Ruth Brown is a Blues album by Ruth Brown, originally released in 1957. On Gatefold: 10 pressings tracked.
About
With her second album for Atlantic, Ruth Brown turned up the heat on her influences from the Forties and Fifties and edged closer to what would become rock’n’roll. Brown’s style had grown from a variety of sources, and here you can witness her push big band swing (“Wild Wild Young Men,” “Teardrops From My Eyes”), mainstream pop vocals (“Old Man River,” “Sentimental Journey”), blues (“5-10-15 Hours,” “It’s Love Baby”), and even latin (“Daddy Daddy,” “Mambo Baby”) to bigger, brassier places than had ever before been attempted. As with so many recordings from Atlantic during this period, one can hear jazz, doo-wop, and blues coalescing to form something new; even Little Richard is presaged in Brown’s trademark vocal yelps. However, with this album it becomes harder to view rock’n’roll as an impending innovation. “Lucky Lips,” “As Long As I’m Moving,” and Brown’s signature “Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean,” make it clear that she was already there.
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Tracklist
- 1Lucky Lips2:09
- 2As Long As I'm Moving2:45
- 3Wild Wild Young Men2:33
- 4Daddy Daddy2:56
- 5Mambo Baby2:43
- 6Teardrops from My Eyes2:55
- 7Hello Little Boy2:36
- 8Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean2:56
- 95-10-15 Hours3:15
- 10It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)2:44
- 11Sentimental Journey2:38
- 12Old Man River2:16
- 13So Long2:41
- 14Oh What a Dream2:52
Sound DNA
- Blues
One of a series of six compilations released simultaneously on Atlantic in July 1957 under the banner ‘’.
The albums were originally all self-titled, although some reissues have been titled ‘Rock & Roll’ in the decades since (or in some cases with completely different artwork and titles).
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Benny MotenBASS
- Bobby HackettTRUMPET
- Connie KayDRUMS
- Dick CaryALTO HORN
- Ed LewisTRUMPET
- Eddie CondonGUITAR
- Ernie CaceresBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- George DuvivierBASS
- Harry Van WallsPIANO
- Haywood HenryBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Jack LesbergBASS
- Joe BushkinPIANO
- Joe MarshallDRUMS
- John CollinsGUITAR
- John LewisPIANO
- Lloyd TrotmanBASS
- Mickey BakerGUITAR
- Paul WilliamsBARITONE SAXOPHONE
10 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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