Ruby Ann

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"Ruby Ann"
Single by Marty Robbins
B-side "Won't You Forgive"
ReleasedOctober 26, 1962
Genre Country
Length2:01
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Lee Emerson, Rashima Bellamy, Roberta Bellamy
Marty Robbins singles chronology
"Devil Woman"
(1962)
"Ruby Ann"
(1962)
"Cigarettes and Coffee Blues"
(1963)

"Ruby Ann" is a song written by Lee Emerson, Rashima Bellamy and Roberta Bellamy, and recorded by American country music artist Marty Robbins. It was released in October 1962. "Ruby Ann" was the number one country follow-up to "Devil Woman." [1] "Ruby Ann" spent a single week at number one and crossed over to the pop chart peaking at number eighteen. [2] On the Easy Listening chart "Ruby Ann" went to number four. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (1962–1963)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [4] 24
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 18
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening4

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  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 533.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 205.
  4. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  5. "Marty Robbins Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. "Marty Robbins Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.