1956 Top Ten: Get Rhythm (#8)

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What a beautiful Thursday! It’s supposed to be in the 80s today. Next week, when everyone will be in town for the Derby, it’ll be in the high 50s/low 60s. We might have to move the Derby to get better weather. Speaking of moving, here’s a song that, although it’s 70 years old now, will get you moving! #8: Get Rhythm - Johnny Cash RAP!! Well, it is. Johnny Cash could do it all, and that includes doing rap before rap was even on the scene! (I have a comedian friend who said that “A Boy Named Sue” was the greatest rap song of the 60s. ) See the screen grab photo? We had that album. I’m pretty sure I still have that album. (It was warped, so my mom wrote “bottom record” on the album jacket to stipulate that it had to be the first album on the spindle. I know, that’s a totally foreign language and concept to y’all, but that’s how we did “mix tapes” in the 60s. ) When this was released, however, it was a mega hit…sort of. It was the B-side of the single “I Walk the Line.” So if the ballad didn’t suit you, you could always flip the 45 and enjoy a great rockabilly tune about another totally alien-to-modern-life concept: a shoeshine boy. Heck, do they even make shoes that have to be shined anymore? (Side note: we had to shine our shoes in boot camp.) Just another one of the long lists of songs in Johnny Cash’s enduring legacy. Get Rhythm Written by Johnny Cash Recorded by Johnny Cash Released as a single, 1956 A million dollars’ worth of good: