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Single by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition; from the album Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town; B-side "Girl Get Ahold Of Yourself" Released: 1969: Recorded: June 1968 [4] Genre: Country: Length: 2: 57: Label: Reprise: Songwriter(s) Mel Tillis: Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen [5] Kenny Rogers and the First Edition singles chronology
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town is the fourth album by American rock band The First Edition. This was the first album to credit the group as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition. The title song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. "Reuben James" became a top-30 hit in 1969 for The First Edition before being ...
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition had five hits. [citation needed] A man Rogers at first took to be a rude fan first pitched "Reuben James" to Rogers at a golf match.The man, who turned out to be a song pitcher for American songwriter Alex Harvey, followed him around the greens singing the song until Rogers listened.
The track was recorded by Jimmy Valentine at "Valentine Recording Studios" located in Valley Village California. When Rogers signed with United Artists Records, in the mid-1970s after the breakup of the First Edition, he re-recorded the track for his Ten Years of Gold album. The First Edition version appears in:
"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" (1969) " But You Know I Love You " is a song written by Mike Settle , which was a 1969 pop hit for Kenny Rogers and The First Edition , a group that included Settle and Kenny Rogers .
Roger Miller was the first artist to record the song (in May 1969), and it appeared at No. 12 on the U.S. country chart in 1969. [4] Kenny Rogers and the First Edition recorded the song in May/June 1969, and released it on their album Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town in 1969.
The Ballad of Calico is the eighth studio album by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition and released as Reprise Records 6476. It reached No. 118 on the albums chart and produced one single, "School Teacher", which reached No. 91.
Originally issued on the 1979 album Kenny: 3:40: 5. "Sweet Music Man" Originally issued on the 1977 album Daytime Friends: 4:21: 6. "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" A 1977 re-recording of a First Edition hit from 1969: 2:52: 7. "Love or Something Like It" Originally issued on the 1978 album Love Or Something Like It: 2:54: 8. "Through the ...