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The Best Episodes of The Johnny Cash Show

Every episode of The Johnny Cash Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Johnny Cash Show!

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...
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Network:ABC

Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 3" is the best rated episode of "The Johnny Cash Show". It scored 9.7/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/21/1969. This episode scored 0.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 1".

  • Episode 3
    9.7/1010 votes
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    #1 - Episode 3

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/21/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'Rock Island Line', 'Cry, Cry, Cry', 'I Tremble For You, Darling Companion' (with June Carter Cash) and 'Wanted Man' (written by Johnny and Bob Dylan); Eddie Albert sings 'Green, Green Grass of Home'; Jerry Reed sings 'This Thing Called Love' and 'Blue Moon Over Kentucky'; Linda Ronstadt sings 'The Only Man That'll Walk the Line' and 'I'll Be Your Baby Tonight'; Johnny & Eddie duet on 'Detroit City', 'Sloop' & 'John B'. All join in for 'He's Got the Whole World in His Hand'.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 1
    9.0/1014 votes
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    #2 - Episode 1

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/7/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'The Wall', 'Greystone Chapel' & 'It Ain't Me, Babe' (with June Carter Cash). Bob Dylan sings 'I Threw it All Away' and 'Livin' the Blues'; Joni Mitchell sings 'Both Sides Now'; Doug Kershaw sings 'Diggy, Liggy Lo'; Johnny & Bob Dylan duet on 'Girl from the North Country'.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 15
    8.8/107 votes
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    #3 - Episode 15

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/27/1969

    Johnny Cash sings "Folsom Prison Blues", "You're the One I Need", "I Walk the Line" & "This Land is Your Land". Roy Orbison sings "Cryin'". Johnny & Roy duet on "Pretty Woman". Creedence Clearwater Revival performs "Bad Moon Rising" & "Proud Mary". Phil Harris sings "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette". Johnny & Phil Harris duet on "That's What I Like About the South". Bobbi Martin sings "Your Cheatin' Heart". Johnny & June Carter Cash duet on "Jackson". Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform "Battle Hymn of the Republic".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 6
    8.7/109 votes
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    #4 - Episode 6

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/19/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'Ring of Fire', 'Frankie and Johnny', 'Sing it Pretty', 'Sue', 'Johnny Yuma', 'As Long as the Grass Shall Grow', 'Ballad of Ira Hayes'. Ed Ames sings 'The Windmills of Your Mind'. Johnny and Ed duet on 'Love of the Common People'. Joni Mitchell sings 'The Gallery'. Johnny & Joni duet on 'The Long Black Veil'. The Monkees perform 'Nine Times Blue'. Johnny and the Monkees duet on 'Everybody Loves a Nut'. Roy Clark performs the 'Twelfth Street Rag'. The Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'Lead Me, Father'.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 19
    8.6/107 votes
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    #5 - Episode 19

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1970

    Johnny Cash sings "I Got Stripes", "He Turned the Water into Wine", "Flesh and Blood" and "Rock Island Line". Ray Charles sings "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Them That Got". Neil Diamond sings "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show". Tammy Wynette sings "I'll See Him Through".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 30
    8.5/1013 votes
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    #6 - Episode 30

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/29/1970

    Johnny Cash sings "Delia", "Black Wind", "California Cotton Fields" & "In the Jailhouse". Chet Atkins does a medley of "Back Home in Indiana", "Country Gentleman", "Mister Sandman", "Wildwood Flower" & "Freight Train". Ricky Nelson performs "Come on In" & "Easy to Be Free". Loretta Lynn sings "I Know How". Johnny duets with Kris on "The Pilgrim". Johnny duets with June Carter Cash on "It Ain't Me Babe". Doug Kershaw duets with Johnny on "Louisiana Man". Johnny sings "No One Will Ever Know" and I'm Moving On".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 4
    8.4/107 votes
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    #7 - Episode 4

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1970

    José Feliciano sings "Life is That Way". Johnny Cash sings "Five Feet High and Rising" and "These Hands". Bobby Bare sings "Detroit City". Linda Ronstadt sings "Long, Long Time". Mac Davis sings "A Poem For My Little Lady" and "I Believe In Music". Johnny & Linda Ronstadt duet on "Big Yellow Taxi", "The Old Swimming Hole" and "Water Isn't Water Anymore". Carl Perkins sings "I'll Fly Away". Johnny & June Carter Cash duet on "Keep on the Sunnyside". (Come Along And Ride This Train) "Salute To The Delta Queen", "Country Boy" and "Pickin' Time".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 9
    8.4/107 votes
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    #8 - Episode 9

