Ruth Brown - Say It Again - Ruth Brown in the 60s 2016
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| Birth proper noun | Ruth Alston Weston |
| Born | (1928-01-12)January 12, 1928[ane] Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | November 17, 2006(2006-xi-17) (aged 78) Henderson, Nevada, U.Due south. |
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| Years agile | 1949–2006 |
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Ruth Alston Dark-brown (née Weston; January 12, 1928[2] [3] [4] – November 17, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B". She was noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music in a serial of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as "So Long", "Teardrops from My Eyes" and "(Mama) He Treats Your Girl Mean".[five] For these contributions, Atlantic became known as "the house that Ruth congenital"[six] [7] (alluding to the popular nickname for the old Yankee Stadium).[8] Dark-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.[nine] Her performances in the Broadway musical Blackness and Blue earned Brown a Tony Award, and the original cast recording won a Grammy Honour.[x] [11] Brown was a recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Accomplishment Honour in 2016.[12] In 2017, Brown was inducted into National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.[13] She is also the aunt to legendary hip hop MC Rakim.
Early life [edit]
Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Brown was the eldest of vii siblings.[xiv] She attended I. C. Norcom High School. Brownish's father was a dockhand. He too directed the local church choir at Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church building, but the young Ruth showed more than interest in singing at USO shows and nightclubs, rebelling against her begetter.[15] She was inspired by Sarah Vaughan, Billie Vacation, and Dinah Washington.[16]
In 1945, aged 17, Dark-brown ran away from her dwelling in Portsmouth along with the trumpeter Jimmy Chocolate-brown, whom she presently married, to sing in bars and clubs. She and then spent a month with Lucky Millinder'south orchestra.[5]
Early career [edit]
Blanche Calloway, Cab Calloway's sister, as well a bandleader, bundled a gig for Brown at the Crystal Caverns, a nightclub in Washington, D.C., and soon became her manager. Willis Conover, the future Voice of America disc jockey, defenseless her deed with Duke Ellington and recommended her to Atlantic Records bosses Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Brown was unable to audition as planned considering of a car crash, which resulted in a nine-month stay in the infirmary. She signed with Atlantic Records from her hospital bed.[17]
In 1948, Ertegun and Abramson drove from New York City to Washington, D.C., to hear Brown sing. Her repertoire was mostly popular ballads, but Ertegun convinced her to switch to rhythm and blues.[18]
In her first audition, in 1949, she sang "And then Long," which became a hit. This was followed past "Teardrops from My Optics" in 1950. Written by Rudy Toombs, it was the first upbeat major hit for Chocolate-brown. Recorded for Atlantic Records in New York Metropolis in September 1950 and released in October, information technology was Billboard'southward R&B number one for 11 weeks. The hit earned her the nickname "Miss Rhythm", and inside a few months, she became the acknowledged queen of R&B.[xix]
She followed upward this striking with "I'll Look for Yous" (1951), "I Know" (1951), "v-10-15 Hours" (1953), "(Mama) He Treats Your Girl Mean" (1953), "Oh What a Dream" (1954),[18] "Mambo Baby" (1954), and "Don't Deceive Me" (1960), some of which were credited to Ruth Chocolate-brown and the Rhythm Makers. Betwixt 1949 and 1955, her records stayed on the R&B chart for a total of 149 weeks; she would go along to score 21 Acme 10 hits altogether, including v that landed at number one. Brown ranked No. 1 on The Billboard 1954 Disk Jockey Poll for Favorite R&B Artists.[20]
Brown played many racially segregated dances in the southern states, where she toured extensively and was immensely popular. She claimed that a writer had once summed up her popularity past saying, "In the South, Ruth Brown is ameliorate known than Coca-Cola."[ citation needed ]
Brown performed at the famed 10th Cavalcade of Jazz concert held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, which was produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. on June 20, 1954. She performed along with The Flairs, Count Basie and his Orchestra, Lamp Lighters, Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, Christine Kittrell, and Perez Prado and his Orchestra.[21]
Her first pop hit came with "Lucky Lips", a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and recorded in 1957. The single reached number 6 on the R&B chart and number 25 on the U.S. pop chart.[22] The 1958 follow-up was "This Little Daughter'due south Gone Rockin'", written past Bobby Darin and Isle of man Curtis. It reached number seven on the R&B chart and number 24 on the pop chart.[23]
She had further hits with "I Don't Know" in 1959 and "Don't Deceive Me" in 1960, which were more successful on the R&B nautical chart than on the pop nautical chart. In 1965 she appeared as a guest on TV Gospel Fourth dimension. During the 1960s, Brown faded from public view and lived as a housewife and female parent.
