Birth name Ruby M. Stackhouse Name Ruby Andrews Occupation(s) Singer Role Singer | Instruments Vocals Associated acts Fred Bridges Years active 1967 - present | |
 | ||
Born Hollandale, Mississippi, U.S. Genres R&B soul, deep soul, soul blues Albums Casanova (Your Playing Days Are Over), Black Ruby Record labels ABC Records, MCA Records, Zodiac Records Similar People Brothers Of Soul, Jo Armstead, Darrell Banks, Mel Britt, J J Barnes Profiles | ||
Ruby andrews you can run but you can t hide
Ruby Andrews (born Ruby M. Stackhouse; March 12, 1947) is an American soul singer. Her best known songs include "Casonova (Your Playing Days Are Over)" (1967), "You Made A Believer (Out Of Me)" (1969), and "Everybody Saw You" (1970).
Contents
- Ruby andrews you can run but you can t hide
- Ruby andrews sings casanova at the fall 2013 soul reunion
- Biography
- Albums
- Compilations
- References
Ruby andrews sings casanova at the fall 2013 soul reunion
Biography
Ruby Stackhouse was born in Hollandale, Mississippi, on March 12, 1947. She moved to Chicago around 1953, and there attended Hyde Park High School. Around her senior year in high school she started singing with a vocal group called the Vondells. Andrews made her debut on the Kelmac label, recording with the Vondells although the record was released as by Ruby Stackhouse.
Her third release for the label was her biggest seller, "Casonova [sic] (Your Playing Days Are Over)" in 1967. A crossover hit, the song went to number 9 in the R&B charts and number 51 in the pop charts. The song, co-written and produced by Joshie Jo Armstead, featured a typical Chicago-style mid-tempo arrangement, but was recorded and arranged by Mike Terry in Detroit. Some later reissues of the track used the (historically correct) spelling "Casanova".
Follow-ups included "You Can Run (But You Can't Hide)", "You Made a Believer (Out of Me)" (no. 18 on the R&B chart and no. 96 on the pop chart in 1969), "Everybody Saw You" (no. 34 R&B in 1970) and "You Ole Boo You". Andrews' releases on Zodiac were produced and written by the team of Fred Bridges, Robert Eaton and Richard Knight, who also performed as the vocal group Brothers Of Soul. Andrews later cut some bluesy material for Ichiban, with producer Swamp Dogg. She is the CEO of Genuine Ruby Records LLC.