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1970

    Johnny sings "I Have A Journeyed In This Land My Father Walked" and "Sing A Traveling Song". Johnny with the Carter Family perform "Allegheny". Johnny with Cass Elliott & the Statler Brothers perform "Everybody Loves A Nut". Johnny and Cass Elliott duet on "Act Naturally". Johnny, Lorne Greene and the Carter Family do "Way Out west In the Old Days". Johnny With Maybelle, Sara Carter, Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform "I'll Be Satisfied". Cass Elliott sings "I Saw A Man".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 8
    8.3/108 votes
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    #9 - Episode 8

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1970

    George Gobel sings "Old Skyball Paint". Johnny sings "Blowin' in the Wind", "Allegheny", "I Got Stripes", "Remember Me" and "Big Midnight Special". Stevie Wonder sings "Heaven Help Us". Ian and Sylvia Tyson perform "Four Strong Winds", "Crazy Arms" and "Long, Long Time to Get Old". Bill Monroe performs "Blue Moon of Kentucky". Anita Carter does "Tulsa County".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 28
    8.1/1010 votes
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    #10 - Episode 28

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/15/1970

    Johnny Cash sings "Frankie's Man Johnny", "Po' Folks", "Wrinkled, Crinkled, Wadded Dollar Bill" and "What Is Truth". George Jones sings "White Trash" and "Pickin' Time". Bobby Goldsboro sings "Blue Moon Of Kentucky". Johnny duets with Judy Collins on "Turn, Turn, Turn". Flesh And Blood perform "You're The One I Need". Johnny & June Carter Cash perform "If I were A Carpenter" & "Jackson".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 11
    8.1/109 votes
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    #11 - Episode 11

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1970

    Johnny Cash with Homer & Jethro perform "Guess Things". Homer & Jethro perform "Portrait Of A Woman". Johnny, the Carter Family and the Statler Brothers perform "Daddy Sang Bass". Johnny, Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens sing "Sing Me Back Home". Johnny & Merle Haggard duet on "Mama Tried". Johnny, June Carter Cash, Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens perform "Swinging Doors". Johnny with the Carter Family, Statler Brothers, Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens perform "Sing Me Back Home". Johnny sings "Fireball Mail", "Wreck Of The Old 97" and "Casey Jones". Johnny with the Carter ...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 21
    7.9/1010 votes
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    #12 - Episode 21

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/24/1971

    Johnny sings "The Preacher Said". Mahalia Jackson sings "Amazing Grace". Edwin Hawkins Singers perform "My Father's House". Staple Singers perform "More Than a Hammer and a Nail". Blackwood Brothers perform "Old Country Church". Oakridge Boys perform "I Know". Stuart Hamblin sings "This Old House". Johnny & June duet with "The Nazarene, "Water into Wine" and "The Wailing Wall". All join in for "Old Time Religion" and "When the Saints Go Marching In".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 13
    7.8/1013 votes
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    #13 - Episode 13

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/23/1970

    Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Bros. perform "Twelve Days Of Christmas". Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Bros. Everly Bros. Ike Everly, Tommy Cash, Mr. & Mrs. Ray Cash & Roy Orbison perform "Do What You Do Do Well". Johnny sings "Little Drummer Boy" & "I Never Picked Cotton". Johnny & June duet on "Turn Around". Entire Cast & Carrie Cash On Piano join in for "Silent Night".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 14
    7.8/1010 votes
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    #14 - Episode 14

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/6/1971

    Eric Andersen sings "Born Again," with the vocal backing of the Carter Family. In his introduction, Johnny Cash explains that Andersen wrote the song specifically for his appearance on this show.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 2
    NaN/100 votes
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    #15 - Episode 2

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/14/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'Hey Porter', 'Wreck of the Old 97', 'I've Got a Thing About Trains' and 'Wabash Cannonball'. Johnny & Gordon Lightfoot duet on 'For Lovin' Me'. Johnny, Dan Blocker & Joey Scarborough perform 'Folsom Prison Blues'. The Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'. Johnny does a medley of 'Get Rhythm', 'There You Go', 'Still In Town' and 'The One On the Right is on the Left'.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 4
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    #16 - Episode 4

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/5/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'I Guess Things Happen That Way', 'Loading Coal', 'Dark as a Dungeon', 'Cocaine Blues', 'Blistered', 'Ballad of a Teenaged Queen' and 'You Beat All I Ever Saw'. Johnny & Buffy Sainte-Marie duet on 'Custer'. Johnny & Doug McClure duet on 'Cowboy Buckaroo'. The Cowsills duet with Johnny on 'Children Go Where I Send Thee'. Johnny & June Carter Cash perform 'Keep On the Sunnyside'. The Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'Lead Me Gently Home'.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 5
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    #17 - Episode 5

