TMC Likes... Kenny Rogers?

With "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town," TMC thought we were just adding on to the long list of Cake songs we loved. We have since realized our affections should be directed elsewhere: to Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. Kenny wasn't the first to record"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town", but his version is perhaps the most popular. It climbed the charts reaching #1 in the UK and #6 in the U.S.

Before today, TMC was more likely to make fun of Kenny Rogers than to praise him (see his 1985 performance in "We Are the World"). Now, we honor Rogers with his inclusion on this extremely high profile blog.

Here's Kenny Rogers' "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" and below, Cake's rather faithful cover song that got us hooked in the first place.