<P> As the 1960s counterculture was heating up , The First Edition signed with Reprise Records in the summer of 1967 and had its first big hit in early 1968 with the pop - psychedelic single `` Just Dropped In ( To See What Condition My Condition Was In ) '' ( US No. 5 ) . After only one more chart hit , `` But You Know I Love You '' ( US No. 19 ) , the group , newly billed as `` Kenny Rogers and the First Edition '' , once again hit the top ten , this time in the summer of 1969 with the topical `` Ruby , Do n't Take Your Love to Town '' ( US No. 6 , UK No. 2 ) . </P>
<P> As the 1960s counterculture was heating up , The First Edition signed with Reprise Records in the summer of 1967 and had its first big hit in early 1968 with the pop - psychedelic single `` Just Dropped In ( To See What Condition My Condition Was In ) '' ( US No. 5 ) . After only one more chart hit , `` But You Know I Love You '' ( US No. 19 ) , the group , newly billed as `` Kenny Rogers and the First Edition '' , once again hit the top ten , this time in the summer of 1969 with the topical `` Ruby , Do n't Take Your Love to Town '' ( US No. 6 , UK No. 2 ) . </P>
kenny rogers and the first edition first hit
kenny rogers and the first edition first hit
`` Just Dropped In ( To See What Condition My Condition Was In ) ''
`` Just Dropped In ( To See What Condition My Condition Was In ) ''