| "After the Fire Is Gone" | ||||
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 Singapore release picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn | ||||
| from the album We Only Make Believe | ||||
| B-side | "One I Can't Live Without" | |||
| Released | January 4, 1971 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Songwriter(s) | L. E. White | |||
| Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
| Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn singles chronology | ||||
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"After the Fire Is Gone" is a song written by L. E. White, and recorded by American country music artists Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty as a duet. It was released in January 1971 as the only single from the LP We Only Make Believe . "After the Fire Is Gone" was the first number one on the U.S. country chart for Lynn and Twitty as a duo. It spent two weeks at number one and a total of 14 weeks on the chart. [1] On the Billboard Hot 100, the single peaked at number 56. It also won a Grammy for Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
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In 1974, Willie Nelson and Tracy Nelson released a cover version which reached No. 17 on the Billboard country singles chart. Ricky Lynn Gregg released a version in 1994 from his album Get a Little Closer, but his version did not chart. On Willie's album To All the Girls... he sang the song with Leon Russell's daughter Tina Rose. [2]
The song was recorded by Tanya Tucker on her 2010 album My Turn. A duet version was recorded by Allison Moorer and Steve Earle on the 2010 tribute album to Loretta, Coal Miner's Daughter.
