Rubber Ball

{{For|balls made of rubber|bouncy ball}}

{{distinguish|Red Rubber Ball}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Rubber Ball

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Bobby Vee

| album = Bobby Vee

| B-side = Everyday

| released = Late 1960

| format =

| recorded = August 12, 1960

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Brill Building pop

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=17}}

| label = Liberty Records F-55287

| writer = {{hlist|A. Orlowski/Aaron Schroeder}}

| producer = Snuff Garrett

| prev_title = Devil or Angel

| prev_year = 1960

| next_title = Stayin' In

| next_year = 1961

}}

"Rubber Ball" was an early 1961 hit for Bobby Vee on Liberty Records. It was the record which made Vee an international star. 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. Veteran session drummer Earl Palmer played drums at the session.Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999 p. 175, {{ISBN|978-0306809804}}.

The record marked Vee's first use of overdubbing his second vocal.