Kdo se je poročil s Johnny Cash?

John R. »Johnny« Cash, ameriški country pevec in glasbenik ter televizijski igralec, * 26. februar 1932, Kingsland, Arkansas, ZDA, † 12. september 2003, Nashville, Tennessee, ZDA.

Cash velja za enega najvplivnejših glasbenikov dvajsetega stoletja. Njegova kariera se je začela leta 1954, ko se je preselil v Memphis, da bi se izučil za radijskega voditelja. Ponoči je nastopal v nočnih klubih, kjer je spoznal glasbeni tandem The Tennesse Two. Pregovorila sta ga, da se predstavi založbi Sun Records, kjer so mu po drugem poskusu ponudili pogodbo.

Cashova prva uspešnica je bila skladba »Folsom Prison Blues«, ki se je uvrstila med prvih pet mest ameriške lestvice country hitov. Leta 1957 je pri Sun Records izšel njegov prvi album, ki je bil tudi prvi v zgodovini založbe. S pesmijo »I walk the line« se je Cash prvič uvrstil na vrh country hit-lestvice in med prvih dvajset pop-lestvice.

Že v 1950-ih je Cash začel pijančevati ter jemati poživila in pomirjevala, kar pa ni bistveno vplivalo na njegov komercialni uspeh. Izdal je nekaj uspešnih albumov in leta 1967 je za skladbo »Jackson« prejel grammyja.V letih 1969 do 1971 se je Cash pojavljal na TV ekranih kot voditelj. V televizijski oddaji The Johnny Cash Show pri ABC Network je gostil številne glasbenika in tudi sam prijel za kitaro. Med drugim je spoznal Boba Dylana, s katerim sta kasneje odigrala legendarni koncert »The Nashville Session«.

Leta 2003, štiri mesece po smrti njegove druge žene June Carter, je Cash po dolgotrajni bolezni umrl. Nanj v zadnjih letih spominjajo biografije, igrani film I walk the line, izšlo pa je tudi nekaj plošč s posnetki, ki jih je naredil tik pred smrtjo ter precej arhivskih izdaj.

Vivian Distin (née Liberto, formerly Cash; April 23, 1934 – May 24, 2005) was an American homemaker and author. She is notable as the first wife of singer Johnny Cash and mother of their four daughters. She inspired his first hit single "I Walk the Line".

Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, she grew up in a Sicilian-American household and was raised Catholic. She married Cash in San Antonio, but they separated after several years. In 1965, Cash, who was already well known, was arrested for drug possession. She stood by him during this time, and photographs of her were widely publicized.

Between 1965 and 1966, she faced discrimination due to her racial identity after white supremacists classified her as Black based on her appearance in the photos. At the time, interracial marriage was illegal in many places, and white supremacists claimed her marriage to Cash was unlawful. As a result, both she and her husband experienced harassment, and he was boycotted in the South for a year until his manager provided documentation confirming her classification as White.

After the couple divorced in 1966, they each married again. She had chief responsibility for raising their daughters. They typically spent time in the summer with their father and stepmother, June Carter Cash, both singer/songwriters.

In 2007, Distin published a memoir, prepared with Ann Sharpsteen, under her former married name of 'Vivian Cash'. Titled I Walk the Line, it was based on her years with Johnny Cash. She drew from the many letters they exchanged for three years before their marriage, when he was stationed in Europe.

Valerie June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was an American country singer and songwriter. A five-time Grammy Award–winner, she was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. Prior to her marriage to Cash, she was known as June Carter, and she continued to be credited as such even after her marriage (as well as on songwriting credits predating it). She played guitar, banjo, harmonica, and autoharp, and acted in several films and television shows. Carter Cash was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2009.

Carter Cash will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2025.