The Rebel was a western that ran on ABC-TV, between 1959 and 1961. Starring Nick Adams as Johnny Yuma, an ex-Confederate soldier wandering the west, where he’d wind up helping others in need. Johnny Cash sang the original intro for the series, and in 1961, it became a single that briefly appeared on the Country charts. Cash had actually recorded the track during an August, 1959 session, but Columbia didn’t issue it until Spring, 1961, ironically as the series was ending. The single debuted in June, peaking at twenty-four, while falling just short of the Pop “Hot 100″.
Unlike the actual intro heard during the television show, which was performed slow, with a sparse arrangement, the single is a rousing version, that features more of the Hollywood-Western kind of sound, despite that the accompaniment is Cash’s backing group, along with the Anita Kerr Singers.
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Johnny Cash "The Rebel - Johnny Yuma" Single Of The Day
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