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Columbia Records 1958–1986 is a Johnny Cash compilation album released on Columbia Records in 1987 to commemorate the 28 years Cash (who had recently left Columbia for Mercury Records) recorded with the label, featuring 20 tracks dating from 1958 to 1986.
Hoyt Wayne Axton (March 25, 1938 – October 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice.
Hoyt Axton and Tom Rush. Davis lured artists Hoyt Axton and Tom Rush to Columbia in 1969, and both were given what was known as "the pop treatment" by the label. Hoyt Axton had been a folk/blues singer-songwriter since the early 1960s, when he made several albums for Horizon, then Vee-Jay.
Oct 26, 1999 · His recordings were many and included his own Joy to the World, Life Machine, Mr. Greenback Dollar Man, Pistol Packin’ Mama, Rusty Old Halo, Saturday’s Child, Snowblind Friend, Southbound and Thunder & Lightnin’ as well as appearances on Travel Log by J.J. Cale, Columbia Records: 1958-1986 by Johnny Cash, Texas Cookin’ by Guy Clark ...
In 1958 he began singing folk songs in the San Francisco Bay area, and by the early 1960s he had become a folk figure of some renown. His recordings for VeeJay label were not very special, but did include some outstanding songs, including Greenback Dollar, which provided The Kingston Trio with a hit in 1963.
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Despite his success as a songwriter, Axton's performing career failed to catch fire, and after 1965's Sings Bessie Smith he was without a recording contract for several years before signing to Columbia in 1969 to issue My Griffin Is Gone.
