Red Rubber Ball

"Red Rubber Ball"
Single by The Cyrkle
from the album Red Rubber Ball
B-side"How Can I Leave Her"
ReleasedApril 4, 1966
RecordedFebruary 12, 1966
Genre
Length2:22
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Paul Simon, Bruce Woodley
Producer(s)John K. Simon
The Cyrkle singles chronology
"Parking in the Kokomo"
(1965)
"Red Rubber Ball"
(1966)
"Turn-Down Day"
(1966)

"Red Rubber Ball" is a pop song written by Bruce Woodley of The Seekers and Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel, recorded by The Cyrkle, whose version reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100,[2] and in South Africa[3] and New Zealand.[4] In Canada, the song reached No. 1.[5]

  1. ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1966". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. pp. 90–91. ISBN 9781493064601.
  2. ^ The Cyrkle, "Red Rubber Ball" U.S. chart position Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  3. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Flavour of New Zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  5. ^ "RPM 100". Top Singles. 5 (20). July 11, 1966. Archived from the original on 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2011-10-10.