Johnny Cash

Though Johnny Cash had been performing at prisons and other correctional facilities since 1957, he didn't record any of these concerts until a 1968 concert at Folsom State Prison. Ironically, his 1955 hit single "Folsom Prison Blues" was named after this prison. The subsequent album "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison" became a commercial and critical success, going on to be certified triple Platinum by the RIAA and earning an induction into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2005.