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CATEGORY. performers. The R&B singer who built Atlantic Records. They called Atlantic “the house that Ruth built” for good reason—her two dozen hits put the budding company on the map. She was both a diva and a fighter, a glamorous R&B singer and a tireless advocate for musicians’ rights. Bonnie Raitt Inducts Ruth Brown.
Brown was a 1993 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Following a resurgence that began in the mid-1970s and peaked in the 1980s, Brown used her influence to press for musicians' rights regarding royalties and contracts; these efforts led to the founding of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. [9]
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"——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 ...
23 de abr. de 2024 · Nov. 17, 2006, Las Vegas, Nev. (aged 78) Awards And Honors: Tony Awards. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1993) Grammy Award (1989) (Show more) Ruth Brown (born Jan. 12, 1928, Portsmouth, Va., U.S.—died Nov. 17, 2006, Las Vegas, Nev.) was an American singer and actress, who earned the sobriquet “Miss Rhythm” while ...
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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. Born in Virginia in 1928, Brown has roots that are firmly planted in late-Forties show business.
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.
18 de nov. de 2006 · Nov. 18, 2006. Ruth Brown, the gutsy rhythm and blues singer whose career extended to acting and crusading for musicians’ rights, died on Friday in Las Vegas. She was 78 and lived in Las Vegas.
