Kenny Rogers - (Ruby, Dont Take Your Love to Town) * * * * * Ruby, Dont Take Your Love to Town is a song written by Mel Tillis about a paralyzed veteran of a crazy Asian war (given the time of its release, widely assumed but never explicitly stated to be the Vietnam War) who lies helplessly in bed as his wife paint[s herself] up to go out for the evening without him; he believes she is going in search of a lover, and as he hears the door slam behind her, he pleads for her to reconsider. The song was made famous by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition in 1969. Ruby was originally recorded in 1967 by Johnny Darrell, who scored a number nine country hit with it that year. In 1969, after Kenny Rogers and the First Editions success with the hits Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) and But You Know I Love You, Rogers wanted to take his group more into a country music direction. They recorded their version of the song (with Rogers singing the lead) in one take. The record was a major hit for them. It made #1 in the UK on the New Musical Express (#2 on the BBC chart) staying in the top twenty for 15 weeks and selling over a million copies by the end of 1970. In the United States it reached number six on the Hot 100 and number thirty-nine on the country chart and also sold more than 1 million copies by 1979. Worldwide, the single sold more than 7 million copies.
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