Singer, Songwriter. Born in Anderson, Indiana, she began singing in a trio … Read Full Bio ↴Singer, Songwriter. Born in Anderson, Indiana, she began singing in a trio at Lake Manitou in Indiana until she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to sing band and dance music. Wright was featured as a vocalist with the Barney Rapp Orchestra and with his band, Barney Rapp and His New Englanders in the 1930's. She also sang on the radio on WLW, and for twenty years, appeared on the Ruth Lyons show, "50-50 Club." Wright recorded several tracks for King Records in the late 1940's and 1950's. Her single, "Bimbo" reached the charts in the United Kingdom in 1954. Her most popular recording was a Christmas single, "Let's Light the Christmas Tree" that sold 250,000 copies in 1958. She charted again in 1959 with "Three Stars", a tribute to Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper. Also in 1959, she was featured on the Kathy Linden hit "Good-bye Jimmy Good-Bye." A compilation of her singles was released on an album entitled "Ruby Wright- Regular Gal: The King Recordings, 1949-1959" which consisted of 27 tracks. Wright later married Barney Rapp. She died in Cincinnati in 2004 when she was 90 years old.
Christmas Is A Birthday
Ruby Wright Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Christmas Is A Birthday' by these artists:
Harry Simeone Chorale Sing now a song of joy Every Christmas is a birthday Of…
Perry Como & The Ray Charles Singers There is no Christmas Like a home Christmas With your dad an…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Ruby Wright:
Let's Light the Christmas Tree Let's light the Christmas tree Set it's branches glowing Bri…
Three Stars Look up in the sky Up to one who knows There are…
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Jean Ellsworth
What a wonderful treat to hear the beautiful Ruby Wright. Thank you for sharing .
Cindy Hoeffel
Thank you so much. I love hearing my mother singing this song.
Another Tom In Ohio
It was great to see her singing that song again. Thanks for posting.
b cats
we didn't know how blessed we were when 5050 club was on. what a great show!
flomurdock
Do you have Ruby singing Wasn't the Summer Shoprt?
b cats
flomurdock that's a beautiful song by Ruby. I miss the gang. Christmas isn't the same.
flomurdock
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