional country musician, songwriter, and singer. ... Lyle Lovett, from the cover of 1996s The Road to Ensenada Lyle Lovett (born in Klein, Texas on November 1, 1957) is an American singer-songwriter. ... Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958 in Princeton, New Jersey) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning country/folk singer-songwriter and guitarist, with a diverse musical style that is sometimes said to be unclassifiable. ... Marc Cohn live in Saratoga Marc Cohn (born July 5, 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his song Walking in Memphis from his eponymous 1991 album Marc Cohn. ... The Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Irish musical group founded in 1963, known for performing and popularizing Irish traditional music. ... Willy Mason (born 21 November 1984) is an American singer-songwriter. ... Larry Kirwan is an expatriate Irish writer and musician, most noted as the lead singer for the New York based Irish rock band, Black 47. ... Tom Chapin is a Grammy Award-winning musician, entertainer, and songwriter. ... Dan Zanes and Friends is a popular childrens music band with front man Dan Zanes. ... For the song of the same name, recorded by Tracy Byrd and later by Jason Aldean, see Johnny Cash (song). ... Kristoffer Kris Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an influential American country music songwriter, singer and actor. ... This article is about the recording artist. ... Tammy Wynette (May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country singer and songwriter. ... Doc Pomus (January 27, 1925 - March 14, 1991) was an American blues singer and songwriter, active throughout the 20th century. ... Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro) (October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter and singer, one of the most influential musicians to emerge in the 1960s. ... Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 Ono Yōko), born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. ... Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitar virtuoso, singer and songwriter. ...

On November 6, 2007, it was announced through her official website that Cash would undergo brain surgery for a rare and benign brain disease called Arnold-chiari malformation a congenital malformation of the skull that affects the brain and spinal cord. [1] Cash is recuperating at her New York home following surgery on Nov. 27 at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Earlier in November, she canceled four concerts after the announcement. Representatives at Manhattan Records, her label, say the surgery was successful and that a full recovery is expected.[2] is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating the central and peripheral nervous system. ... Arnold-Chiari malformation, sometimes referred to as Chiari malformation or ACM, is a congenital malformation of the brain. ...

Other careers & efforts

Writing

In 1996, Cash released a book of short stories entitled Bodies of Water. This was followed in 2000 by a children's book entitled Penelope Jane: A Fairy's Tale, which included an exclusive CD single, and in 2001 she edited the collection Songs Without Rhyme: Prose By Celebrated Songwriters. She is also an amateur painter whose work is featured in the booklet for her Interiors album. Her version of the John Hiatt song "It Hasn't Happened Yet" inspired the short story "No One's a Mystery" by writer Elizabeth Tallent. She has publicly expressed support for environmental causes and opposition to the Iraq War. Cash now lives in the Chelsea neighborhood in downtown Manhattan. Interiors is a 1978 film written and directed by Woody Allen. ... John Hiatt (born August 20, 1952 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. ... Elizabeth Tallent, an American writer, was born Elizabeth Ann Tallent on August 8, 1954, in Washington, D.C. She is the author of a book of literary criticism, Married Men and Magic Tricks: John Updikes Erotic Heroes (1982); a novel, Museum Pieces (1985); and three books of short stories... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... Converted townhouses along 23rd Street. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ...

Philanthropic efforts

In 2004, Rosanne accepted the Children's Champion Award given by SOS on behalf of her father for the Cash family's tireless support of SOS Children's Villages ^[13]. SOS Childrens Villages is an independent, non-governmental international development organisation which has been working to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of children since 1949. ...

Awards

Cash has, to date, received one Grammy Award, for "Best Female Vocalist - Country" (in 1986) for the hit "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me". Ironically enough, the writing of the song began on Cash's way home from the 1983 Grammy Awards, after a defeat at the hands of country-rocker Juice Newton for the award for "Best Female Vocalist - Country". Three years later, Cash would win a Grammy (over fellow nominee Newton) with the song she had written partially about her own Grammy loss. Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Juice Newton (born Judy Kay Cohen 18 February 1952 in Lakehurst, New Jersey) is a Grammy Award-winning American pop music and country singer. ...

Discography

Main article: Rosanne Cash discography

References

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External links

• Official website
• Rosanne Cash discography at MusicBrainz