Ruth Brown (album)

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.[1][2]

Ruth Brown
Compilation album by Ruth Brown
Released	1957
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, 1956 NYC
Genre	Rhythm and blues
Label	Atlantic 8004
Ruth Brown chronology
Ruth Brown (1957) Miss Rhythm (1959)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

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".[3]

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

1. Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. Atlantic Album Discography, Part 4: 8000 Series (1956–1968), accessed September 29, 2015
2. Atlantic Records Catalog: 8000 series accessed September 29, 2015
3. Wynn, Ron. Ruth Brown – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 29, 2015.