His early hits, recorded for Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, include the million-selling I Walk the Line 1956. Many of his songs have become classics. Cash's gruff delivery and storytelling ability distinguish his work. He is widely respected beyond the country-music field for his concern for the underprivileged, expressed in albums like Bitter Tears 1964 about American Indians and Live At Folsom Prison 1968. He is known as the "Man in Black" because of his penchant for dressing entirely in black.
