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Released
  
1957

Label
  
Atlantic8004

Genre
  
Jazz

Ruth Brown(1959)
  
Miss Rhythm(1959)

Recorded
  
May 25, 1949, February 28 and September, 1950, February 13, July 2 and December 19, 1952, April 10 and December 16, 1953, May 7 and August 11, 1954, March 1 and July 7, 1955 and September 25, 1956NYC

Ruth Brown (subtitled Rock & Roll) is a compilation album by vocalist Ruth Brown featuring tracks recorded between 1949 and 1956 and released on the Atlantic label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Ruth Brown at her stinging, assertive, bawdy best, doing the sizzling, innuendo-laden R&B that helped make Atlantic the nation's prime independent during the early days of rock & roll".

Track listing

  1. "Lucky Lips" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:04
  2. "As Long As I'm Moving" (Charles E. Cahoun) – 2:41
  3. "Wild Wild Young Men" (A. Nugetre) – 2:30
  4. "Daddy Daddy" (Rudolph Toombs) – 2:53
  5. "Mambo Baby" (Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton) – 2:41
  6. "Teardrops from My Eyes" (Toombs) – 2:54
  7. "Hello Little Boy" (Ruth Brown) – 2:38
  8. "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" (Johnny Wallace, Herb Lance) – 2:51
  9. "5-10-15 Hours" (toombs) – 3:11
  10. "It's Love Baby" (Ted Jarrett) – 2:40
  11. "Sentimental Journey" (Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green) – 2:34
  12. "Old Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:12
  13. "So Long" (Remus Harris, Russ Morgan, Irving Melsher) – 2:36
  14. "Oh What a Dream" (Chuck Willis) – 2:51

Personnel

  • Ruth Brown – vocal with various personnel including:
  • Dick Cary – alto horn
  • Bobby Hackett, Taft Jordan, Ed "Tiger" Lewis – trumpet
  • Will Bradley, Richard Harris – trombone
  • Peanuts Hucko – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Arnett Cobb, Willis Jackson, Sam Taylor – tenor saxophone
  • Ernie Caceres, Haywood Henry, Sylvester Thomas, Paul Williams – baritone saxophone
  • Joe Bushkin, Ernie Hayes, John Lewis, Bu Pleasant, Harry Van Walls – piano
  • Rector Bailey, Mickey Baker, John Collins, Eddie Condon – guitar
  • George Duvivier, Jack Lesberg, Benny Moten, Lloyd Trotman – bass
  • Sidney Catlett, Connie Kay, Joe Marshall, Noruddin Zafer – drums
  • The Delta Rhythm Boys, The Rhythmakers – backing vocals

    • References

    Ruth Brown (album) Wikipedia
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