Johnny Bush, born February 17 1935 as John Bush Shinn III in Houston, Texas, is a country music singer, songwriter, and drummer. Starting out as a solo act in 1952 in San Antonio, Texas, Bush switched to drums, and in the 1960s began working with Willie Nelson's band, The Record Men, afterwards, joining Ray Price's Cherokee Cowboys. While with the band, Bush wanted a record deal, but record executives felt he sounded too similar to Price to be marketable. Instead, Nelson paid for Bush's first album, Sound of a Heartache, which was popular locally. Nationally, the album was picked up by Stop Records where his first single "You Ought To Hear Me Cry" became a minor hit in 1967. His next album "Undo The Right" became his breakthrough and he began starting to score Top 40 hits. His first Top 40 hit came with "What A Way To Live" in 1968, the followup "Undo The Right" became his first Top 10 later that year. In 1969, Johnny scored his biggest hit w