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ABOUT OUR NEW ISSUES 201
Our June issue (#201) comprises 66 pages with most of these dedicated to Johnny Cash’s activities from July 1957 through to the end of that year, this as we continue to chronicle his career. After the disappointing sales of his Sun single “Next in Line” Johnny was back with a bang with his next two singles – in August came “Home of the Blues” (Sun 279) which made No 3 on the Country Charts, then the follow-up in December “Ballad of a Teenage Queen” (Sun 283) did even by topping that same chart. Both records also crossed over to the popular charts. If this wasn’t enough, in the Fall Sun records released Cash’s first LP: “Johnny Cash with his Hot and Blue Guitar” with its striking front cover. During this period Johnny kept a hectic pace with a lot of touring, a schedule which took him far and wide across the USA – coast to coast as well as the mid-West, closing the year with a New Years Eve show in California at the Oakland Auditorium. As usual the feature is loaded with lots of rare photos, ads, and newspaper clippings including ‘The Cash Box’ from September where Cash made the front cover. There are colour label scans of both the above Sun singles (78 and 45rpm) as well as the Sun LP replete with its front/back sleeves. We conclude the magazine with a short review section and advertisements from our sponsors which together bring to a close another fine issue.
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ABOUT THE MAGAZINE
American Music Magazine is published by the Swedish Rock 'n' Roll Club. We are a non profit organisation devoted to the 1950s rock 'n' roll music and our intention is to document, as far as possible, the early years of rock-a-billy, rock 'n' roll and its related artforms. The text of the magazine is in Swedish and English. Each issue is full of original photographs and discographies.
AM works in co-operation with the "Tales From The Woods" Roots Music Social Networking Group in the U.K. The aim is to collaborate to keep rock ‘n' roll, its history, and its many talented artists and musicians alive for posterity and future generations – this through sharing articles that have appeared in our magazines over the years, helping each other with publicity and generally spreading the word not just to the converted, but also to those yet to share our enthusiasm.
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American Music Magazine är producerad av 1950s fans för fans och är en svensk tidning med både svensk och engelsk text. Tidningen utkommer med tolv nummer om året och handlar företrädesvis om 50-tals rock 'n' roll, och relaterade musikformer som exempelvis hillbilly/country och rhythm ’n’ blues. American Music Magazine drivs helt ideelt utan ekonomisk vinning.
American Music Magazine samarbetar med "Tales From The Wood - Roots Music Social Networking Group" som är ett namnkunnigt engelskt nätverk med bred verksamhet inom vår musik. Syftet är att gemensamt arbeta för att hålla rock 'n' rollmusiken, dess historia och dess många talangfulla artister och musiker levande för eftervärlden och kommande generationer - detta genom att dela artiklar som publicerats i våra respektive tidningar genom åren, hjälpa varandra med publicitet och sprida det glada budskapet inte bara till de redan frälsta utan också till sådana som ännu inte delar vår entusiasm och passion för denna musik.
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