Johnny Cash began a four-week run at number one on the US
Billboard 200 (Billboard Top LPs and Tape) with his second live album, “Johnny Cash At San Quentin”. The album was a recording of a live concert for inmates at San Quentin State Prison and followed his previous successful live album “At Folsom Prison”. It was nominated for several Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and won Best Male Country Vocal
Performance for the song “A Boy Named Sue”. It was later certified triple platinum in the US and gold in the UK.