Red Rubber Ball (album)

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Red Rubber Ball is the debut album by The Cyrkle and was released in 1966, on Columbia Records CS 9344 (stereo) and CL 2544 (Mono). It reached #47 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.^[2]

The album featured two singles: "Red Rubber Ball", which reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[3] and "Turn-Down Day", which reached #16.^[4] The song "Money to Burn" was later featured as the B-side to their 1966 single "Please Don't Ever Leave Me".^[5]

Allmusic gives the album a 3 star rating.^[6]

Track listing

1. "Red Rubber Ball" (Paul Simon, Bruce Woodley) – 2:17
2. "Why Can't You Give Me What I Want" (Stephen Friedland, Tom Dawes) – 2:27
3. "Baby, You're Free" (Bob Crewe, Gary Weston) – 2:42
4. "Big Little Woman" (Don Dannemann, Dawes) – 2:28
5. "Cloudy" (Paul Simon, Bruce Woodley) – 2:15
6. "Cry" (Dannemann, Dawes) – 2:38
7. "Turn-Down Day" (Jerry Keller, David Blume) – 2:32
8. "There's a Fire in the Fireplace" (Friedland) – 2:24
9. "Bony Moronie" (Larry Williams) – 2:32
10. "How Can I Leave Her" (Dannemann, Dawes) – 2:35
11. "Money to Burn" (Dannemann, Dawes) – 3:05

A reissue on CD added additional bonus tracks including demo recordings.^[7]

Personnel

Musicians

• Don Dannemann – Lead Vocals (Tracks 5, 6); Rhythm guitar
• Tom Dawes – Guitar, Sitar, Bass, Harmonica, Castanets, Lead Vocals (Track 4)
• Marty Fried – Drums
• John Simon – Organ [Calliope] (Track 1)

Technical

• John Simon – Producer
• Eddie Smith, Gordy Clark, Stanley Weiss – Engineers^[8]
• Arranged and Conducted by: The Cyrkle, John Simon

Charts

Singles

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