Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash

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Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
Studio album by Johnny Cash

Publication
(s)

1963

admission

1958-1963

Label (s) Columbia Records

Genre (s)

Country music

Title (number)

12

running time

33:36

occupation
  • Johnny Cash, vocals, guitar
  • Billy Lathum, banjo
  • Karl Garvin, Bill McElhiney, trumpets

production

Don Law, Frank Jones

chronology
Blood, Sweat and Tears Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash The Christmas Spirit

Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash is the 16th studio album by American country singer Johnny Cash . It was released in July 1963 on Columbia Records under the production of Don Law and Frank Jones.

Cash hadn't had a # 1 hit in a few years. His contract with Columbia expired at the end of the year and might not have been renewed had it not been for a huge hit in May with Ring of Fire , which stayed at number 1 on the Billboard country singles chart for seven weeks .

The album was then hastily put together to benefit from the success of the single, which it succeeded. Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash was the first number 1 album on the Billboard Country Albums chart when the magazine opened this section in 1963.

Songs

  • The album opens with the title track Ring of Fire , the famous piece that is about the pain love can cause.
  • The next track, I'd Still Be There, is a pledge of allegiance and was the B-side of Ring of Fire when it was released as a single in March 1963.
  • What Do I Care is the oldest song on the album. It was formed in 1958 and was the b-side of Cash's first Columbia single, All Over Again .
  • Almost as old is I Still Miss Someone , the only song on the album that had previously appeared on another album, namely in 1959 on The Fabulous Johnny Cash .
  • The sentimental Forty Shades of Green , in which Cash celebrates Ireland , has a different atmosphere .
  • Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) is the interpretation of an old tradition with the Carter Family .
  • The Rebel - Johnny Yuma and Bonanza were the theme songs of two well-known western series. The former was titled The Rebel and starred Nick Adams. Cash had made a few guest appearances in this series. The song was released as a single in 1959 and had a small success. Bonanza was the performance of the title song of the western series of the same name with text .
  • The Big Battle is about the life of a soldier at the front and was presented to the public for the first time as a single in March 1962, but without attracting much attention.
  • Tennessee Flat-Top Box was the B-side of the single Tall Man in 1962 and told the amusing story of a young guitarist who caused a sensation in his home country until he finally made it onto the charts.
  • The end is marked by the gospel piece Peace in the Valley , which was recorded again with the Carter Family.

Track list

  1. " Ring of Fire " ( June Carter , Merle Kilgore ) - 2:38
  2. "I'd Still Be There" (Cash, Johnny Horton ) - 2:34
  3. "What Do I Care" (Cash) - 2:07
  4. "I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash) - 2:35
  5. "Forty Shades of Green" (Cash) - 2:54
  6. "Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)" (Traditional) - 3:56
  7. "The Rebel - Johnny Yuma" (Richard Markowitz, Andrew Fenady) - 1:52
  8. "Bonanza" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) - 2:20
  9. "The Big Battle" (Cash) - 4:03
  10. "Remember the Alamo" (Jane Bowers) - 2:50
  11. "Tennessee Flat-Top Box" (Cash) - 3:00 am
  12. "Peace In The Valley" (Thomas A. Dorsey) - 2:47

Chart placements

The chart positions of the songs when they first appeared as a single.

year title Single charts position
1958 What Do I Care Country 7th
1958 What Do I Care pop 52
1961 The Rebel - Johnny Yuma Country 24
1961 The Rebel - Johnny Yuma pop 108
1961 Tennessee Flat-Top Box Country 11
1961 Tennessee Flat-Top Box pop 84
1962 The big battle Country 24
1962 Bonanza pop 94
1963 Ring of Fire Country 1
1963 Ring of Fire pop 17th

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