"After the Fire Is Gone" is a song written by L. E. White, and recorded by American country music artists

Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn (; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Ma ...

and Conway Twitty as a duet. It was released in January 1971 as the only single from the LP ''

We Only Make Believe ''We Only Make Believe'' is the first collaborative studio album by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn. It was released on February 1, 1971, by Decca Records. This was the first of ten albums Twitty and Lynn would release. The album's first track i ...

''. "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. On the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the single peaked at number 56. It also won a Grammy for

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. In 1974,

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album '' Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of '' Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (1 ...

and Tracy Nelson released a

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which reached #17 on the country charts. 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.Allmusic, To All the Girls...
/ref> 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''.

Chart performance

Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn

Willie Nelson and Tracy Nelson

References

1971 singles 1974 singles Ricky Lynn Gregg songs Tracy Nelson (singer) songs Willie Nelson songs Loretta Lynn songs Conway Twitty songs Songs written by L. E. White Song recordings produced by Owen Bradley Male–female vocal duets Decca Records singles 1971 songs {{1970s-country-song-stub