Subsequently career [edit]
She returned to music in 1975 at the urging of the comedian Redd Foxx, followed by a series of comedic acting jobs. This launched her career in Telly, motion-picture show, and stage. She had a recurring office during the second season of the sitcom Hello, Larry as the neighbor, Leona Wilson. She starred as Motormouth Maybelle Stubbs, a friendly and strong-willed record promoter and mother of Seaweed and 50'il Inez, in the John Waters cult classic motion picture Hairspray. On Broadway, she starred in productions of Amen Corner and Black and Blue. The latter earned her a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1989.[24] The New York Times theater critic Frank Rich wrote, "Ruth Brownish, the rhythm-and-blues chanteuse, applies sarcastic varnish and two-a-day burlesque timing to the ribald Andy Razaf lyrics of 'If I Can't Sell It, I'll Go on Sittin' on It.'"[25]
Brown'due south fight for musicians' rights and royalties in 1987 led to the founding of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1988.[26] She was one of the starting time recipients of the Pioneer Accolade in 1989.[27] In 1989, she released an anthology, "Blues and Broadway," which won a Grammy for best jazz song performance, female.[25] She was inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Rock and Curlicue Hall of Fame in 1993.[28] [29]
Chocolate-brown recorded and sang with the rhythm-and-dejection vocalist Charles Brown. She besides toured with Bonnie Raitt in the tardily 1990s. Her 1995 autobiography, Miss Rhythm,[30] won the Gleason Award for music journalism.[26] She as well appeared on Bonnie Raitt's 1995 live DVD Route Tested, singing "Never Make Your Move Too Soon".[31] She was nominated for another Grammy in the Traditional Dejection category for her 1997 album, R + B = Ruth Brown. In the 2000 television miniseries Footling Richard, she was portrayed by singer Tressa Thomas.
She hosted the radio program Blues Stage, carried by more 200 NPR affiliates, for half-dozen years, starting in 1989.[32]
Chocolate-brown was still touring at the age of 78.[17] She had completed preproduction piece of work on the Danny Glover film, Honeydripper, which she did not live to stop. Still, her recording of "Things About Comin' My Manner" was released posthumously on the soundtrack CD. Her terminal interview was in Baronial 2006.[33]
Expiry [edit]
Brown died in a Las Vegas–area hospital on Nov 17, 2006, from complications following a heart set on and stroke she suffered subsequently surgery in the previous month. She was 78 years onetime.[34] A memorial concert for her was held on Jan 22, 2007, at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York.[ citation needed ]
Brown is buried at Roosevelt Memorial Park, Chesapeake Metropolis, Virginia.[35]
Accolades [edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Piece of work | Event | Ref. |
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| 1969 | Grammy Award | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | "Yesterday" | Nominated | [eleven] |
| 1989 | Grammy Accolade | Best Jazz Vocal Functioning, Female person | Blues on Broadway | Won | |
| Best Traditional Dejection Album | "If I Tin can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It" | Nominated | |||
| Tony Award | Best Extra in a Musical | Black and Blue | Won | [10] | |
| 1990 | Grammy Award | Best Traditional Blues Album | "T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Practice" | Nominated | [xi] |
| 1997 | Grammy Award | R + B = Ruth Brown | Nominated | ||
| 1999 | Grammy Accolade | A Proficient 24-hour interval for the Blues | Nominated |
