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Ruth Brown, the R&B pioneer, had reinvented herself as an actress and a singer who escaped classification. In 1987 Brown starred in Allen Toussaint's off-Broadway musical Staggerlee; in 1989she won a Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for the Broadway revue Black and Blue. She appeared in the John Waters film Hairspray, became a popular host of National Public Radio and went on to win a 1990 ...
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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 ...
Ruth Brown (* 30. Januar 1928 in Portsmouth, Virginia, als Ruth Weston; † 17. November 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada) war eine der populärsten US-amerikanischen Rhythm-’n’-Blues - Sängerinnen der 1950er Jahre.
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23. Okt. 2017 · While many fans know Brown for her later career — focused on blues, jazz and show tunes — her early chart-topping contributions to the canon of American popular music should not be forgotten.
Ruth Alston Brown 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 " He Treats Your Daughter Mean". For these contributions, Atlantic became known as "the house that Ruth built". Brown ...
