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| (Mel Tillis) |
| (o): | Mel Tillis (1967) | label: Kapp |
| | See also: Detroit City and Mental Revenge. |
| (c): | Tumbleweeds (1967) , Waylon Jennings (1967) , Roger Miller (1967) , Johnny Darrell (1967) , Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (1969) [n°2 UK], Geraldine Stevens (1969) [answer song: Billy I've Got To Go To Town], Bobby Bare (1969) , Dale Hawkins (1969) , Nana Mouskouri (1969) [as Ruby, garde ton coeur ici], Ace Cannon (1970) , Carl Perkins (1973) , Killers (2007) , |
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| A hit only in Europe and that's all because of Vietnam. This is a song about a cripple veteran who cannot prevent his Ruby leaving home to seek her pleasures downtown. Kenny Rogers' compatriots couldn't identify with a loser, not even in the sixties, as long as there were boys over there. Green barret supportive America did lay money down for Geraldine Stevens' feministic parody. By the time Kenny Rogers' cut Ruby, it was a two year old song, written while the culminating consequenses of the Têt offensive hadn't altered public opinion yet. |
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