Johnny Cash was widely considered the most influential songwriter of the 20th century, known as "The Man in Black", he was admired for his emotional honesty in ballads and in the anarchy of rock 'n' roll and love struck country music. He was one of country's biggest stars in the 1950s and 1960s with orchestrated 100 hit singles. Cash was born and raised in Kingsland, Arkansas, where both of his parents were landowners. Poverty didn't stop Cash; he wrote songs from the age of twelve and performed on radio station KLCN in Blytheville, Arkansas, in 1950. Nine years later, Cash landed a contract with Colombia Records and made his first hit single, "Don't Take Your Guns To Towns", where it reached the highest chart in the country. Cash also overlooked his brother's death to influence himself and become the legend he is known today. Johnny Cash's fame reached a point where obstacles became too much to handle causing his downfall, but various events allowed his life to get back on track. The fact that Cash was blamed for the death of his beloved brother spelled doom in Cash's life (Johnny Cash Biography). Jack Cash, his older brother died in a tragic carpentry accident while he was at school. His unloving father, Ray Cash, blamed him for the accident and claimed that it would never have happened if he had stopped his brother from going to the school store that day. This caused Cash's sympathetic and dark sense of music. He released a song in 1996 titled Meet Me In Heaven, which was a song Cash made to honor his brother's death. This event marked Cash for his entire life. The most touching memory was of his brother Jack dying in his arms, looking at his mother and saying he could see heaven and asking her, "you will meet me in the sky... in the middle of the paper..." ears, Cash he wasn't bothered because he knew he had achieved great things by overcoming his early life obstacles and living in peace in the end. Johnny Cash, who lived a nonconformist lifestyle, went through various complications that caused havoc in his life. However, with the help of his friends and supportive events, Cash was able to overcome the difficult barriers he faced throughout his life. With the defeat of obstacles in his life, Cash became very popular and admired. His unique musical style, heavily based on his past, influenced young Americans because they were able to relate to him. Even today his music continues to shape the style of many other famous artists around the world. Johnny Cash, known as "The Man in Black", will always be remembered and admired for his successes in overcoming the downfalls of his early life..