Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town

Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town'
Live, March 2, 1972

'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town' was written by Mel Tillis. Kenny Rogers and the First Edition recorded and released the song as a single in 1969. It was a major hit, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 

I remember hearing the song on the radio back in those days, when I was a kid. The ongoing Vietnam war gave the song an edge that makes it one of the more effective antiwar songs of the era.

As a Pop Culture Footnote, Leonard Nimoy recorded his own version (!) It's not as bad as you would think...............!