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Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

Ruby, Don'T Take Your Love To Town

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  • Pop
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1969
  • 1969
  • 1970
  • 1967
  • 1968
  • 1991

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The First Edition (later known as Kenny Rogers and the First Edition) was a country music/rock band stalwart members being Kenny Rogers (vocals & bass guitar), Mickey Jones (drums & percussion) and Terry Williams (guitar & vocals). The band formed in 1967, with noted folk musician Mike Settle (guitar and vocals) and the operatically trained Thelma Camacho completing the lineup. The First Edition signed with Reprise Records in the summer of 1967 and first hit big in early 1968 with the pop-psychedelic single “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)“ (US #5). After several hits and misses the group (now billed as “Kenny Rogers and the First Edition”) once again hit the top ten in the summer of 1969 with the topical “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town” (US... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ Oh Ruby, don't take you love to town

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More songs by Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (See Charts): Tell It All Brother, Reuben James, Heed The Call, Something'S Burning, Elvira, and Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In).

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