Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town (album)

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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
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Studio album by
Released1969
RecordedBurbank, California
Genre Country, pop
Label Reprise
Producer Glen D. Hardin, Jimmy Bowen, Mike Post
The First Edition chronology
The First Edition '69
(1969)
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
(1969)
Something's Burning
(1970)
Singles from Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
  1. "Once Again, She's All Alone"
    Released: April 1969
  2. "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"
    Released: May 1969
  3. "Reuben James"
    Released: September 1969

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town is the fourth album by the group The First Edition. This was the first album to credit the group as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition. The title song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States (and was a success mirrored world-wide). "Reuben James" became a top-30 hit in 1969 for The First Edition before also being recorded by Conway Twitty for his 1970 Hello Darlin' album. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (Mel Tillis)
  2. "Me and Bobby McGee" (Kris Kristofferson)
  3. "New Design" (P.F. Sloan)
  4. "Always Leaving, Always Gone" (Dick Monda)
  5. "Listen To The Music" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)
  6. "Sunshine" (Mickey Newbury)
  7. "Once Again She's All Alone" (Mike Settle)
  8. "Girl Get a Hold of Yourself" (Kenny Rogers)
  9. "Good Time Liberator" (Kenny Rogers, Mike Settle)
  10. "Reuben James" (Alex Harvey, Barry Etris)

Personnel

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