Rubber Ball
Bobby Vee
1961
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Bobby Vee
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Bobby Vee grew up in Fargo, North Dakota, and began playing guitar as a teenager. His early performances with the Shadows led to recording Susie Baby for Soma in 1959, followed by a move to Liberty. His repertoire expanded through Devil or Angel, Take Good Care of My Baby and The Night Has a Thousand Eyes. Later work included international touring and recording projects at his Rockhouse studio near St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Artist background sources
Bobby Vee - North Dakota Office of the Governor biography
Read Fargo identity, teenage guitar and Shadows, Susie Baby and named later repertoire. Awards, rankings, relative-year wording and tragedy details are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Bobby Vee - South Dakota Public Broadcasting Hall of Fame profile
Read the Bobby Vee section: 1959 Soma/Liberty sequence, international touring and Rockhouse studio. The linked audio interview was not required or claimed as listened to. Current-tense touring, family/private details and chart totals are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Rubber Ball by Bobby Vee appears at number 89 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1961. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1961 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1961 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.