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  "slug": "johnny-cash",
  "name": "Johnny Cash",
  "description": "Johnny Cash appears once in our Country list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/johnny-cash/",
  "appearanceCount": 1,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1963,
    "last": 1963
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 2,
    "list": "Country"
  },
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    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "country",
      "name": "Country",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/country/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "johnny-cash--ring-of-fire",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/johnny-cash--ring-of-fire/",
      "title": "Ring of Fire",
      "year": 1963,
      "label": "Columbia",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Mariachi trumpets on a country record, which was June Carter's song about falling for a man who was bad news. Cash sang it for forty years and never explained.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Johnny%20Cash%20Ring%20of%20Fire",
          "exact": false
        },
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          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=GCMz70Fm5pA",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 2,
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        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "country",
        "name": "Country",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/country/"
      },
      "artist": "Johnny Cash"
    }
  ],
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}