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Ruth Brown (January 12, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American rhythm and blues singer and actress, widely regarded as one of the key figures in popularizing R&B music in the 1950s. Known as “Miss Rhythm,” she recorded a series of major hits for Atlantic Records, including “So Long,” “Teardrops from My Eyes,” and “(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean,” helping establish the label’s early…
Known for
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards — Singer (segment "Black and Blue") (archive footage)2005
- Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested — Self - Guest star - Vocals1996
- B.B. King: Blues Summit1995
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Tortoise / Ant (voice)1995
- Shake, Rattle and Rock! — Ella1994
- Rebel Highway — Ella Baldwin1994
- Black and Blue: A Musical Revue — Singer1993
- Hallelujah — Mrs. Sherman1993
- True Identity — Martha1991
- Montreux Jazz Festival 1991 — Self1991
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1928
- Active to
- 2006
Discography
- I'll Get Along Somehow / Rocking Blues1949
- So Long / It’s Raining1949
- I Can Dream, Can't I / Sentimental Journey1950
- Love Me Baby / Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe1950
- Teardrops From My Eyes / Am I Making the Same Mistake Again1950
- I Know / I Don't Want Anybody1951
- I'll Wait for You / Standing on the Corner1951
- Shine On / Without My Love1951
- 5 - 10 - 15 Hours / Be Anything (But Be Mine)1952
- Daddy Daddy / Have a Good Time1952
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- 252,238
- Total plays
- 1,313,695
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Ruth Brown (1928–2006) was a U.S. rhythm and blues singer and actress, noted for bringing a popular music style to rhythm and blues in a series of hit songs for fledgling Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as "So Long", "Teardrops from My Eyes", and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean". Born Ruth Alston Weston on 30th January 1928 in Portsmouth, Virginia, she attended I. C. Norcom High School, a historically black high school. Brown's father was a dockhand who directed the local church choir
Key facts
- Born
- Ruth Alston Weston , ( 1928-01-12 ) January 12, 1928 , Portsmouth, Virginia , U.S.
- Died
- November 17, 2006 (2006-11-17) (aged 78), Henderson, Nevada , U.S.
- Genres
- R&B soul jazz blues doo-wop gospel funk
- Occupations
- Actress singer-songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals piano keyboards
- Years active
- 1949–2006
- Labels
- Atlantic Philips Fantasy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Portsmouth
- Place of death
- Las Vegas
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Record label
- Cobblestone Records
- Official website
- www.ruthbrown.net
- Image
- Ruth Brown 1996.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1928-01-31
- date of death
- 2006-11-17
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Ruth Brown
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
- Commons category
- Ruth Brown
- writing language
- English language
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- married name
- Ruth Alston Brown
- birth name
- Ruth Alston Weston
- web feed URL
- missrhythm.net/feed
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Encyclopedic overview
Ruth Alston Brown (née Weston; January 12, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes referred to as the "Queen of R&B". She was noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as "So Long", "Teardrops from My Eyes" and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean". For these contributions, Atlantic became known as "the house that Ruth built" (alluding to the popular nickname for the old Yankee Stadium). Brown was a 1993 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Following a resurgence that began in the mid-1970s and peaked in the 1980s, Brown used her influence to press for musicians' rights regarding royalties and contracts; these efforts led to the founding of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. Her performances in the Broadway musical Black and Blue earned Brown a Tony Award, and the original cast recording won a Grammy Award. Brown was a recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. In 2017, Brown was inducted into National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Brown at number 146 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ruth Brown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.