Merle Kilgore on Writing "Ring of Fire"

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8 жыл бұрын

Country music singer and songwriter Merle Kilgore, shares the story behind writing the hit song "Ring of Fire" with June Carter. Excerpt from a GRAMMY Foundation Living History interview.
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@banjogregcantrell6235 7 жыл бұрын

This is history in the making. God bless the older sessions which paved the way for Country music's popularity.

@mikeward9039 6 жыл бұрын

These boys were really cut from a different cloth ... Hank roger Miller merle George ... There's to many to mention but man I really miss REAL country music! There's still a few boys doing the best they can now but I wish the music was still Really ALIVE.

@santaclaus179 4 жыл бұрын

the wonderful song " wolverton mountain " is the song i love very much, greetings from mexico , merle a great composer , que descansa en paz

@amandalively1 6 жыл бұрын

Miss you Merle... Hell of a man!❤️😊

@robshane6634 5 жыл бұрын

More of a man than a lot of "men" out here today

@terrygause29653 5 жыл бұрын

I just saw Merle’s gravesite in Hendersonville, Tennessee today.

@nopenadanowaynohow 5 жыл бұрын

My cousin via My grand dad, Chester Kilgore.

@Fred_NaughT 9 ай бұрын

I'm related to him and obviously you also ! My username is not my real name 😂 my last name is the same as Merle's.

@cheesegrits196 9 ай бұрын

What a cool story! !!!!

@ihatedinonuggets 3 жыл бұрын

Anita Carter also sung with Hank Snow in Promised to John

@rogeralsop3479 Жыл бұрын

Excellent man.

@p47thunderbolt68 6 жыл бұрын

Wish I had talent

@phoenixarizona9806 3 жыл бұрын

You admitting that you'd love to have this talent tells me you have talent just not discovered😎

@nickroberts6984 3 жыл бұрын

I know his son, but never knew he wrote 🔥Ring of Fire 🔥 Adam Lambert did an amazing rendition of it, too !

@Bruce-kl8he 3 жыл бұрын

GTFO

@tonylupo1764 9 ай бұрын

I love the original folk version with Anita Carter singing it absolutely the best. Cash had a large record buying base built up for years and that's why his "pop" version sold so many records. After listening to the original version Johnny's version is hokey, The horns do nothing for the song IMHO. But that's just one mans opinion. And from what I was told Anita Carter came up with the melody and never got credit.

@theeaskey 5 ай бұрын

You need to step back from your negativity.

@TitanIsBack 3 жыл бұрын

Johnny and Merle wrote the song on a boat together. The only role June had in the song was that the "ring of fire" was a little part of her. Johnny paid Merle to always say June wrote it with her so Vivian couldn't get money from the song.

@peanutdom 3 жыл бұрын

What? Why did he give it Anita then?

@Ryan-ez6mt 3 жыл бұрын

Nope, that's what his ex wife said. She was trying to slander June Carter

@nottoomuch87 2 жыл бұрын

And you believe that? She's a fool if she believed that. Johnny Cash told her many lies and I'm sure that was one of the many he told her. He just didn't want her to know the truth and she didn't want to accept it either. The song was first sung by June's sister, so that story doesn't even make sense.

@alanoneill3065 Жыл бұрын

oh really????

@TheAgingstoner Жыл бұрын

Bullshit from a bitter ex-wife.