A Rose and a Baby Ruth

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"A Rose and a Baby Ruth"

Single by George Hamilton IV

B-side

"If You Don't Know"

Released

October 1956

Genre

Pop

Length

2:02

Label

ABC-Paramount

Songwriter(s)

John D. Loudermilk

George Hamilton IV singles chronology

"A Rose and a Baby Ruth"
(1956)

"High School Romance"
(1957)

"A Rose and a Baby Ruth" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk under his "Johnny Dee" pseudonym. The song, which partially refers to the Baby Ruth candy bar, was published in 1956. The best-known version was recorded by George Hamilton IV. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard magazine pop chart and spent 20 weeks on the chart.^[1]

"A Rose and a Baby Ruth" showed regional appeal in country music, foreshadowing Hamilton's highly successful career, in the 1960s.^{[citation needed]}

Chart performance

Chart (1956–57)	Peak position
Billboard Top 100 ^[2]	6
Billboard Best Sellers in Stores	7
Billboard Most Played by Jockeys	7
Billboard Most Played in Juke Boxes	8

Covers

On the same date Billboard reviewed George Hamilton IV´s original version, in October 1956, they reviewed a competing cover sung by Eddie Fontaine and released by Decca. Billboard predicted it would be a close race between the two recordings, but the Decca release did not make even the lower part of Billboard's Top 100.

Johnny Maestro & The Crests did a version in 1960 for their first album, The Crests Sing All Biggies - (Coed LP 901).

Al Kooper covered it on his 1970 Columbia release Easy Does It.

The song was covered by Marilyn Manson as a bonus studio track on the limited-edition version of The Last Tour On Earth live album in 1999.

Singles

By George Hamilton IV

(1956) A Rose and a Baby Ruth/If You Don't Know-ABC Paramount Records
(1956) A Rose and a Baby Ruth/If You Don't Know-Colonial Records With the Country Gentlemen, Featuring Joe Tanner on guitar

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 273.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 273.

External links

George Hamilton IV - A Rose and a Baby Ruth on YouTube

v t e George Hamilton IV
Studio albums	Songs for a Winter's Night (1982)
Singles	"A Rose and a Baby Ruth" "Why Don't They Understand" "I Know Where I'm Goin'" "Your Cheatin' Heart" "Abilene" "Truck Drivin' Man" "Early Morning Rain" "Canadian Pacific" "Carolina in My Mind" "She's a Little Bit Country" "Back Where It's At" "Anyway" "Countryfied" "Dirty Old Man" "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now"
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