August 7, 1954 – Johnny Cash married Vivian Liberto
Johnny Cash married Vivian Liberto at St Ann's Catholic Church in Memphis. Cash had plans of becoming a Memphis appliance salesman, he instead formed a band with Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant, and was signed to Sun Records a year later. In the summer of 1954, after having heard Elvis Presley's breakthrough record That's All Right, Cash contacted Sun Records. Unfortunately, Cash was initially “brushed off” by Phillips… repeatedly. Undeterred, […]