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<h2 id="notable-recordings">Notable recordings</h2> <p>It has subsequently become a jazz and <a href="/facts/Pop_standard/GFrSlkUV">pop standard</a>, both as an instrumental and with lyrics by <a href="/facts/Mitchell_Parish/kKG8Fj4S">Mitchell Parish</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Richard_Hayman/W6hoy8A7">Richard Hayman</a> and His Orchestra. This reached No. 3 in the Billboard charts in 1953.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Les_Baxter/MVltKoFG">Les Baxter</a> and His Orchestra (harmonica solo by Danny Welton) had a hit with the song in 1953, peaking in the No. 7 position.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Harry_James/rCUXwpGp">Harry James</a> and his Orchestra. A No. 20 hit in 1953.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Victor_Young/kV1CM5U3">Victor Young</a> and His Singing Strings. Reached number 20 in the charts in 1953.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Vaughn_Monroe/jdC8Dc8y">Vaughn Monroe</a> and His Orchestra, reaching number 27 in the charts in 1953.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Les_Brown_(bandleader)/YxFW6uHg">Les Brown</a> and His Band of Renown - briefly charted in 1953 at number 29.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ray_Charles/hXYAFMBb">Ray Charles</a> - reached No. 28 in the Billboard charts in 1960.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Adam_Wade_(singer)/N1D5THEv">Adam Wade</a> accompanied by <a href="/facts/George_Paxton/lYTsKgaP">George Paxton</a> & His Orchestra with The Bel-Aire Singers. This directly competed against the Ray Charles version and reached No. 58 in the charts in 1960.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> Wade's B-side was "Too Far" written by Pat Lambert and <a href="/facts/Bob_Haymes/3VLJCqo5">Bob Haymes</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 573. ISBN 0-89820-083-0. <a href="0-89820-083-0" target="_blank">0-89820-083-0</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Lincoln, Ivan M. (11 July 1990). "PHILHARMONIC POPS CONCERT UNCORKS DAYS OF '47 CELEBRATIONS, ACTIVITIES". Deseret News. Retrieved 2 May 2021. <a href="https://www.deseret.com/1990/7/11/18870969/philharmonic-pops-concert-uncorks-days-of-47-celebrations-activities" target="_blank">https://www.deseret.com/1990/7/11/18870969/philharmonic-pops-concert-uncorks-days-of-47-celebrations-activities</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 204. ISBN 0-89820-083-0. <a href="0-89820-083-0" target="_blank">0-89820-083-0</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 48. ISBN 0-89820-083-0. <a href="0-89820-083-0" target="_blank">0-89820-083-0</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 228. ISBN 0-89820-083-0. <a href="0-89820-083-0" target="_blank">0-89820-083-0</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 463. ISBN 0-89820-083-0. <a href="0-89820-083-0" target="_blank">0-89820-083-0</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 320. ISBN 0-89820-083-0. <a href="0-89820-083-0" target="_blank">0-89820-083-0</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 64. ISBN 0-89820-083-0. <a href="0-89820-083-0" target="_blank">0-89820-083-0</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. New York: Billboard Books. p. 117. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4. <a href="0-8230-7499-4" target="_blank">0-8230-7499-4</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Wednesday's Child "New York's own Adam Wade was singing his million seller hit “Ruby”" <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Potter, Joan (2013). African American Firsts (4th ed.). New York: Kensington Books. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-7582-9242-1. His first ADAM WADE record, Ruby, was a hit, and a year <a href="978-0-7582-9242-1" target="_blank">978-0-7582-9242-1</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>