EAW One Hit Wonders Challenge/Showcase Thingy CXVII
Our Day Will Come – Ruby & The Romantics
EAW One Hit Wonders Challenge Showcase Thingy CXIV: July 07 – July 14
This week’s theme was – Sing a One Hit Wonder! Well, Dani, this one wasn’t on your list – but here’s what Wikipedia says :
“…Ruby & the Romantics was an American R&B group in the 1960s. They had several pop and R&B chart records but are sometimes considered as a ‘one-hit wonder’ for topping the charts in 1963 with their first recording, “Our Day Will Come”, written by Mort Garson and Bob Hilliard. …”
“..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). …”
