George Hamilton lV "A Rose And A Baby Ruth" 78 rpm Record on ABC Paramount #9765
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Born and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Hamilton scored a major hit in 1956 with “A Rose and a Baby Ruth.” Penned by John D. Loudermilk, the tune reached Number 6 on the Billboard Top 100 chart. As a singer of teenage ballads, Hamilton also toured with Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers.
Transitioning seamlessly from pop music to country, at a time when the opposite was far more common, Hamilton became an Opry member in February 1960, and that same year he reached Number Four on the country chart with “Before This Day Ends.” Hits that followed included “Three Steps to the Phone (Millions of Miles),” “To You and Yours (From Me and Mine)” and “If You Don’t Know I Ain’t Gonna Tell You.” In 1963, he scored his greatest success with “Abilene.” Co-written by Loudermilk with Bob Gibson and Lester Brown, the single logged four weeks at the top of the country chart and reached Number 15 on the pop chart. In 1993, the song reached a new audience by way of A Perfect World, the film starring Kevin Costner and directed by Clint Eastwood. While many mistakenly believed the song was inspired by Abilene, Texas, it was, in fact, written after Gibson saw a Randolph Scott western called Abilene Town, which was set in Kansas. He did, however, follow up the Abilene album with one called Fort Worth, Dallas or Houston.
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