In March 1935, when Cash was three years old, his family settled at this home in Dyess, Arkansas.

Founded in 1934, Dyess was a planned community built as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program, with streets laid out in a wheel pattern. The main purpose of the town's administration was to give poor families a chance to start over with land that they could work toward owning.

J.R. started working in the cotton fields at the age of five, singing with his family as he worked. The fields flooded at least twice, which later led to his song "Five Feet High and Rising".

Parts of the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line" were filmed in Dyess.

The boyhood home of Johnny Cash is now owned by Arkansas State University.

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Opened in 1880, Folsom State Prison is the second-oldest prison in the state of California.

On Dec. 15, 1955, Sun Records released "Folsom Prison Blues", written and performed by Johnny Cash. It went to #4 on the Country Western chart. The song's melody and many of the lyrics borrowed heavily from Gordon Jenkins's 1953 Seven Dreams concept album, specifically the song "Crescent City Blues". In the early 1970s, Cash settled with Jenkins for a $75,000 payment.

Cash performed two shows at Folsom State Prison on January 13, 1968. He was backed by June Carter (whom he married later that year), Carl Perkins, and the Tennessee Three. The shows were recorded and released on Columbia Records as "At Folsom Prison" in May of 1968.

Cash's career had hit a wall from 1964-1968, due in part to drug addiction. By 1967, he had controlled his addiction and was looking to revitalize his career. At Folsom Prison was a hit record, reaching #1 on the CW charts and the top 15 of the national chart.

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Llano Del Rio was a socialist commune started around 1914 by John Harriman, a socialist politician who ran twice for mayor of Los Angeles and who Frank Black also mentions in his song Olé Mulholland.

There were over 1000 members in the colony at its peak before it disbanded in 1918.

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After Sinatra suffered a second heart attack, he died at 10:50 pm on May 14, 1998 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was 82 years old.

The official cause of death was listed as complications from dementia, heart and kidney disease, and bladder cancer.

After he died, the lights of the Las Vegas Strip were dimmed for 10 minutes.

The words "The Best Is Yet to Come" are imprinted on Sinatra's grave marker. The grave can be found at plot B-8, #151.

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Michael Jackson's grave is located at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. On July 7, 2009, the Jackson family held a private service for him at Forest Lawn. This was followed by a public memorial service for him at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Jackson's death was attributed to acute propofol intoxication compounded by the effects of benzodiazapine. In November 2011, Jackson's doctor was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

The specific grave plot is located at the Great Mausoleum, Holly Terrace, Sanctuary of Ascension. This mausoleum is private and is locked to the general public.

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