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Albums Singles Awards Various Refers
BROWN Ruth
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born: 12.01.1928 (Portsmouth, Virginia, USA, as Ruth Alston Weston)
Died: 17.11.2006 (heart attack)
BROWN Ruth (photo)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Help A Good Girl Go Band? ?
2.Ruth Brown1955
3.Miss Rhythm1958
4.Late Date With Ruth Brown1959
5.Along Comes Ruth1962
6.Best Of Ruth Brown1963
7.Ruth With Milestones Singers1963
8.Gospel Time1964
9.65'1965
10.Brown Is Brown And Black Is Beautiful1968
11.Sugar Babe1977
12.The Soul Survives1982
13.Taking Care Of Business1984
14.Rocking With Ruth1984
15.Brown Sugar1986
16.Blues On Broadway1989 Fantasy
17.Fine And Mellow1991
18.The Songs Of My Life1993 Fantasy
19.Miss Rhythm: Greatest Hits And More5/1996 2CD
20.R + B = Ruth Brown3/1998 Bullseye Blues
21.Good Day For The Blues02.03.1999
22.Here's That Rainy Day12.10.1999DCC
23.Fine Brown Frame
with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra		07.05.2002Koch International
24.Essentials25.02.2003Warner Strategic
25.1951-195320.04.2004Jazz Classics
26.Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean & Other Favorite27.04.2004Collectables
27.Proper Introduction to Ruth Brown: Teardrops From30.11.2004Proper
28.Wild Wild Young Women
& Lavern Baker		16.05.2006Rev-Ola
29.Brown Is Beautiful25.07.2006Passport
30.Jukebox Hits 1949-195517.10.2006Acrobat
31.Platinum Collection19.03.2007Warner Platinum
32.Definitive Soul03.04.2007Rhino
33.Wild Wild Young Men26.06.2007Snapper
34.1954-195621.08.2007Classics R&B
35.Swamp Dogg Presents: Miss Rhythm & Miss Blues
& Sandra Phillips, kompilace		15.01.2008S.D.E.G.
36.Essential Recordings: Ms. B's Blues28.04.2009Rounder
37.Rock & Roll13.11.2012WEA
38.50 Rhythm & Blues and Doo Wop
& Sam Cooke & Clyde McPhatter & Sister Rosetta Tharpe		24.12.2013zyx
39.The Essential Recordings25.03.2016Primo
40.Say It Again: Ruth Brown in the '60s15.07.2016Jasmine
41.Soul Sisters
& Aretha Franklin & Etta James & Lavern Baker		11.11.2016One Louder

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.So Long1949 Atlantic
2.Teardrops From My Eyes1950 Atlantic
3.5-10-151952 Atlantic
4.Daddy Daddy1952 Atlantic
5.Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean1953 Atlantic
6.Lucky Lips2/1957 Atlantic 25
7.This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'9/1958 Atlantic 24
8.Jack O'Diamonds5/1959 Atlantic 96
9.I Don't Know10/1959 Atlantic 64
10.Don't Deceive Me3/1960 Atlantic 62
11.Shake A Hand5/1962 Philips 97
12.Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean)8/1962 Philips 99
13.Sweet Baby Of Mine / I Don't Know10.05.2012Popcorn/Jazzman
14.Mambo Baby / 5-10-15 Hours25.01.2013Ruth Brown/Juke Box Jams
15.Teardrops From My Eyes / As Long As I'm Moving19.06.2013Atlantic
16.Shine On / Please Don't Freeze12.06.2014R'n'B Hits
17.Tears Keep Tumbling Down / If I Had Any Sense12.02.2015R'n'B Hits
18.Daddy Daddy / I Would If I Could11.12.2015R'n'B Hits

Awards:

1989 Grammy Awards - Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female (LP "Blues On Broadway")
2016 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Various:

Compilation Appearances:

"Men Are Just Like Street Cars" on live CD "Lightning in a Bottle" (21.9.04, Columbia/Legacy, & Mavis Staples & Natalie Cole)
"Looking Back" on OST "My Blueberry Nights" (25.2.08, Parlophone/Blue Note)

Press References:

Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19984 114Recenze - Jazz Caféalbum review
19995 62Tajný svatýprofile
Rolling Stone
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19994 45