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Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash

A Columbia compilation named for his biggest hit, and the first number one when the country albums chart began.
Johnny Cash, 1963

Released
8 July 1963
Label
Columbia
Producer
Don Law and Frank Jones
Length
33:36
Type
compilation

Produced by Don Law and Frank Jones, it reached number one when the country albums chart debuted on 11 January 1964, and number 26 on the Top LPs chart. The Recording Industry Association of America certified it Gold on 11 February 1965, his first Gold album.

Track listing

  1. Ring of Fire2:38
  2. I'd Still Be There2:34
  3. What Do I Care2:07
  4. I Still Miss Someone2:35
  5. Forty Shades of Green2:54
  6. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord3:56
  7. The Rebel - Johnny Yuma1:52
  8. Bonanza2:20
  9. The Big Battle4:03
  10. Remember the Alamo2:50
  11. Tennessee Flat Top Box3:00
  12. Peace in the Valley2:47

More from Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! (1957), Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian (1964), At Folsom Prison (1968), At San Quentin (1969), Man in Black (1971), American Recordings (1994), Unchained (1996), American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002)

Sources

  1. Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash, Wikipedia