June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003), born Valerie
June Carter, was a singer, songwriter, actress, a member of the first family of country music,
the Carter Family, and the second wife of singer
Johnny Cash. She played the guitar, banjo, and autoharp. As a singer, she had both a solo career and a career singing with, first, her family, and later, her husband. As a solo artist, she became somewhat successful with upbeat country tunes of the 1950s, like
Juke Box Blues. In 1962 she and
Merle Kilgore wrote
Ring of Fire. The song documents Carter's feelings of conflict ar…
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