Ruth Brown: Ruth Brown / Miss Rhythm

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  • Label: Collectables, 1957/59
  • Order number: 9815308
  • Release date: 22.6.1999
  1. 1 Lucky Lips Start
  2. 2 As Long As I'm Moving Start
  3. 3 Wild Wild Young Men Start
  4. 4 Daddy Daddy Start
  5. 5 Mambo Baby Start
  6. 6 Teardrops From My Eyes Start
  7. 7 Hello Little Boy Start
  8. 8 Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean Start
  9. 9 5-10-15 Start
  10. 10 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day) Start
  11. 11 Sentimental Journey Start
  12. 12 Old Man River Start
  13. 13 So Long Start
  14. 14 Oh What A Dream Start
  15. 15 This Little Firls Gone Rockin Start
  16. 16 Just Too Much Start
  17. 17 I Hope We Meet (On The Road Someday) Start
  18. 18 Why Me Start
  19. 19 Somebody Touched Me Start
  20. 20 When I Get You Baby Start
  21. 21 Jack O'diamonds Start
  22. 22 I Can't Hear A Word You Say Start
  23. 23 One More Time Start
  24. 24 Book Of Lies Start
  25. 25 I Can See Everybody's Baby Start
  26. 26 Show Me Start

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Blessed with one of the most magnificent voices ever, Ruth Brown's place in musical history is unique. One of the most popular R&B singers of all time, Ruth was a mainstay on the charts during the '50s. Because she had so many successes, her label was known as "the house that Ruth built". The two Atlantic albums collected here are filled with the kind of tunes "Miss Rhythm" sent straight to the top of the sales charts.

RUTH BROWN/MISS RHYTHM compiles two of Ruth Brown's late-'50s albums for Atlantic, but the single disc is practically a greatest-hits set. Several of the singer's signature tunes appear on the self-titled album, including "Daddy Daddy," "Teardrops from My Eyes," and "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean." The less familiar fare holds pleasant surprises. Brown's version of "Old Man River" recalls the Ink Spots, while the Billy Eckstine-styled ballad "So Long" finds Brown working the very bottom of her vocal register.

MISS RHYTHM contains only one pop hit, Bobby Darin's "This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'." This song sets the tone for an album that is less R&B-flavored and more obviously aimed at the teenage record-buying audience. Highlights here include "Just Too Much," whose "Get Smart"-like harpsichord solo may be an attempt to emulate Rosemary Clooney's "Come on a My House," and the intensely melodramatic "Book of Lies."

EUR 14.99*

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