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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 ...
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. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Diskografie. 2.1 Studioalben. 2.2 Livealben. 2.3 Kompilationen. 2.4 Singles. 3 Filmografie. 4 Quellen. 5 Weblinks
JahrTitel AlbumHöchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, ...(us)Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, ...(r&b)1949So Long Rock & Roll—R&B 4 (10 Wo.) R&B1950Teardrops from My Eyes Rock & Roll—R&B 1 (25 Wo.) R&B1951I’ll Wait for You—R&B 3 (4 Wo.) R&B1951I Know—R&B 7 (4 Wo.) R&BRuth Brown (born Jan. 12, 1928, Portsmouth, Va., U.S.—died Nov. 17, 2006, Las Vegas, Nev.) American singer and actress, who earned the sobriquet “Miss Rhythm” while dominating the rhythm-and-blues charts throughout the 1950s. Her success helped establish Atlantic Records (“The House That Ruth Built”) as the era’s premier rhythm-and-blues label.
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18. Nov. 2006 · By Jon Pareles. Nov. 18, 2006. Ruth Brown, the gutsy rhythm and blues singer whose career extended to acting and crusading for musicians’ rights, died on Friday in Las Vegas. She was 78 and...
- Jon Pareles
Learn about Ruth Brown, the "Queen of R&B" and "Miss Rhythm", who ruled the charts in the 1950s with hits like "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean" and "Lucky Lips". Discover her musical career, her activism, her awards, and her discography.
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 ...
1. Year: 1993. Inducted by: Bonnie Raitt. Category: Performers. Introduction. The R&B singer who built Atlantic Records. They called Atlantic “the house that Ruth built” for good reason—her two dozen hits put the budding company on the map. She was both a diva and a fighter, a glamorous R&B singer and a tireless advocate for musicians’ rights.
