Artist: Ruby and the Romantics
LP: Ruby and the Romantics
The next record store I went to in Victoria was Cavity (aka. Cavity Curiosity Shop), which is right around the corner from Fan Tan Alley on Pandora Avenue. Another vinyl shop called Talk's Cheap was listed as having the same address as Cavity, but the guy at the Cavity counter said the owner of Talk's Cheap now sells music out of his house, usually only by appointment. The Cavity was filled with lots of neat old vinyl, comic books, posters, crystal balls and other curiosities. I picked up a handful of records; my favorite is this Ruby and the Romantics LP from 1967.
Singer Ruby Nash and her fellow Romantics, who all went to school together in Akron, Ohio, hit it off big when their debut single, "Our Day Will Come," went to #1 in 1963. Sadly, it was their only top ten hit; their singles stopped making it into the top 20, then eventually began peaking outside the top 40 before the group ultimately called it quits in 1971. Still, as you can see here, the group had a profound influence on lots of other musical artists of the '60s and '70s. Ruby and the Romantics were finally given their due when they were inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame in the summer of 2013.
[ Cavity Curiosity Shop — Victoria, BC, Canada ]
No comments:
Post a Comment