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/12/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'Ballad of John Henry'. Johnny & Jeannie C. Riley duet on 'Bad News'. Glen Campbell & Johnny do a medley of 'I've Been Everywhere', 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix', 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'Galveston', 'Abilene', 'Arkansas', 'I Got Stripes' and 'I Still Miss Someone'. Johnny & June Carter Cash duet on 'Jackson'. The Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'These Hands'.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 7
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    #18 - Episode 7

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/26/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'Doing My Time', 'I'd Be Fool Enough to Try' & 'Billy Christian'. Dale Robertson sings 'Gentle on My Mind'. Johnny & Dale duet on 'The Wayward Wind'. Marty Robbins sings 'Devil Woman'. Johnny & Marty duet on 'The Streets of Laredo'. Lynn Kellogg sings 'When Papa Rolled His Own'.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 8
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    #19 - Episode 8

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/2/1969

    O.C. Smith sings, 'Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay'. Johnny Cash sings, 'Big River', 'Country Boy', 'What Do I Care?', 'Freight Train Blues' and 'One More Ride'. Merle Haggard sings 'I'm a Lonesome Fugitive'. Merrilee Rush sings 'Everyday Livin' Days'. Johnny & Merle duet on 'Sing Me Back Home'. Carl Perkins sings 'Restless'. Bruce & David sing 'Shy Girl'. Johnny & June Carter Cash duet on 'Long-Legged Guitar Man'. All join in with 'Walk With Your Neighbor'.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 9
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    #20 - Episode 9

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/9/1969

    Diana Trask sings 'Understand Your Man'. Johnny Cash & Diana duet on 'The Last Thing on My Mind'. Johnny Sings 'I Ride An Old Paint', 'Mean As Hell' and 'Shifting Whispering Sands'. Johnny and Pat Boone duet on 'Peace In The Valley'. Pat sings 'Train Of Love'. Tom T. Hall sings 'Worried Man Blues'. Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'Steal Away'.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 10
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    #21 - Episode 10

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/16/1969

    O.C. Smith sings 'Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife'. O.C. & O.C. Jr. sing 'For Once In My Life'. Johnny, O.C. & O.C. Jr. perform 'Hickory Holler's Tramp'. Johnny sings 'Remember the Alamo', 'Strangest Dreams', 'The Big Battle', 'So Doggone Lonesome' and 'Seasons of My Heart'. Kenny Rogers & The First Edition perform 'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town'. Melanie sings 'Baby Guitar'. Melanie & Grandpa Jones perform 'Silver Threads and Golden Needles'. Grandpa sings 'Mountain Dew'. June Carter Cash sings 'Tall Lover Man'.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 11
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    #22 - Episode 11

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/23/1969

    The episode opens with Johnny Cash singing 'Three Feet High and Rising'; Then Lulu sings 'Morning Dew' and duets with Cash on 'Games People Play'; Fannie Flagg sings 'You've Changed'; The 'Ride This Train' segment features Cash singing 'San Quentin' and 'Give My Love To Rose.' John Hartford sings 'Tear-Stained Monologue' then jams on bluegrass medley with Cash and Norman Blake. Chet Atkins follows with a brilliant instrumental, then Cash recites a poem he's written to Atkins' accompaniment. The closing series of songs finds Cash essaying 'Wanted Man' then turning ...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 12
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    #23 - Episode 12

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/30/1969

    Roger Miller sings 'I Got Stripes'. Johnny Cash duets with Odetta on 'Shame And Scandal On The Family'. Johnny sings 'Ballad Of The Blue And Gray', 'On The Line', 'Lornea' and 'Johnny Reb'. Johnny duets with Roger on 'King Of The Road'. Johnny performs an instrumental with Carl Perkins and The Tennessee Three on 'Outside Looking In' and 'Luther Played The Boogie'. Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'How Great Thou Art'.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 13
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    #24 - Episode 13

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/6/1969

    Johnny Cash sings "Five Feet High And Rising", "Busted" and "A Boy Named Sue". Johnny & Charley Pride do a medley with "I Can't Help It", "Your Cheating Heart" and "Kaw-Liga". Ian Tyson & Sylvia duet on "Country Boy". "Mister Garfield" with the Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform "Pickin' Time".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 14
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    #25 - Episode 14

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/20/1969

    Cass Elliott sings "Soft and Tenderly" and a medley of "Gentle On My Mind", "Born to Lose" & "Release Me". Johnny Cash sings "Going to Memphis", "Don't Take Your Guns to Town", "Hardin Wouldn't Run", "The Ballad of Boot Hill". Ramblin' Jack Elliott sings "If I Were a Carpenter", and "Take Me Home" (duet with Johnny Cash). The Staple Singers sing "We'll Get Over". Tommy Cash (Johnny's brother) sings "That Lucky Old Sun".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A