The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No. 17 in the Nielsen ratings in 1970.
Cash opened each show, and its regulars included members of his touring troupe, June Carter Cash and the Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, and The Tennessee Three, with Australian-born musical director-arranger-conductor Bill Walker. The Statler Brothers performed brief comic interludes.
It featured many folk-country musicians, such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Merle Haggard, James Taylor and Tammy Wynette. It also featured other musicians such as jazz great Louis Armstrong, who died eight months after appearing on the show.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Doug Kershaw | 1969-06-07 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Gordon Lightfoot, Dan Blocker, Joey Scarborough | 1969-06-14 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Eddie Albert, Charlie Callas, Linda Ronstadt, Jerry Reed | 1969-06-21 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Buffy Sainte-Marie, Doug McClure, The Cowsills | 1969-07-05 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Jeannie C. Riley, Glen Campbell | 1969-07-12 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Ed Ames, Joni Mitchell, The Monkees | 1969-07-19 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Dale Robertson, Marty Robbins, Lynn Kellogg | 1969-07-26 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | O.C. Smith, Merle Haggard, Merrilee Rush | 1969-08-02 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | Diana Trask, Soupy Sales, Pat Boone, Tom T. Hall | 1969-08-09 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | O.C. Smith, O.C. Smith Jr, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, Melanie, Grandpa Jones | 1969-08-16 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Lulu, Fannie Flagg, John Hartford, Norman Blake, Chet Atkins | 1969-08-23 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | Charlie Callas, Roger Miller, Odetta, Carl Perkins and The Tennessee Three | 1969-08-30 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Charley Pride, Ian Tyson, Sylvia | 1969-09-06 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | Cass Elliott, Jack Elliott, Tommy Cash | 1969-09-20 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | Phil Harris, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bobbi Martin, Roy Orbison | 1969-09-27 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | Bobbie Gentry, Arlo Guthrie, Jose Feliciano | 1970-01-21 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | Nancy Ames, Marty Robbins, Glen Campbell, Anita Carter | 1970-01-28 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | Dusty Springfield, The Everly Brothers, Kirk Douglas | 1970-02-04 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | Neil Diamond, Tammy Wynette, Ray Charles | 1970-02-11 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | Jimmie Rodgers, Vikki Carr, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins | 1970-02-18 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | Kenny Rogers, Bob Hope, Maybelle Carter | 1970-02-25 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | Pete Seeger, Brenda Lee, Roger Miller | 1970-03-04 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 23 | Hank Williams Jr, Linda Ronstadt, OC Smith | 1970-03-11 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 24 | George Gobel, Tommy Cash, Merle Haggard | 1970-03-18 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 25 | Gordon Terry, Waylon Jennings, Michael Parks | 1970-03-25 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 26 | Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, Roy Orbison | 1970-04-01 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 27 | Patti Page, The Carter Family, Tony White | 1970-04-08 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 28 | George Jones and Judy Collins | 1970-04-15 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 29 | Lynn Anderson, Glaser Brothers, Burl Ives | 1970-04-22 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 30 | Loretta Lynn, Kris Kristofferson, Ricky Nelson, Chet Atkins | 1970-04-29 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 31 | Merle Haggard, Brenda Lee, Charley Pride | 1970-05-06 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 32 | Carrie Cash, Marty Robbins, Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter | 1970-05-13 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Ray Charles, Liza Minnelli, Arlo Guthrie | 1970-09-23 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Jackie DeShannon, Dennis Hopper, The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers | 1970-09-30 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 3 | 1970-10-07 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Episode 4 | 1970-10-14 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Episode 5 | 1970-10-21 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Episode 6 | 1970-10-28 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | Episode 7 | 1970-11-04 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | Stevie Wonder and Bill Monroe and Ian and Sylvia | 1970-11-11 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | Kris Kristofferson, Cass Elliot, Lorne Greene | 1970-11-18 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | Episode 10 | 1970-11-25 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | Merle Haggard, Anne Murray | 1970-12-02 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | Episode 12 | 1970-12-16 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | The Johnny Cash Christmas Show | 1970-12-25 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 14 | Derek and the Dominos | 1971-01-06 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 15 | Episode 15 | 1971-01-13 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 16 | The History of Country Music: Part 1 | 1971-01-21 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 17 | The History of Country Music: Part 2 | 1971-01-28 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 18 | Episode 18 | 1971-02-03 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 19 | Episode 19 | 1971-02-10 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 20 | Episode 20 | 1971-02-17 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 21 | Episode 21 | 1971-02-24 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 22 | Episode 22 | 1971-03-03 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 23 | Episode 23 | 1971-03-10 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 24 | Episode 24 | 1971-03-17 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 25 | Episode 25 | 1971-03-24 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 26 | Episode 26 | 1971-03-31 | 60 min |