Tommy Cash

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Tommy Cash, (Born April 5, 1940), is a singer and younger brother of Johnny Cash.

Cash was born in Arkansas, one of seven children in his family, and eight years after his brother, Johnny Cash. He formed his first band in high school. After high school graduation, he enlisted into the army. While in the army, he was a disc jockey for the American Forces Radio Network.

After the army, Cash played with Hank Williams, Jr., and later gained a record deal from Musicor Records in 1965. A year later, he joined United Artists Records and just missed the Country Top 40 in 1968 with “The Sounds of Goodbye.”

In late 1969, while on Epic Records, he delivered his biggest hit, a tune dedicated to John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, entitled, "Six White Horses.” 1970 saw a pair of Top Ten singles, “One Song Away” and "Rise and Shine." Cash's final Top 20 hit, “I Recall a Gypsy Woman,” was released in 1973.

Cash continues to tour around the world.

In June 2005, he was the listing agent on his brother's house in Hendersonville, Tennessee.^{[citation needed]} The house was sold in January, 2006, to Bee Gee Barry Gibb^{[citation needed]} and burned to the ground on April 10, 2007.