... Akron, OH has a few cultural exports of note, note least of which was the vocal group Ruby and the Romantics, whose "Our Day Will Come" is a stone perfect classic record. They had a few other R&B chart records, lower rung stuff, but "Our Day" was clearly their score.
Shame. Ruby Nash had a fantastic voice, and the ability to sing the light "Our Day" stuff as well as big dramatic stuff (think Timi Yuro with gravitas). I think they recorded Bacharach/David's "I Cry Alone" first, but I could be wrong and I can't get Tom Ardolino on the phone for conformation.
I found out that the music biz made Ruby what I am today -- gifted to the point of needing a dayjob. She works and a thrift store near Akron and sings in church. She's been married to the same guy for about forty years.
Her day came. And she seized it, with some beautiful work and came out of it with a great marriage, I guess.
Good for her.
