Songs People Should Hear

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from wikipedia

"Our Day Will Come" (1963) is a popular song composed by Bob Hilliard and Mort Garson and was first recorded by Ruby & The Romantics later that year. The Ruby & the Romantics version was notable for the use of the Hammond organ and hit the #1 position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks in the top spot of the U.S. Billboard R&B/Soul Singles chart.

Ruby Nash, the female lead of the group, originally sang with an all-girl group, consisting of her sister and two friends. They sang at record hops, mixers, talent shows and clubs in Akron and surrounding areas. 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), 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, and the group changed their name to "Ruby & the Romantics".

An Abraham Lincoln quotation over the stage in the auditorium at Akron Central High School, where the group members attended may have been the inspiration for "Our Day Will Come" - "I will study and get ready, and some day my chance will come". Those who attended Akron Central High School in the early 1960s will recall hearing that song sung between classes by members of the group. The follow-up, "My Summer Love" reached #16 on the Hot 100 and a third release, the original version of "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 recorded went on to be hits for other artists, such as "Hey There Lonely Boy" (which was recorded by Eddie Holman as "Hey There Lonely Girl" and peaked in the U.S. at #2 in February of 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 U.S. in May 1967. British a cappella band The Flying Pickets also took the song to number 7 in the UK Singles Chart in 1984). Additionally, "Our Day Will Come" was covered by Frankie Valli and peaked at #11 in the US in the fall of 1975.

Our day will come,
And we'll have everything (ooo-oo).
We'll share the joy,
Falling in love can bring (oooo).
No one can tell me,
That I'm too young to know (young to know),
I love you so (love you so).
And you love me (oo-oo-oo, ooo'-oo).
Our day will come,
If we just wait a while (ooo-oo).
No tears for us,
Think love and wear a smile (ooo-ooo').
Our dreams have magic because we'll always stay,
In love this way.
Our day will come.
(Our day will come.)
(Our day will come.)
Our dreams have magic because we'll always stay,
In love this way.
Our day will come (ooo-oo).
Our day will come (ooo-oo).
Our day...