Red Rubber Ball Singer

Image with audio 1967 live recording at the lincoln center.

Red rubber ball singer.

It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. Not to be confused with red rubber ball. Recorded in stereo. Co written with the seekers bruce woodley.

It was co written by paul simon of simon and garfunkel and bruce woodley of the seekers and was released by columbia records. Though not officially a one hit wonder the group charted two top 40 hits. The cyrkle was a short lived american rock and roll band active in the mid 1960s. In canada the song reached no.

The song was recorded on august 12 1960 in a four song three hour session at united in hollywood. It was the record which made vee an international star. The cyrkle is best known for their 1966 song red rubber ball which went to no. Rubber ball was an early 1961 hit for bobby vee on liberty records.

Red rubber ball is a pop song written by paul simon and bruce woodley of the seekers and recorded by the cyrkle whose version reached no. An lp titled red rubber ball was recorded that spring under producer john simon utilizing the same lyrical folk rock sound found on the 45 disc. Red rubber ball and the follow up hit turn down day were as one might expect by far the best cuts. It rose to number 47 on the charts and a second single turn down day was issued in the early summer of 1966 reaching number 16 and thus completing the group s stay in the pop chart annals.