“Ring of Fire”  The Best of Johnny Cash  Columbia Records (1963) A collection of the big man’s Columbia singles released between 1959 and 1963.   Here’s the first LP release of “Ring of Fire,” one of Cash’s most famous tracks and the first #1 album when Billboard debuted their Country Album Chart on Jan. 11, 1964.   And the players:  Luther Perkins, Jack Clement and Norman Blake on Guitar!  Marshall Grant on Bass!  Morri Palmer and W.S. Holland on Drums!  Bill Pursell on Piano!  Billy Lathum on Banjo! Karl Garvin and Bill McElhiney on Trumpet! And, Ms. Maybelle Carter on Autoharp!!

(64 votes, average: 4.19 out of 5)

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“Cha Cha Cha”  Ramon Marquez  Musart Records

(47 votes, average: 3.23 out of 5)

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“Come Ye Apart Awhile’  May Rowland, Director of Silent Unity  (Unity School of Christianity, Lee’s Summit, Missouri)

Thanks to LP cover lover Jon Jerome for contributing the above deconstruction!

(48 votes, average: 3.44 out of 5)

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“The Witch Doctor”   Broadway FunTime Records   Here’s David Seville’s original (with the original “chipmunks”)

(37 votes, average: 2.97 out of 5)

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