She also received the following honors:
- 1989: Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Honor[27]
- 1992: Inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame[36]
- 1993: Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame[27]
- 1996: Ralph Gleason Award for Music Journalism[26]
- 2013: Inducted into the Virginia Musical Museum's Virginia Music Hall of Fame[37]
- 2016: Grammy Lifetime Accomplishment Laurels[12]
- 2017: Inducted into National Rhythm & Dejection Hall of Fame[13]
Discography [edit]
Studio albums [edit]
- Rock & Roll (Atlantic, 1957)
- Miss Rhythm (Atlantic, 1959)
- Belatedly Date with Ruth Brown (Atlantic, 1959)
- Along Comes Ruth (Philips, 1962)
- Gospel Time (Philips, 1962)
- Ruth Brown '65 (Mainstream, 1965)
- Blackness Is Brown and Brown Is Beautiful (Skye, 1969)
- The Existent Ruth Chocolate-brown (Cobblestone/Buddah, 1972)
- Sugar Babe (President, 1976), re-issued in 1985 as Brown Sugar
- Y'all Don't Know Me (Dobre, 1978)
- Dejection on Broadway (Fantasy, 1989)
- Dark-brown, Black & Beautiful (SDEG/Ichiban, 1990)
- Fine and Mellow (Fantasy, 1991)
- The Songs of My Life (Fantasy, 1993)
- R + B = Ruth Brown (Bullseye Blues, 1997)
- A Adept Day for the Blues (Bullseye Blues, 1999)
Alive albums [edit]
- The Soul Survives (Flair, 1982)
- Takin' Care of Business (Stockholm, 1983)
- Take a Skilful Time (Fantasy, 1988)
- Alive in London (Jazz House, 1995)
Compilations [edit]
- The Best of Ruth Brown (Atlantic, 1962)
- Miss Rhythm (Greatest Hits And More) (Atlantic, 1989)
As guest [edit]
With Thad Jones and Mel Lewis
- The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Featuring Miss Ruth Brown (Solid State, 1968)
With Benny Carter
- Benny Carter Songbook (MusicMasters, 1996)
- Benny Carter Songbook Book Two (MusicMasters, 1997)
Singles [edit]
| Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| 1949 | "So Long" b/w "It's Raining" (not-album rails) | 4 | — | Rock & Roll |
| "I'll Go Along Somehow" (Part i) b/w Part 2 | — | — | Not-album tracks | |
| 1950 | "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" b/west "Love Me Baby" | — | — | |
| "Why" b/w "(I'll Come Back) Someday" | — | — | ||
| "Sentimental Journey" b/w "I Can Dream Can't I" (from Late Date with Ruth Brownish) | — | — | Rock & Whorl | |
| The two preceding singles are with the Delta Rhythm Boys. | ||||
| "Where Can I Go" b/westward "Dear Lilliputian Boy of Mine" | — | — | Non-anthology tracks | |
| "Teardrops from My Optics" b/w "Am I Making the Aforementioned Mistake Again" (non-album track) | i | — | Rock & Scroll | |
| 1951 | "I'll Wait for You lot" b/west "Standing on the Corner" | three | — | Non-album tracks |
| "I Know" b/w "Don't Want Nobody (If I Can't Have Yous)" | seven | — | ||
| "Shine On (Big Bright Moon, Shine On)" b/w "Without My Love" (not-anthology track) | — | — | The Best of Ruth Brown | |
| 1952 | "5-10-15 Hours" b/due west "Be Anything (But Be Mine)" (non-anthology rail) | ane | — | Rock & Roll |
| "Daddy Daddy" b/w "Accept a Good Time" (not-album track) | iii | — | ||
| "Expert for Nothin' Joe" b/w "Three Letters" | — | — | Non-anthology tracks | |
| 1953 | "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" b/west "R.B. Dejection" (non-album track) | one | 23 | Rock & Scroll |
| "Wild, Wild Young Men" / | 3 | — | ||
| "Mend Your Ways" | 7 | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "The Tears Go on Tumbling Downwards" b/westward "I Would If I Could" | — | — | ||
| 1954 | "Love Contest" b/westward "If You Don't Desire Me" | — | — | |
| "Sentimental Journeying" b/west "It'southward All in Your Heed" (both sides with the Delta Rhythm Boys) | — | — | ||
