Mark Wyner :vm: on Nostr: Fun fact: Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” was actually written by his not-yet-wife ...

Fun fact: Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” was actually written by his not-yet-wife June Carter and Merle Kilgore. It was first recorded and released in 1962, by June’s sister, Anita. Johnny’s version was released in 1963.

Johnny’s then-wife, Vivian, maintains that he “wrote that song, while pilled up and drunk, about a certain private female body part.”

Anita’s original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlWGsaorj6U

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