The Rebel Sings is a collection of Johnny Cash recordings as released on six U.S. EPs in the late fifties. "Don't Take Your Guns to Town", Cash's breakout single on Columbia; "Frankie's Man, Johnny" and "Rock Island Line" are among the hits here. The final four tracks show Cash's penchant for "concept" albums. "The Rebel – Johnny Yuma" (the theme for the Western TV show The Rebel) was a hit single. With the addition of "Remember the Alamo" and "The Ballad of Boot Hill," Cash presents four songs reminiscing on 19th-century life in the West, something Cash would revisit frequently in his career.