Rosanne Cash Biography

Fast Facts

• Her album "Seven Year Ache" went gold and was number 22 on the Billboard Pop Chart, and featured the number one songs "Seven Year Ache," "My Baby Thinks He's a Train," and "Blue Moon with a Heartache․"
• Her cover of her father's song "Tennessee Flat Top Box" was a number one hit off of her gold album "King's Record Shop․"
• Supports the charities PAX, which aims to prevent gun violence among children, SOS Children's Villages, which cares for abandoned children, and the Children, Incorporated organization, which supports educational efforts worldwide
• Won BMI's Robert J․ Burton Award for Most Performed Song of the Year for "Hold On" in 1987
• Attended Vanderbilt University and studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute
• Is the eldest daughter of country music legend Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto
• Released her debut self-titled album in Germany in 1978, which helped her get a contract with Columbia Records to produce her first U․S․ album, "Right or Wrong," in 1980
• Worked at CBS Records in London for a year after she finished touring with her father in 1976
• Began touring with her father as a wardrobe assistant and background singer in 1973 after she graduated from high school
• Began a second career as a writer in 1996, with works including the short story collection "Bodies of Water," the children's book "Penelope Jane: A Fairy's Tale," and a stint as the columnist of "Measure for Measure" in The New York Times
• Best known as a singer and songwriter of the country hits "Seven Year Ache" and "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me․"