Miss Rhythm is an album by vocalist Ruth Brown featuring tracks recorded between 1954 and 1959 and released on the Atlantic label.Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. Atlantic Album Discography, Part 4: 8000 Series (1956–1968), accessed September 29, 2015Atlantic Records Catalog: 8000 series accessed September 29, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Ruth Brown's second LP is a minor masterpiece".
Track listing "This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'" (Manny Curtis, Bobby Darin) – 1:51 "Just Too Much" (Jerry Wexler, C. Taylor) – 2:30 "I Hope We Meet (On the Road Someday)" (Rudy Toombs) – 2:44 "Why Me" (Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Ronald Mack) – 2:25 "Somebody Touched Me" (Ahmet Ertegun) – 2:27 "When I Get You Baby" (Jimmy Lewis, Ruth Brown) – 2:08 "Jack O' Diamonds" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:33 "I Can't Hear a Word You Say" (Leiber, Stoller) – 2:30 "One More Time" (Rose Marie McCoy, Charlie Singleton) – 2:41 "Book of Lies" (C. Small, D. Moore) – 2:33 "I Can See Everybody's Baby" (Leroy Kirkland, Mamie Thomas) – 3:02 "Show Me" (Joe Shapiro, Lou Stallman) – 2:37
Personnel Ruth Brown – vocal with various personnel including Ed "Tiger" Lewis, Steve Lipkins, Joe Wilder – trumpet Jimmy Cleveland, Richard Harris – trombone Jimmy Mitchell, Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone Arnett Cobb, King Curtis, Budd Johnson, Sam Taylor – tenor saxophone Sylvester Thomas – baritone saxophone Lee Anderson, Dick Hyman, Bu Pleasant, Mike Stoller – piano Mickey Baker, Al Caiola, Allen Hanlon, Mundell Lowe, Charles Macey – guitar Abie Baker, Percy Heath, Benny Moten, Lloyd Trotman – bass Connie Kay, Joe Marshall, Noruddin Zafer – drums Jerry Duane, Bob Harter, Artie Malvin, Bill Marine, Robert Miller, Ralph Nyland, The Rhythmakers, Maeretha Stewart – backing vocals
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