Ruby Dont take Your Love To Town by jomel77

jomel77 - Ruby Dont take Your Love To Town

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Apr 04, 2024 11:17pm

"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" is a song written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Tillis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mel Tillis</a> about a paralyzed veteran who lies helplessly as his wife "paints up" to go out for the evening without him; he believes that she is going in search of a lover. As he hears the door slam behind her, he claims that he would murder her if he could move to get his gun, and pleads for her to reconsider. A line in the song about a "crazy Asian war" and the time of the song's release led to the assumption that the song was about a veteran of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Vietnam War</a>, though this was never stated in the lyrics. However, Tillis stated that the song was about a veteran of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">World War II</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby,_Don%27t_Take_Your_Love_to_Town#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a>"Ruby" was first recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Waylon Jennings</a> in 1966. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Darrell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Johnny Darrell</a> reached number nine on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_in_country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">country charts</a> with the song in 1967,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby,_Don%27t_Take_Your_Love_to_Town#cite_note-whitburn-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Rogers_and_The_First_Edition" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Kenny Rogers and The First Edition</a> released it in 1969.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Rogers_and_The_First_Edition" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Kenny Rogers and The First Edition</a> enjoyed success with the hits "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Dropped_In_(To_See_What_Condition_My_Condition_Was_In)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/But_You_Know_I_Love_You" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">But You Know I Love You</a>," and Rogers wanted to take his group more into a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">country music</a> direction in 1969. They recorded their version of the song in a single take in June 1968, with Kenny Rogers singing the lead. The record became an international hit for them in 1969, reaching number two in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">UK Singles Chart</a> and staying in the top ten for 12 weeks. In the United States, it reached number six on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard Hot 100</a> and number 39 on the country chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby,_Don%27t_Take_Your_Love_to_Town#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a>In 1977, Rogers was performing solo after the First Edition disbanded in early 1976. He made re-recordings of this and a number of other First Edition hits for his greatest hits package <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Years_of_Gold" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ten Years of Gold</a>. It was later issued in the UK as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kenny_Rogers_Singles_Album" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Kenny Rogers Singles Album</a>. Ten Years of Gold topped the US country charts under that title, and it was just as successful in the United Kingdom.