March 1, 1968
Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash

Today in wedding history we celebrate the anniversary of Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash’s marriage. The two country music legends met in 1956 backstage at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.

Over the course of the next 13 years, Johnny & June performed together and despite Johnny’s numerous marriage proposals, she finally said yes while on stage in London, Ontario! They married just one week later in Franklin, Kentucky.

After 35 years of marriage, with seven children (two from June’s previous marriages, four from Johnny’s previous marriage and one child between the two of them), two Grammy’s, two homes and a tour schedule, it’s no wonder her step-daughter Rosanne Cash said, “If being a wife were a corporation, June would have been a CEO. It was her most treasured role.”

Johnny & June both passed on in 2003, but the love they shared has been remembered in their recordings and the 2005 biopic Walk the Line, that centered around their one of a kind romance.