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Ruth Brown is this week’s featured artist. Born Ruth Weston in Portsmouth, Virginia
on January 12, 1928) 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. For these contributions, Atlantic became known as “the house that Ruth built”(alluding to
the popular nickname for the old Yankee Stadium). Brown was a 1993 inductee
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
RUTH BROWN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Ruth Brown – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Ruth Brown – The Blues Foundation
Ruth Brown – Rhythm & Blues Foundation
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Real Gone Sam Taylor Tease! The Beat of Burlesque 1956
The Thrill Is Gone
The Manhattan Transfer w/ Ruth Brown & B.B. King
The Thrill Is Gone 1994
Gone With the Blues Jay McShann w/ Jimmy Witherspoon Mercury Records 1947
Stop That Dancing Up There Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson Boogie Woogie… 1944
I Told You We Were Through Freddie Mitchell Derby Records 1950
Flip, Flop And Fly Big Joe Turner w/ Count Basie Flip, Flop & Fly 1989
Ain’t Got Nobody To Grind My Coffee Catherine Russell My Ideal 2024
Strange Things Happening Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1950
Double Dealing Daddy Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1952
The Jumpin’ Blues Magic Dick & Jay Geils Little Car Blues 1996
Way Back Home Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953
Bewildered Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1948
I’ll Never Give Up Wynonie Harris King Records 1951
Information Blues Roy Milton Specialty Records 1950
I Wanna Do More Amber Rachelle Pipin’ Hot! 2024
Chicken Out Sammy Price, Mickey Baker, & King Curtis Rib Joint 1956
Tell Me What’s The Reason T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1953
As Long as I’m Moving
Ruth Brown & The Rhythmakers & Orchestra
Atlantic Records 1955
Tell Me Who
Charles Brown w/Ruth Brown
All My Life 1990
Teardrops From My Eyes
Louis Jordan & the Tympany Five
Decca Records 1951
Moose On The Loose Bull Moose Jackson MGM Records 1948
Hey Ba Ba Re Bop Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1945
Be Baba Leba Helen Humes Philo Records 1945
Be Anything (But Be Mine)
Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, & Ruth Brown
The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Featuring Miss Ruth Brown
1968
But Beautiful Little Jimmy Scott But Beautiful 2002
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens Lamont Cranston Band (self-titled) 1976
Sugar Baby Swing Beverly ‘Guitar’ Watkins The Feelings Of … 2004
Bean-A Re-Bop Coleman Hawkins Aladdin Records 1948
It Had To Be You Ray Charles The Genius Of Ray Charles 1959
Don’t Deceive Me
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1960
If I Can’t Sell It, I’ll Keep Sittin’ On It
Ruth Brown
Black And Blue 1989 Original Broadway Cast) 1991
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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