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“Ring of Fire” is a country music song popularized by Johnny Cash and co-written by June Carter (wife of Johnny Cash) and Merle Kilgore. The song was recorded on March 25, 1963 and became the biggest hit of Cash’s career, staying at number one on the US charts for seven weeks.
Although the phrase “Ring of Fire” sounds somewhat ominous, the term refers to falling in love - which is what June Carter was experiencing with Johnny Cash at the time. Some sources claim that June had seen the phrase, “Love is like a burning ring of fire,” underlined in one of her uncle A. P. Carter’s Elizabethan books of poetry.
The song was originally recorded by June’s sister, Anita Carter, on her Mercury Records album Folk Songs Old and New (1962) as “(Love’s) Ring of Fire”. It was released as a single and was a featured “pick hit” in Billboard magazine. When the song failed to become a major hit for Anita, Cash recorded it his own way, adding the mariachi-style horns. Mother Maybelle Carter and The Carter Sisters feature prominently singing harmony.
Although the phrase “Ring of Fire” sounds somewhat ominous, the term refers to falling in love - which is what June Carter was experiencing with Johnny Cash at the time. Some sources claim that June had seen the phrase, “Love is like a burning ring of fire,” underlined in one of her uncle A. P. Carter’s Elizabethan books of poetry.
The song was originally recorded by June’s sister, Anita Carter, on her Mercury Records album Folk Songs Old and New (1962) as “(Love’s) Ring of Fire”. It was released as a single and was a featured “pick hit” in Billboard magazine. When the song failed to become a major hit for Anita, Cash recorded it his own way, adding the mariachi-style horns. Mother Maybelle Carter and The Carter Sisters feature prominently singing harmony.
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YesterdaysRain wrote:
acid's cover is better guys!
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xtwntraphq wrote:
American original !
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TrowaBarton888 wrote:
..... and it makes a fiery ring.
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moses2201 wrote:
+++super+++
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
love those Mariachi horns!!!
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headshot2557 wrote:
Jonny Cash and his Legit voice. i love him
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SledzWSS wrote:
I love the female background singers on this tune as well as the whole tune [2]
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Nochek wrote:
lOve.
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Marjo47 wrote:
1963 it was, me a girl of fithteen years old listening to his music ab being in the US. Oh Those days bring em back
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Roy1968Wood wrote:
I love the female background singers on this tune as well as the whole tune
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BlueOclock wrote:
Oh, God those horns! Sweet!
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captainyodel wrote:
jammmmmmm city
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moses2201 wrote:
toller song
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MelodieFM wrote:
Der Klasiker der Musikgeschichte über 500 mal gecovert,Ring of Fire vin Johnny Cash
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MidgetInRock wrote:
Pepto Bismol ruined this song for me. Every time I get to "It burns, burns, burns," I can't help but think of that damn stuff.
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BlueOclock wrote:
oyveychris, Well, that just goes to prove that many of the folks who write these commercials are acid freaks of the highest order! Great song!
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moses2201 wrote:
einfach geil
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rockabillyfan wrote:
der Klassiker von Johnny !!!!!!
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beatles_1940 wrote:
G R E A T
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pahachowa wrote:
a classic. [2]
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