{"id":15273,"date":"2015-02-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=15273"},"modified":"2026-07-21T10:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:46:06","slug":"cover-me-ruby-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/03\/cover-me-ruby-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruby Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You could argue who did it better, The Drifters or Dion and The Belmonts, but either way you&#8217;d be right.<\/p>\n<p>Written by the great songwriting team of Lieber and Stoller, &#8220;Ruby Baby&#8221; rocks, swings, saunters, and steamrolls in both versions.<\/p>\n<p>The Drifters came first, releasing their original track in 1956 and notching a #10 berth on the Billboard R&amp;B chart.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CpANME0IS0o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Dion&#8217;s 1963 version did even better, peaking at #5 on the R&amp;B chart and all the way at #2 on the Top 100.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3u1doOc3njI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>As for which version of &#8220;Ruby Baby&#8221; influenced Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band on the only two occasions they performed it, you could once again fairly argue for both.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce and the band debuted &#8220;Ruby Baby&#8221; at one of their legendary surprise gigs at The Stone Pony on a Sunday night in August 1987. Listen to their performance below, and you&#8217;ll clearly hear the &#8220;hey hey!&#8221; from Dion&#8217;s arrangement as well as Clarence&#8217;s smoking sax solo tribute to the Drifters&#8217; original.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MxyqrGOcEto?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Exactly one week later, they took another run at it&#8211;but this time in a slower, steamier arrangement that draws on both influences and grounds them on E Street.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span 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