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- SKU: ACQCD7158
- Format: CD
- UPC: 824046715823
- Street Date: 09/03/21
- PreBook Date: 07/30/21
- Label: Acrobat »
- Genre: R & B
- Run Time: 288 mins
- Number of Discs: 4
- Year of Production: 2021
- Box Lot: 0
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: English
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Ruth Brown - The Queen Of R&B: The Singles & Albums Collection 1949-61
Ruth Brown helped lead the way in bridging the gap between R&B and pop
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Perhaps more than any other artist, Ruth Brown helped lead the way in bridging the gap between R&B and pop as far as female artists were concerned, paving the way for the likes of Mary Wells and Aretha Franklin in the '60s. So successful was she that she became known as "The Queen Of R&B" and her record company Atlantic was sometimes referred to as "the house that Ruth built", so much did her hits contribute to the label's commercial fortunes. Between 1949 and 1962 she racked up 25 R&B hits, including five No. 1s, with several crossing into the pop charts. This great-value 109-track 4-CD set comprises just about all the A & B sides of her singles on Atlantic and Philips during these years, which include the titles from her albums "Rock 'n' Roll" and "Miss Rhythm", plus most of the titles from her albums "Late Date With Ruth" for Atlantic and "Along Comes Ruth" for Philips. It features all her 25 career R&B and pop chart hits including the R&B No. 1s "Teardrops From My Eyes", "5-10-15 Hours", "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean", "Oh What A Dream" and "Mambo Baby". It's a substantial and comprehensive overview of her primary career as a chart artist, and a highly entertaining showcase for her unique talent as a pop and R&B song stylist.
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The early R&B numbers are a treat, but Brown arguably shines brightest with some of the orchestrated pop ballads she recorded in the late fifties and early sixties, where she sounds a bit like Dinah Washington. Such selections as 'Sea of Love,' 'Why Don't You Write Me,' 'What I Wouldn't Give,' and the Phil Spector-produced 'Anyone but You' all feature gripping, must-hear vocal work.
—Americana Highways
Today, R&B and pop singer Ruth Brown is little known, but she was a major influence on artists like Aretha Franklin, and there was a time when she a veritable hit machine. Hear why on the bargain-priced four-disc The Queen of R&B: The Singles & Albums Collection 1949–61.
—BJT Online
