WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s & 1950s) and on how these styles
and artists have evolved over the years.
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Ruth Brown, is this week’s featured artist. Born Ruth Alston Weston
in Portsmouth, Virginia, on January 12, 1928, Ruth Brown was a 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 24 hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as “So Long”, “Teardrops from My Eyes” and “(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean”.For these contributions, Atlantic became known as “the house that
Ruth built” alluding to the popular nickname for the old Yankee Stadium).
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.
Her performances in the Broadway musical Black and Blue earned Brown a
Tony Award, and the original cast recording won a Grammy Award.
Brown was a recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.
RUTH BROWN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Rhythm & Blues Foundation
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2024
Moosey Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1949
I’ll Wait for You
Ruth Brown & The Eddie Condon Band
Atlantic Records 1951
Wild Wild Young Men
The Knickerbocker All-Stars w/ Darcel Wilson Love
Makes A Woman 2018
The Thrill Is Gone
The Manhattan Transfer w/ Ruth Brown & B.B. King
The Thrill Is Gone 1994
Li’L Dog Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1947
Someday Deacon John’s Jump Blues Music From the Film 2002
West Side Baby Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1948
Them There Eyes Varetta Dillard Savoy Records 1952
Walkin’ Blues Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1950
Walking The Blues Willie Dixon Checker Records 1955
The Right Kind Of Lovin’ Lucky Millinder King Records 1951
Seven Long Days Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1951
Twilight Time Bloodest Saxophone Swing to Bop 2010
Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Caldonia Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Sings Louis Jordan 1973
D.B. Blues Lester Young Philo Records 1945
I’m An Errand Boy For Rhythm King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1945
So Long
Ruth Brown & Eddie Condon’s NBC Televison Orchestra
Atlantic Records 1949
Teardrops from My Eyes
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1950
Chains of Love
Pinetop Perkins w/ Ruth Brown
Ladies Man 2004
Book Of Lies
Bettye LaVette
Blackbirds 2020
Blue Light Boogie Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950
Salt Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie Guild Records 1945
Fever Little Willie John King Records 1956
A Fool For You Ray Charles A Newport 1958
That’s Better For Me T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
Connecticut Blues Delbert McClinton Outdated Emotion 2022
I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
Count Basie w/ Jimmy Witherspoon
Blues By Basie 1950
Black Coffee
Thad Jones, Mel Lewis w/ Ruth Brown
The Big Band Sound of… 1968
(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1952
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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