| "Hi Footling Boy" b/west "If I Had Any Sense" | — | — | ||
| "Oh What a Dream" b/w "Delight Don't Freeze" (from The Best of Ruth Brownish) | 1 | — | Stone & Curl | |
| "Mambo Babe" b/w "Somebody Touched Me" (from Miss Rhythm) | i | — | ||
| 1955 | "Every bit Long Equally I'm Moving" / | 4 | — | |
| "I Tin See Everybody's Baby" | seven | — | Miss Rhythm | |
| "Goodbye Good day Young Men" b/w "Ever Since My Babe's Been Gone" (not-album track) | xiii | — | The Best of Ruth Dark-brown | |
| The preceding five singles are with the Rhythmakers (the Drifters). | ||||
| "It'southward Honey Baby (24 Hours of the Day)" b/w "What'd I Say" (non-album track) | 4 | — | Rock & Roll | |
| "Love Has Joined Usa Together" b/w "I Gotta Have You" (both sides with Clyde McPhatter) | 8 | — | Not-anthology tracks | |
| 1956 | "I Want to Practice More" b/w "Old Man River" (from Stone & Roll) (both sides with the Rhythmakers [the Drifters]) | three | — | |
| "Sweet Baby of Mine" b/w "I'k Getting Right" | ten | — | ||
| "Mom Oh Mom" b/w "I Want to Be Loved" | — | — | ||
| "I Nevertheless Honey Y'all" b/w "Smooth Operator" | — | — | ||
| 1957 | "Lucky Lips" b/west "My Center Is Breaking Over You" (not-album track) | half-dozen | 25 | Stone & Roll |
| "One More Fourth dimension" b/w "When I Get Yous Infant" | — | — | Miss Rhythm | |
| "Show Me" b/west "I Promise Nosotros Meet (On the Road Someday)" | — | — | ||
| "A New Beloved" b/w "Await Me Upward" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| 1958 | "Just Too Much b/w "Book of Lies" | — | — | Miss Rhythm |
| "This Little Daughter'due south Gone Rockin'" / | seven | 24 | ||
| "Why Me" | 17 | — | ||
| "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" b/w "I'll Stride Aside" (non-anthology rail) | — | — | (these are re-makes) | |
| "5-10-fifteen Hours" b/due west "Itty Bitty Girl" (not-album rail) | — | — | ||
| 1959 | "I Don't Know" b/w "Papa Daddy" (non-album track) | 5 | 64 | The Best of Ruth Brown |
| "Jack O'Diamonds" b/west "I Can't Hear a Give-and-take Y'all Say" | 23 | 96 | Miss Rhythm | |
| "Don't Deceive Me" b/w "I Burned Your Letter" | 10 | 62 | Non-anthology tracks | |
| "What I Wouldn't Give" b/west "The Door Is All the same Open" | — | — | ||
| 1960 | "Taking Intendance of Concern" b/due west "Honey Boy" (non-album runway) | — | — | The All-time of Ruth Brownish |
| "Sure 'Nuff" b/westward "Here He Comes" | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| 1961 | "Anyone But You" b/w "It Tears Me All to Pieces" | — | — | |
| "Walkin' and Talkin'" b/west "Hoopa-Loopa-Doopa" (shown every bit past "Venus") | — | — | ||
| 1962 | "Shake a Paw" b/w "Say Information technology Again" (not-album track) | — | 97 | Forth Comes Ruth |
| "Mama, He Treats Your Girl Mean" b/w "Hold My Mitt" (non-album track) | — | 99 | ||
| "He Tells Me with His Eyes" b/west "If Y'all Don't Tell Nobody" | — | — | Not-album tracks | |
| 1963 | "Clandestine Love" b/w "Time After Time" | — | — | |
| 1964 | "What Happened to Yous" b/w "Yes Sir That's My Baby" | — | — | |
| "I Love Him and I Know It" b/w "Come a Piffling Closer" | — | — | ||
| "Hurry On Down" b/w "On the Proficient Send Lollipop" | — | — | Ruth Brown '65 | |
| 1968 | "You're a Stone Groovy Thing" b/w "Anytime (I Know, I Know) | — | — | Non-anthology tracks |
| 1969 | "Yesterday" b/w "Try Me and Run across" | — | — | Black Is Brown and Brownish Is Cute |
| 1989 | "If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It" b/w "Skillful Morning Heartache" | — | — | Blues on Broadway |
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External links [edit]
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