Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash

Studio album by Johnny Cash

Released

August 6, 1963

Recorded

July 24, 1958 - March 25, 1963

Genre

Length

33:36

Label

Columbia

Producer

Don Law
Frank Jones

Johnny Cash chronology

Blood, Sweat and Tears
(1963)

Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
(1963)

The Christmas Spirit
(1963)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash is the sixteenth album in total by the singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1963 (see 1963 in music). This album collects tracks from singles and an EP released between 1959 and 1963, Cash's first years on the Columbia label, and marked the first release of these tracks in LP format, with the exception of "I Still Miss Someone," which had previously appeared on the 1958 album The Fabulous Johnny Cash. "Ring of Fire", one of Cash's most famous tracks, made its first LP appearance here. Ring of Fire was the first #1 album when Billboard debuted their Country Album Chart on Jan. 11, 1964. It was certified Gold on 2/11/1965 by the RIAA. It stands as the only Columbia "greatest hits" collection to be included in the Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection box set.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Released	Length
1.	"Ring of Fire" (Single A-Side)	June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore	April 1963	2:38
2.	"I'd Still Be There" ("Ring of Fire" B-Side)	Cash, Johnny Horton	April 1963	2:34
3.	"What Do I Care" ("All Over Again" B-Side)	Cash	September 1958	2:07
4.	"I Still Miss Someone" ("Don't Take Your Guns To Town" B-side)	Johnny Cash, Roy Cash	December 1958	2:35
5.	"Forty Shades of Green" ("The Rebel - Johnny Yuma" B-side)	Cash	April 1961	2:54
6.	"Were You There When They Crucified My Lord" ("Peace In The Valley" B-side)	Traditional, The Carter Family	October 1962	3:56
7.	"The Rebel - Johnny Yuma" (From Johnny Yuma EP)	Richard Markowitz, Andrew Fenady	1959	1:52
8.	"Bonanza" (Single A-side)	Jay Livingston, Ray Evans	August 1962	2:20
9.	"The Big Battle" (Single A-side)	Cash	February 1962	4:03
10.	"Remember the Alamo" (From Johnny Yuma EP)	Jane Bowers	1959	2:50
11.	"Tennessee Flat Top Box" (Single A-side)	Cash	September 1961	3:00
12.	"Peace In The Valley" (Single A-side)	Thomas A. Dorsey, The Carter Family	October 1962	2:47
Total length:				33:36

Personnel

Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar
Luther Perkins, Jack Clement, Norman Blake, Billy Strange, Johnny Western, Roy Nichols - Guitar
Marshall Grant, Buddy Clark - Bass
Buddy Harman, Morris Palmer, W. S. Holland, Irving Kluger, Michael Kazak - Drums
Bill Pursell, Marvin Hughes, James Wilson - Piano
Maybelle Carter - Autoharp
Karl Garvin, Bill McElhiney - Trumpet
Billy Latham - Banjo
Bob Johnston - Lute
Hubert Anderson - Vibraphone
The Carter Family, The Jack Halloran Singers, The Anita Kerr Singers - background vocals

Additional personnel

Produced By: Don Law and Frank Jones
Reissue Producer: Bob Irwin
Digitally Remastered for CD by: Vic Anesini, Sony Music Studios, NY
Cover Photo: Frank Bez
Liner Notes: Joe Goldberg

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1963	Country Albums	1
1963	Pop Albums	26

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1961	"The Rebel - Johnny Yuma"	Country Singles	24
1961	"Tennessee Flat Top Box"	Country Singles	11
1961	"Tennessee Flat Top Box"	Pop Singles	84
1962	"The Big Battle"	Country Singles	24
1962	"Bonanza"	Pop Singles	94
1963	"What Do I Care"	Country Singles	7
1963	"What Do I Care"	Pop Singles	52
1963	"Ring of Fire"	Country Singles	1
1963	"Ring of Fire"	Pop Singles	17

External links

LP Discography entry on Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

Studio albums	With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Songs of Our Soil Sings Hank Williams Now, There Was a Song! Now Here's Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Orange Blossom Special Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Old Golden Throat More of Old Golden Throat Hello, I'm Johnny Cash The World of Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love International Superstar Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver Rockabilly Blues The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Rainbow Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series Water from the Wells of Home Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life American Recordings Unchained American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around Personal File American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars

Concept albums	Ride This Train Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West From Sea to Shining Sea America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Children's Album The Rambler

Gospel albums	Hymns by Johnny Cash Hymns from the Heart The Holy Land The Gospel Road (film soundtrack) Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him Return to the Promised Land (video soundtrack) My Mother's Hymn Book

Christmas albums	The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas

Collaborations	The Lure of the Grand Canyon Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Class of '55 Heroes Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever VH1 Storytellers

Live albums	At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Non-Gospel Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride This Train The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash: Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say"

Family	June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Carlene Carter Vivian Liberto Tommy Cash Carter Family

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