"Rubber Ball" was an early 1961 hit for Bobby Vee on Liberty Records.
The song was recorded on August 12, 1960, in a four-song, three-hour session at United in Hollywood.
It was produced by Thomas "Snuff" Garrett, arranged by Ernie Freeman, and was co-written at the Brill Building in New York by Gene Pitney, using his mother's maiden name (Orlowski), and by Aaron Schroeder.
The song was Vee's fifth US single release making #6 on the Billboard charts.
[4] In Australia, it was Vee's only #1 record; it stayed at the top for three weeks in early 1961.