It Happened 50 Years Ago: Johnny Cash “A Boy Named Sue”
Among his forty-eight appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, spanning two decades from 1956 to 1976, Johnny Cash‘s biggest hit was his lone Top 10 hit, “A Boy Named Sue.” Exactly 50 years ago, “A Boy Named Sue” was in its second week of a three-week stay at a peak position of number 2.