1970's song with red rubber ball keeps bouncing back to me

And this was after 'Red Rubber Ball.' And Simon & Garfunkel were just walking out. (laughs)Ĭasey Chambers: After shaking the jukebox with that monster, did Paul Simon try pitching other songs to you guys?ĭon Dannemann: Let me tell you this story. It may or may not happen.īut it did happen for us with 'Red Rubber Ball' and 'Turn-Down Day.' So there, that's what I think about it. My conclusion is.you can take the best producers, the best musicians, the best writers, and the best artists and bring them all together and you might make a good record. Not like with 'Red Rubber Ball' and 'Turn-Down Day.' We were learning better recording techniques. 'Turn-Down Day' came on and I could hear the magic in that song, too! And as I listened to the chronological order of our songs, you could hear how we got better.

'Red Rubber Ball' - The Cyrkle / 'Red Rubber Ball' (1966) That really was a special hit.' I had just never thought about it like that.

When 'Red Rubber Ball' came on.as soon as I heard the first two seconds, it was like.''Wow! There's magic in that. So I had really left that part behind.Īnyway, I was on a plane and had nothing to do, so I pulled out my Walkman and listened to the cassette. Now understand, after the band broke up (late 1967) I got involved in advertising and had a nice career doing commercials and things. They sent me what they were putting out and they wanted comments from Tommy and I and our drummer, Marty Fried. I'm guessing maybe in the mid-'80s when this occurred. Ya know, one that deals with oldies stuff. There was this little record company that got the license from Columbia. It's really funny, but I never thought much about it at the time.īut I will tell you the moment when it really did hit me. (laughs) But everybody else seemed to think, 'yeah there's something here. To be honest with you, my first feeling was.it's no great shakes. And he heard this guitar-voice demo of Paul doing 'Red Rubber Ball' and brought it in for us to kick around because we were looking for stuff to record. (guitar, bass, vocals) He was friendly with a guy named Barry Kornfeld, who I think might have had a publishing company with Paul Simon or some kind of relationship. How did that song get into your hands, anyway?ĭon Dannemann: That song was discovered by Tommy Dawes.

'Red Rubber Ball.' A song penned by Paul Simon, but you guys absolutely owned it. Casey Chambers: It was 1966 and The Cyrkle decide to join the party by releasing their first single.

1970's song with red rubber ball keeps bouncing back to me