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Johnny Cash in London in 1979
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1954
After a stint in the Air Force, Cash becomes a door-to-door appliance salesman and takes a course in radio announcing

1955
Cash signs with Sun Records, the Memphis label run by Sam Phillips, and releases his first single, Hey, Porter, with Cry, Cry, Cry on the flip side
FROM THE AUG. 4, 2003 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003

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