Not many know this but "Ring Of Fire" was written by June Carter and 1st recorded by her sister Anita Carter, June had seen the phrase "Love is like a burning ring of fire," underlined in an Elizabethan poetry book owned by her uncle A. P. Carter, another thing not many know about this song is the carter family (Maybelle, Helen, June & Anita) did the backing vocals, they joined johnny on this live performance of the song in 1968.
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