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Johnny Cash: The Gospel Collection

Colin Escott, Sony, July 1992

ONE NIGHT in August 1957, after an appearance on Town Hall Party in Compton, California, Johnny Cash went to the home of Lawrence and Hazel Collins, parents of Columbia Records' rockabilly act, the Collins Kids. There, he met Don Law, chief of Columbia's Country division.

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