“Ruby Baby” is a rhythm-and-blues song recorded by The Drifters in 1956 and written by the famous songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The song tells the story of a confident narrator trying to win over a woman named Ruby, using playful lyrics and a smooth but upbeat vocal style. Like many early Drifters songs, it blends R&B with early rock and roll, showing the group’s influence on the sound of popular music at the time. “Ruby Baby” helped establish the Drifters as an important vocal

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