Ruby Murray was born in Belfast on the 29th of March 1935.
On a tour … Read Full Bio ↴Ruby Murray was born in Belfast on the 29th of March 1935.
On a tour of Northern Ireland as a child singer in variety shows, she was spotted by producer Richard Afton who encouraged her to go for a career in show business and she made her TV debut at the age of 12 despite the laws regarding child performers although her work was severely restricted until she was 14. Joining Tommy Morgan's touring revue, she was offered a regular spot as a singer on the BBC show Quite Contrary as a replacement for Joan Regan.
Signing a recording deal with Columbia, her first hit single was the ballad Heartbeat which hit the top 10 at the end of 1954 and was quickly followed by her first and only number one Softly Softly. It was during the early months of 1955 as Columbia released further Ruby Murray songs, that she found herself dominating the charts as Happy Days And Lonely Nights, Let Me Go lover and If Anyone Finds This I Love You joined Heartbeat and Softly Softly in the charts giving her five simultaneous entries on that week in March, all of them eventually peaking inside the top 10. Two further hits followed in 1955, Evermore and I'll Come When You Call but at the end of 1955, the tide of Rock n Roll could be held back no more and singers like Ruby Murray, sweet and innocent and belonging to a fast disappearing world were swept aside.
During the mid 1950s she expanded her activities, starring in her own TV show, appearing at The London Palladium in the show Painting The Town with Norman Wisdom and she even had one film role in A Touch Of The Sun with Frankie Howerd and Dennis Price. While appearing in a summer season at Blackpool, she met and married Bernie Burgess, a member of the vocal group The Jones Boys. A couple of minor hits followed, Real Love and Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye which was her final appearance in the charts almost at the end of the decade. Her marriage did not last and she remarried Ray Lemar settling in Torquay, Devon. A wave of nostalgia has kept her name in the public consciousness for over half a century, reflecting on a bygone age when singers were clear and every word was pronounced beautifully. EMI put together a compilation of her hits on CD in their EMI years series in 1989 including songs that regularly featured in her act, standards such as Mr Wonderful, Scarlet Ribbons and It's The Irish In Me and updated this with the release of EMI Presents The Magic Of Ruby Murray in 1997 and a triple CD, Anthology The Golden Anniversary Collection in 2005, the 50th anniversary of her peak successes on the charts. A play by Marie Jones about her life, called Ruby opened in Belfast in 2000. Ruby Murray remained active in cabaret and nostalgia shows until her death on the 17th December 1996 from liver cancer after a period of illness. (from allmusic.com)
On a tour … Read Full Bio ↴Ruby Murray was born in Belfast on the 29th of March 1935.
On a tour of Northern Ireland as a child singer in variety shows, she was spotted by producer Richard Afton who encouraged her to go for a career in show business and she made her TV debut at the age of 12 despite the laws regarding child performers although her work was severely restricted until she was 14. Joining Tommy Morgan's touring revue, she was offered a regular spot as a singer on the BBC show Quite Contrary as a replacement for Joan Regan.
Signing a recording deal with Columbia, her first hit single was the ballad Heartbeat which hit the top 10 at the end of 1954 and was quickly followed by her first and only number one Softly Softly. It was during the early months of 1955 as Columbia released further Ruby Murray songs, that she found herself dominating the charts as Happy Days And Lonely Nights, Let Me Go lover and If Anyone Finds This I Love You joined Heartbeat and Softly Softly in the charts giving her five simultaneous entries on that week in March, all of them eventually peaking inside the top 10. Two further hits followed in 1955, Evermore and I'll Come When You Call but at the end of 1955, the tide of Rock n Roll could be held back no more and singers like Ruby Murray, sweet and innocent and belonging to a fast disappearing world were swept aside.
During the mid 1950s she expanded her activities, starring in her own TV show, appearing at The London Palladium in the show Painting The Town with Norman Wisdom and she even had one film role in A Touch Of The Sun with Frankie Howerd and Dennis Price. While appearing in a summer season at Blackpool, she met and married Bernie Burgess, a member of the vocal group The Jones Boys. A couple of minor hits followed, Real Love and Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye which was her final appearance in the charts almost at the end of the decade. Her marriage did not last and she remarried Ray Lemar settling in Torquay, Devon. A wave of nostalgia has kept her name in the public consciousness for over half a century, reflecting on a bygone age when singers were clear and every word was pronounced beautifully. EMI put together a compilation of her hits on CD in their EMI years series in 1989 including songs that regularly featured in her act, standards such as Mr Wonderful, Scarlet Ribbons and It's The Irish In Me and updated this with the release of EMI Presents The Magic Of Ruby Murray in 1997 and a triple CD, Anthology The Golden Anniversary Collection in 2005, the 50th anniversary of her peak successes on the charts. A play by Marie Jones about her life, called Ruby opened in Belfast in 2000. Ruby Murray remained active in cabaret and nostalgia shows until her death on the 17th December 1996 from liver cancer after a period of illness. (from allmusic.com)
Happy Days and Lonely Nights
Ruby Murray Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Happy Days and Lonely Nights' by these artists:
Connie Francis My memory takes me to The wonderful nights we knew…
Frankie Vaughan With the parting of the ways You took all my happy…
Kay Starr My memory takes me to The wonderful nights we knew…
Ruth Etting My memory takes me to The wonderful nights we knew When I…
The Fontane Sisters With the parting of the ways You took all my happy…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Ruby Murray:
Danny Boy Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen…
Dear Old Donegal It seems like only yesterday I sailed from out of Cork A…
Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye Goodbye Jimmy, goodbye, Goodbye Jimmy, goodbye, I'll see you…
I'll Come When You Call I'll come when you call, When you give me the word; With…
It's a Great Day for the Irish It's a great day for the Irish, it's a great…
It’s a Great Day For The Irish It's a great day for the Irish, it's a great…
Let me go lover Oh Let Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go…
Let Me Go, Lover Oh Let Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go…
Living For The Day It's a great day for the Irish, it's a great…
Love's Old Sweet Song Once in the dear dead days beyond recall. When on the…
Peggy O'Neil Peggy O'Neil is a girl who could steal any heart Any…
Softly Softly Softly, softly come to me Touch my lips so tenderly…
Softly, Softly Softly, softly come to me Touch my lips so tenderly Softly, …
The Very First Christmas of All One night, when the world was asleep While shepherds were wa…
True Love I give to you and you give to me True love…
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling When Irish eyes are smiling Sure 'tis like a morn in…
You Are My First Love You are my first love, my first and last love We'll…
You Are My Sunshine "You Are My Sunshine" You are my sunshine, my only sunshi…
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tee jaymz
Ruby Murray had a great voice.
ajdale
Wondeful record. Thank you so much for posting it!
Archie Morrison
wonderful. took me back to my teen years
STUART OLIVER
Many childhood memories. High quality entertainment with meaning
David Walsh
I'm amazed that there aren't more of Ruby Murray songs on YouTube. Can some kind soul put this right. She recorded well into the sixties it would be great to hear some of these songs.
Walter Gray
This was a chart topper when I enlisted in the RAF in March 1955. Great to listen to it again.
Thank you for sharing.
Dick Dunphy
A great favourite of mine in my teens.
Paul Leighton
thanks for the posting nice arrangement ruby murray i have a compilation of her 50's recordingshaven't heard of her since then
CobinRain
And immortalised in cockney rhyming slang........
Porter Iselin
this should be in fallout