When Cash enlisted in the Air Force, they wouldn't let him use initials as his name, so he started to use the legal name John R. Cash.
== Zasebno življenje ===== Rojstvo in prvi začetki ===26. februarja 1932 v Kingsland, Arkansas se je kot četrti izmed sedmih otrok Ray Cashu (13.maj, 1897, Kingsland, Arkansas – 23.december, 1985, Hendersonville, Tennessee) in Carrie Cloveree (rojeni Rivers; 13.marec, 1904, Rison, Arkansas – 11.marec, 1991, Hendersonville, Tennessee) rodil Johnny Cash.