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Ruby & the Romantics was an United States|American Rhythm and blues|R& B band (music)|group in the 1960s. They had several pop and R& B hit record s, but are sometimes wrongly considered as a one-hit wonder for topping the United States|US Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100 record chart|chart in 1963 with their first recording, " Our Day Will Come ", written by Mort Garson and Bob Hilliard . It sold over one million copies in the US, and peaked at #38 in the UK Singles Chart .

They have been inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2007, and are winners of Rhythm and Blues Foundation|The Rhythm and Blues Foundation's prestigious Pioneer Award . In 1963, they were also nominated by The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the Best Rock and Roll Recording for "Our Day Will Come".

Ruby Nash Garnett|Ruby Nash , the female lead of the group, originally sang with a group, consisting of her sibling|sister and three friends. They sang at record hop s, mixers, talent show s and clubs in Akron and surrounding areas. Ruby attended Central High School in Akron. No one knew she could sing until after she graduated from high school. Some of the male members of the Romantics sang with The Embers. Eventually, The Embers became known as The Supremes (not to be confused with Detroit's The Supremes , of Motown Records fame), Our Day Will Come: The Very Best of Ruby and the Romantics 2002 RPM Records, RPMD 247, CD insert and then The Feilos.

Since they all grew up in Akron and knew each other, Leroy Fann, a member of The Supremes, asked Ruby to sing with them on occasions. After auditioning, the group was signed to New York-based Kapp Records ; Kapp Records artist and repertoire chief Alan Stanton changed their name to "Ruby & the Romantics". Our Day Will Come: The Very Best of Ruby and the Romantics 2002 RPM Records, RPMD 247, CD insert "My Summer Love" reached #16 on the Hot 100 and a third release, the original version of " Hey There Lonely Girl|Hey There Lonely Boy " climbed to #27.

Several more singles were released by Kapp which generally achieved minor chart status. A short spell with ABC was unsuccessful while one single for A& M in 1969 (" Hurting Each Other ", originally recorded by Jimmy Clanton some years earlier) proved to be their final recording before the group broke up in 1971. The group had remained intact throughout their recording career, as confirmed by Ruby in an interview in 2008 with Marv Goldberg (R& B Notebooks).

Some of the songs they sound recording and reproduction|recorded went on to be hits for other musician|artists , such as "Hey There Lonely Boy" (which was recorded by Eddie Holman as " Hey There Lonely Girl " and peaked in the US at #2 in February 1970); " Hurting Each Other " recorded for A& M in 1969 which became a #2 hit for The Carpenters three years later; and " When You're Young and in Love " (recorded by The Marvelettes which peaked at #23 in the US in May 1967. British a cappella band The Flying Pickets also took the song to #7 in the UK Singles Chart in 1984). Additionally, "Our Day Will Come" was cover version|covered by Frankie Valli and peaked at #11 in the US in the fall of 1975.

The names of the "Romantics" were:

Ed Roberts (second tenor) - Worked as a bank teller . Died of cancer on August 15, 1993. - accessed March 2011

George Lee (first tenor) - Died of cancer in 1994. Our Day Will Come: The Very Best of Ruby and the Romantics 2002 RPM Records, RPMD 247, CD insert

Ronald Mosley ( baritone ) - died December 3, 2011. - accessed December 11, 2011

Leroy Fann ( bass (voice)|bass ) - was shot and killed in New York in November 1973. - accessed March 2011

Postscript

Ruby & the Romantics were given a Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1997.

Ruby & the Romantics were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2007.

drummer|drummed for the group.

Ruby's married name is Garnett, and she has been married for over 40 years.

In the 1980s a New Wave group took the name of the original R& B group, calling themselves The Romantics .

As of 2005, Ruby has retired from The Salvation Army thrift store.

Discography

Singles

1963 " Our Day Will Come " - Kapp KS3323, 1985 Charly CRM2030

Albums

1963 Till Then - Kapp KS3341

1966 Greatest Hits - Kapp KS3458 (stereo), 1980 MCA 541

1967 Ruby & the Romantics - Kapp KS3526

1968 More Than Yesterday - ABC ABCS638

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