Ruth Brown

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Ruth Alston Brown (née Weston, 1928-born in R&B) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B."

"So Long," "Teardrops from My Eyes," and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Means" was among her hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s. She was known for bringing a pop music style to R&B music.

Atlantic became known as "the home that Ruth built" after a revival that began in the 1970s and hit a high point in the 1980s, leading to the establishment of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.

Brown's appearances in the Broadway musical Black and Blue received a Tony Award, and the original cast recording received a Grammy Award.

In 2016, Brown was named a recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Brown was inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2017.

Early life

Brown, who was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, was the eldest of seven siblings. She attended I. C. Norcom High School. Brown's father was a dockhand. Ruth also supervised the local church choir at Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, but the teenage Ruth showed more interest in performing at USO shows and nightclubs, protesting her father's. Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, and Dinah Washington inspired her.

Brown, a teenager from Portsmouth, and trumpeter Jimmy Brown, who soon married her, went from her house in Portsmouth to perform in bars and clubs in 1945. She then spent a month with Lucky Millinder's orchestra.

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Early career

Blanche Calloway, Cab Calloway's sister, as well as a bandleader, arranged a Brown performance for Brown at the Crystal Caverns, a nightclub in Washington, D.C., and became her manager shortly. Willis Conover, the future Voice of America disc jockey, caught her appearance with Duke Ellington and referred her to Atlantic Records bosses Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Brown was unable to attend as planned due to a car accident that resulted in a nine-month stay in the hospital. She died in her hospital bed, and Atlantic Records signed her.

Ertegun and Abramson went from New York City to Washington, D.C., to hear Brown sing. Ertegun convinced her that her repertoire was mostly popular ballads, but she needed to shift to rhythm and blues.

She sang "So Long" in her first appearance, which became a hit. In 1950, "Teardrops From My Eyes" was followed by "Teardrops from My Eyes." It was Rudy Toombs' first upbeat major hit for Brown. It was Billboard's R&B number one for 11 weeks as it was recorded in New York City in September 1950 and released in October. The hit gave her the nickname "Miss Rhythm" and within a few months, she became the recognized queen of R&B.

"I Know" (1951), "I Know" (1953), "Mambo Baby" (1954), "Don't Tell Me" (1960), Ruth Brown and the Rhythm Makers. "I Know" (1951), "I Know" (1954), "I Know" (1953), "I Know" (1951), "I Know" (1954), "I Know" (1952), "Mama) "I Know" (1953), "I Know" (1954), "I Know" (1954), Her numbers remained on the R&B chart for a total of 149 weeks between 1949 and 1955; she would go on to achieve 21 Top 10 hits, including five that landed at number one. Brown was ranked No. 1 in the United States by the end of the century. 1 on The Billboard 54 Disk Jockey Poll for Favorite R&B Artists.

Brown appeared at numerous racial segregated dances in the southern states, where she toured extensively and was extremely popular. Ruth Brown, a writer, had once summarised her fame by saying, "In the South, she is more well known than Coca-Cola."

Brown appeared at the prestigious tenth Cavalcade of Jazz festival, held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, which was produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr., on June 20, 1954. She performed with The Flairs, Count Basie and his Orchestra, Lamp Lighters, Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, Perez Prado and his Orchestra, and Perez Prado and his Orchestra.

"Lucky Lips," Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's song that was released in 1957, became her first pop hit. On the R&B chart and at number 25 on the US pop chart, the single ranked sixth and number 25. Written by Bobby Darin and Mann Curtis, the 1958 sequel to "This Little Girl's Rockin' was published. On the R&B chart and number 24 on the pop chart, it ranked 7th and placed at number 7 on the R&B chart and number 24 on the pop chart.

In 1959 and 1960, she had more hits with "I Don't Know" and "Don't Deceive Me," which were more popular on the R&B chart than on the pop chart. In 1965, she appeared on TV Gospel Time as a guest. Brown faded from public view and lived as a housewife and mother during the 1960s and mother.

Later career

She returned to music in 1975 at the behest of comedian Redd Foxx, followed by a string of comedic acting jobs. This began her career in television, film, and stage. Leona Wilson, a neighbor on the second season of Hello, Larry, appeared on several shows. In the John Waters cult classic film Hairspray, she appeared as Motormouth Maybelle Stubbs, a friendly and confident record promoter and mother of Seaweed and L'il Inez. She appeared in Amen Corner and Black and Blue on Broadway. In 1989, the former actress received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. "Ruth Brown, the rhythm-and-blues chanteuse, adds sarcastic varnish and two-a-day burlesque timing to the ribald Andy Razaf's 'If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It,'" the New York Times theater critic Frank Rich wrote.

In 1987, Brown's struggle for musicians' rights and royalties culminated in the establishment of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. In 1989, she was one of the first recipients of the Pioneer Award. "Blues and Broadway," she recorded in 1989, earning her a Grammy Award for female best jazz vocal performance. In 1992, she was inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, and in 1993, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Brown performed with the rhythm-and-blues singer Charles Brown on record and blues. In the late 1990s, she appeared with Bonnie Raitt. Miss Rhythm, her 1995 autobiography, received the Gleason Award for music journalism. She appeared on Bonnie Raitt's 1995 live DVD Road Tested, singing "Never Make Your Move Too Soon." R + B = Ruth Brown, she was nominated for another Grammy in the Traditional Blues category for her 1997 album. She was portrayed by singer Tressa Thomas in the 2000 television miniseries Little Richard.

For six years, she hosted the radio show Blues Stage, which was carried by more than 200 NPR affiliates, beginning in 1989.

Brown was still touring at the age of 78. She had completed preproduction on Danny Glover's Honeydripper, which she did not live to finish. However, her album "Things About Comin' My Way" was released posthumously on the soundtrack CD. In August 2006, she had her last interview.

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