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Ruth Brown was one of the first artists signed by Atlantic founders Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. In the course of 10 years, Ruth Brown made the Billboard R&B charts with 24 of the more than 80 sides she recorded for Atlantic.
In 2017, Brown was inducted into National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Brown at number 146 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. [14]
YearTitles (a-side, B-side)both Sides From ...Peak Chart Positions(us R&b)Peak Chart Positions(us Pop)1949"So Long"b/w "It's Raining" (non-album ...4—1949"I'll Get Along Somehow" (Part 1)b/w Part ...——1950"Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe"b/w ...——1950"Why"b/w "(I'll Come Back) Someday"——Ruth Brown. Steve Futterman, Rolling Stone February 4, 1993. [on the occasion of Ruth Brown's induction. into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame] Ruth Brown is in the enviable position of having two distinct identities. She is both an icon of Fifties R&B and a celebrated radio, theater and film star.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Ruth Brown was an American singer and actress, who earned the sobriquet “Miss Rhythm” while dominating the rhythm-and-blues charts throughout the 1950s. Her success helped establish Atlantic Records (“The House That Ruth Built”) as the era’s premier rhythm-and-blues label.
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Ruth Brown fue una de las primeras artistas contratadas por los fundadores de Atlantic, Ahmet Ertegun y Herb Abramson. En el transcurso de 10 años, Ruth Brown entró en las listas de R&B de Billboard con 24 de las más de 80 canciones que grabó para Atlantic.
Brown also toured widely throughout the fifties and early sixties, which she later credited for her success. “One of the reasons that I was what we considered popular, hot, ‘red hot,’” she said in an oral history for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, “was the fact that I was very involved—I was visible.
En 1989 se le concedió un Premio Pioneer por su labor en la fundación y en 1993 ingresó en el Rock and Roll Hall of Fame como La Reina Madre de Blues. Brown se convirtió en un icono para muchas mujeres negras durante las últimas generaciones, siendo además una destacada artista y fuente de inspiración para otras cantantes de blues como ...
