Rosanne Cash
Birth Name:
Rosanne Cash
Birth Place:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Profession
Soundtrack, Actress, Producer
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․"