Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore

"Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" is a song originally recorded and made a minor hit by Ruby & the Romantics in 1965.^[1] It appeared on their Greatest Hits album, and was released as a single on Kapp Records K-665 in April of that year.^[2]^[3] On The Romantics' original version, the song's composer is listed as Lawrence (Larry) Weiss.^[1] Although it was originally a B-side to the standard "We'll Meet Again", "Your Baby" received considerably more R&B radio airplay, but did not reach the Billboard Hot 100, only managing #8 on the Bubbling Under chart.^[4]

The Carpenters' version

Eighteen years later, in 1983, The Carpenters released a cover version of the song as the second single from their 1983 Voice of the Heart album. The single was the second posthumous release after Karen's death. No video was shot for the song nor has the song ever been performed live by Richard.

Personnel

Karen Carpenter – lead vocals
Richard Carpenter – backing vocals, keyboards
Joe Osborn – bass guitar
Ron Tutt – drums
Tony Peluso – guitar
Chuck Findley – trumpet
Peter Limonick – percussion
Earle Dumler – oboe

Charts

The Carpenters

Chart (1984)	Peak position
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	12

Ruby & The Romantics' original version

"Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore"

Single by Ruby & the Romantics

from the album Greatest Hits

A-side

"We'll Meet Again"

Released

1965

Format

7" single

Recorded

1965

Genre

Pop/R&B

Label

Kapp Records
K665

Writer(s)

Larry Weiss ("Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore")

Producer(s)

Tom Catalano

Ruby & the Romantics singles chronology

"Does He Really Care for Me"
(1965)

"Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore"
(1965)

"We Can Make It"
(1966)

Personnel

Ruby & the Romantics

Ruby Nash
Leroy Fann
Ed Roberts
Ronald Mosely
George Lee
Song written and composed by Lawrence Weiss^[5]
Orchestra arranged and conducted by Alan Lorber
Produced by Tom Catalano

References

1 2 "Wednesday When It Was Music ~ ~ "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" ~ Ruby & The Romantics | Longshot's Blog". Longshotsblues.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
↑ "Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks - RUBY & THE ROMANTICS". Uncamarvy.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
↑ Video on YouTube
↑ "Ruby & the Romantics Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
↑ "Walls of Sound". Office Naps. 2007-01-29. Retrieved 2016-09-29.

External links

The Carpenters

Karen Carpenter Richard Carpenter

Albums	Offering (Ticket to Ride) Close to You Carpenters A Song for You Now & Then Horizon A Kind of Hush Passage Made in America Voice of the Heart Lovelines As Time Goes By

Live albums	Live in Japan Live at the Palladium

Compilation albums	The Singles: 1969–1973 The Singles: 1974–1978 The Very Best of the Carpenters Yesterday Once More Only Yesterday From the Top Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration Love Songs Reflections The Singles: 1969–1981 The Essential Collection: 1965–1997 Carpenters Perform Carpenter Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition The Ultimate Collection 40/40

Other	Christmas Portrait An Old-Fashioned Christmas Time (Richard Carpenter) Karen Carpenter (album) Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor (Richard Carpenter)

Singles	"Looking for Love" "Ticket to Ride" "(They Long to Be) Close to You" "We've Only Just Begun" "Merry Christmas, Darling" "For All We Know" "Rainy Days and Mondays" "Superstar" "Bless the Beasts and Children" "Hurting Each Other" "It's Going to Take Some Time" "Goodbye to Love" "Sing" "Yesterday Once More" "Top of the World" "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "I Won't Last a Day Without You" "Please Mr. Postman" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" "Only Yesterday" "Solitaire" "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" "I Need to Be in Love" "Goofus" "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" "Sweet, Sweet Smile" "I Believe You" "Touch Me When We're Dancing" "(Want You) Back in My Life Again" "Those Good Old Dreams" "Beechwood 4-5789" "Make Believe It's Your First Time" "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" "Now" "Little Altar Boy" "Honolulu City Lights" "Something in Your Eyes" "If I Had You" "Let Me Be the One" "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" "Ave Maria" "The Rainbow Connection"

TV series/specials	Make Your Own Kind of Music Live at the BBC Very First TV Special Space Encounters A Christmas Portrait Music, Music, Music

DVDs	Gold: Greatest Hits Interpretations Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters

Related articles	Discography Songs John Bettis Joe Osborn Tony Peluso If I Were a Carpenter The Karen Carpenter Story

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