A Rose and a Baby Ruth

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"A Rose and a Baby Ruth"
A Rose and a Baby Ruth - George Hamilton IV.jpg
Single by George Hamilton IV
B-side "If You Don't Know"
ReleasedOctober 1956
Genre Pop
Length2:02
Label ABC-Paramount
Songwriter John D. Loudermilk
George Hamilton IV singles chronology
"A Rose and a Baby Ruth"
(1956)		"High School Romance"
(1957)

"A Rose and a Baby Ruth" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk under his "Johnny Dee" pseudonym. The song, which partially refers to the Baby Ruth candy bar, was published in 1956. The best-known version was recorded by George Hamilton IV. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard magazine pop chart and spent 20 weeks on the chart. [1]

Contents

"A Rose and a Baby Ruth" showed regional appeal in country music, foreshadowing Hamilton's highly successful career, in the 1960s.[ citation needed ]

Chart performance

Chart (1956–57)Peak
position
Billboard Top 100 [1] 6
Billboard Best Sellers in Stores7
Billboard Most Played by Jockeys7
Billboard Most Played in Juke Boxes8

Covers

On the same date Billboard reviewed George Hamilton IV´s original version, in October 1956, they reviewed a competing cover sung by Eddie Fontaine and released by Decca. Billboard predicted it would be a close race between the two recordings, but the Decca release did not make even the lower part of Billboard's Top 100.

Johnny Maestro & The Crests did a version in 1960 for their first album, The Crests Sing All Biggies - (Coed LP 901).

Al Kooper covered it on his 1970 Columbia release Easy Does It .

The song was covered by Marilyn Manson as a bonus studio track on the limited-edition version of The Last Tour On Earth live album in 1999.

Singles

By George Hamilton IV

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 273.


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