Red Rubber Ball - Cyrkle, The

The Cyrkle was a short-lived American rock and roll band active in the mid-1960s. Though not officially a one-hit wonder (the group charted two top-40 hits), they are best known for their 1966 version of the song Red Rubber Ball, which reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and still receives significant airplay on oldies radio stations across the United States.

The band was formed by guitarists and lead singers Don Dannemann and Tom Dawes (bass guitar), who met while studying at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. The other members were Earl Pickens on keyboards and Marty Fried on drums. They were originally a "frat rock" band called The Rhondells but were later discovered and managed by Brian Epstein, who was better known as manager of The Beatles. Epstein's partner was New York attorney Nathan Weiss, who heard the band in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Labor Day in 1965. He became their manager and renamed them. John Lennon provided the unique spelling of their new name. They were produced by John Simon.

In the summer of 1966, they opened on fourteen dates for the Beatles during their U.S. tour. On August 28, they headed the opening acts performing prior to The Beatles at Dodger Stadium. The other artists who appeared were Bobby Hebb, The Ronettes, and The Remains. Before touring with The Beatles, The Cyrkle had a successful engagement at the Downtown Discotheque in New York City.

The Cyrkle is best known for their 1966 song "Red Rubber Ball," which went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was co-written by Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel and Bruce Woodley of The Seekers. It was released on the Columbia record label. The band had one more Top 20 hit, "Turn-Down Day," later in 1966. After the release of their debut album, Red Rubber Ball, they recorded a second album, Neon, in late 1966, and a movie soundtrack, The Minx, in 1967. They followed that with various singles and then disbanded in late 1967.

Both Dawes and Danneman became professional jingle writers after The Cyrkle disbanded. Dawes later wrote the famous "plop plop fizz fizz" jingle for Alka-Seltzer. Danneman wrote jingles for Continental Airlines and Swanson Foods. He penned the original 7Up Uncola song. In 1977, Dawes produced Foghat. [Source: Wikipedia]

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[wingobingo]

Err....who did first? Cyrcle or the seekers?

Thnx

[deafsubtitles]

@wingobingo CYRCLE are original artist.

[erny04]

@deafsubtitles It was co-written by Paul Simon (of Simon and Garfunkel) and Bruce Woodley (of The Seekers).

[deafsubtitles]

@erny04 Thanks I already know....the info is in the space underneath the video.

[deafsubtitles]

@erny04 CYRCLE was original artist NOT Seekers. According to Cyrkle guitarist Tom Dawes, Simon offered it to The Cyrkle when they were opening for Simon and Garfunkel on tour.

[Rambler003]

Finally found out who sang this song. Haven't read the other comments here but incase no one else has mentioned it this song was co-written by Paul Simon. In this video The Crykle are lip syncing to a recording. 

[deafsubtitles]

@Rambler003 COULD have saved time and read the info I posted with the song. Got it from Wikipedia.

[nick123456ist]

I came to this because of Streetlight Manifesto.

[deafsubtitles]

@sharontzu5 Are you Deaf, Deafened or Hard of Hearing? Deaf cannot follow the singer if subtitles are one solid line, they cannot follow the rhythm or cadence. I MAKE my subtitles to follow the natural flow of the singer so that Deaf can sing along with their hearing friends and family w/o being embarrassed they are missing the tempo.

BTW, I am Deafened, Hearing person who became Deaf.

[oscee09]

Love this one too! Today's music sucks! My son is 22 and he hates it. I know I must be old to say this...the kids today don't know what they're missing!



[CleanAirMeister]

Who's playing the Moog? I hear a keyboard.

[guy2814stewart]

Absolutely fabulous

[CubfanDaMann]

Best breakup song ever.

[erny04]

@wingobingo It was co-written by Paul Simon (of Simon and Garfunkel) and Bruce Woodley (of The Seekers).

[kcstoneguy]

you know, this sounds like a funny little song, but years ago it helped me get over a bad break up..this song came on the radio and thats when i realized the sun would come up tomorrow, like a red rubber ball...ha ha..love this song

[pstocky1]

@wingobingo Wikipedia that stuff. Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel) and Bruce Woodley (of The Seekers) co-wrote it and The Cyrkle were the first to record it, making The Cyrkle the original artist.