Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash is the sixteenth album by 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 No. 1 album when Billboard debuted their Country Album Chart on January 11, 1964. Certified Gold on February 11, 1965 by the RIAA, it earned him his first Gold LP. 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

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 - backing 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 (United States) YearChartPosition1963Country Albums1Billboard Top LPs26

Singles - Billboard (United States) YearSingleChartPosition1961"The Rebel – Johnny Yuma"Country Singles24"Tennessee Flat Top Box"Country Singles11"Tennessee Flat Top Box"Pop Singles841962"The Big Battle"Country Singles24"Bonanza"Pop Singles941963"What Do I Care"Country Singles7"What Do I Care"Pop Singles52"Ring of Fire"Country Singles1"Ring of Fire"Pop Singles17

References

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