The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits

The Man In Black-His Greatest Hits

Compilation album by Johnny Cash

Released

1999

Recorded

1955-1985

Genre

Country, rock and roll, gospel

Label

Columbia

Johnny Cash chronology

VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson
(1998)

The Man In Black - His Greatest Hits
(1999)

16 Biggest Hits
(1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

The Man In Black-His Greatest Hits is a compilation album released on Columbia Records in 1999. It is a two disc set including 30 songs (15 on each disc). Even though it was released on the Columbia label, it does contain some of his Sun recordings, which were allowed to fall in the Public Domain, as well as his Columbia recordings.

Track listing

Disc One
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Folsom Prison Blues" (live)	Johnny Cash	2:44
2.	"I Walk the Line"	Johnny Cash	2:44
3.	"Guess Things Happen That Way"	Jack Clement	1:49
4.	"Jackson" (featuring June Carter Cash)	Gaby Rodgers / Billy Edd Wheeler	2:45
5.	"Ballad of a Teenage Queen"	Jack Clement	2:10
6.	"Flesh and Blood"	Johnny Cash	2:36
7.	"Daddy Sang Bass"	Carl Perkins	2:19
8.	"A Boy Named Sue" (live)	Shel Silverstein	3:47
9.	"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"	Johnny Cash	3:02
10.	"Ring of Fire" (featuring The Carter Family)	June Carter Cash / Merle Kilgore	2:36
11.	"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" (featuring Waylon Jennings)	Hal Bynum / Dave Kirby	3:17
12.	"Big River"	Johnny Cash	2:30
13.	"The Rebel - Johnny Yuma"	Richard Markowitz	1:51
14.	"What Is Truth"	Johnny Cash	2:37
15.	"One Piece at a Time"	Wayne Kemp	4:01

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Man in Black"	Johnny Cash	2:52
2.	"Understand Your Man"	Johnny Cash	2:42
3.	"There You Go"	Johnny Cash	2:17
4.	"Tennessee Flat Top Box"	Johnny Cash	2:58
5.	"Girl from the North Country" (featuring Bob Dylan)	Bob Dylan	3:42
6.	"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"	Kris Kristofferson	4:09
7.	"Five Feet High and Rising"	Johnny Cash	1:45
8.	"Orange Blossom Special" (featuring The Carter Family, Charlie McCoy, Boots Randolph)	Ervin T. Rouse	3:06
9.	"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"	Stan Jones	3:46
10.	"Highwayman" (featuring Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson)	Jimmy Webb	3:03
11.	"If I Were a Carpenter" (featuring June Carter Cash)	Tim Hardin	3:00
12.	"A Thing Called Love"	Jerry Reed	2:31
13.	"The Ballad of Ira Hayes"	Peter La Farge	4:08
14.	"I Still Miss Someone"	Johnny Cash / Roy Cash	2:36
15.	"Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)?" (featuring The Carter Family)	Traditional	3:52

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	63

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Man in Black: His Greatest Hits – Johnny Cash". AllMusic. Retrieved September 13, 2013.

Johnny Cash

Studio albums	With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Songs of Our Soil Sings Hank Williams Now, There Was a Song! Now Here's Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Orange Blossom Special Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Old Golden Throat More of Old Golden Throat Hello, I'm Johnny Cash The World of Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love International Superstar Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver Rockabilly Blues The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Rainbow Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series Water from the Wells of Home Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life American Recordings Unchained American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around Personal File American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars

Concept albums	Ride This Train Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West From Sea to Shining Sea America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Children's Album The Rambler

Gospel albums	Hymns by Johnny Cash Hymns from the Heart The Holy Land The Gospel Road (film soundtrack) Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him Return to the Promised Land (video soundtrack) My Mother's Hymn Book

Christmas albums	The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas

Collaborations	The Lure of the Grand Canyon Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Class of '55 Heroes Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever VH1 Storytellers

Live albums	At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Non-Gospel Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride This Train The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash: Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say"

Family	June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Carlene Carter Vivian Liberto Tommy Cash Carter Family

Related articles	Albums discography Singles discography Sun Records discography Highwaymen Carter Family Fold Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words Cash: The Autobiography Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music Walk the Line We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash Ring of Fire (2013 film) Ring of Fire (musical) My Father and the Man in Black Dyess, Arkansas The Sound Behind Johnny Cash

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