Greatest! Explained

Greatest!
Type:compilation
Artist:Johnny Cash
Cover:JohnnyCashGreatest.jpg
Released:October 19, 1959
Recorded:July 30, 1955–July 17, 1958
Length:25:46
Label:Sun
Prev Title:Songs of Our Soil
Prev Year:1959
Next Title:Now, There Was a Song!
Next Year:1960

Greatest! is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. It was released on October 19, 1959, by Sun Records after Cash had left the label and signed with Columbia Records. The album is made of songs Cash recorded for Sun prior to leaving the label. The album was re-issued in 2003 by Varèse Sarabande with four additional tracks, two of them being alternate versions of songs already on the album.

The tracks on Greatest! were recorded between July 1955 and July 1958. Six out of the twelve songs became singles, with "Get Rhythm" topping the Country charts and becoming the most successful one.

Charts

Singles - Billboard (United States)

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YearSingleChartPosition
1958"Just About Time"Country Singles30
1959"Thanks a Lot"Country Singles12
1959"Luther Played the Boogie"Country Singles8
1959"Katy Too"Country Singles11
1959"Cry Cry Cry"Pop Singles66
1959"Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye"Country Singles22
1959"Get Rhythm"Country Singles1