Ruth Brown (subtitled Rock & Roll) is the debut album by vocalist Ruth Brown featuring tracks recorded between 1949 and 1956 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 3 stars stating "Ruth Brown at her stinging, assertive, bawdy best, doing the sizzling, innuendo-laden R&B that helped make Atlantic the nation's prime independent during the early days of rock & roll".
Track listing "Lucky Lips" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:04 "As Long as I'm Moving" (Charles E. Cahoun) – 2:41 "Wild Wild Young Men" (A. Nugetre) – 2:30 "Daddy Daddy" (Rudolph Toombs) – 2:53 "Mambo Baby" (Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton) – 2:41 "Teardrops from My Eyes" (Toombs) – 2:54 "Hello Little Boy" (Ruth Brown) – 2:38 "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" (Johnny Wallace, Herb Lance) – 2:51 "5-10-15 Hours" (Toombs) – 3:11 "It's Love Baby" (Ted Jarrett) – 2:40 "Sentimental Journey" (Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green) – 2:34 "Old Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:12 "So Long" (Remus Harris, Russ Morgan, Irving Melsher) – 2:36 "Oh What a Dream" (Chuck Willis) – 2:51
Personnel Ruth Brown – vocal with various personnel including: Dick Cary – alto horn Bobby Hackett, Taft Jordan, Ed "Tiger" Lewis – trumpet Will Bradley, Richard Harris – trombone Peanuts Hucko – clarinet, tenor saxophone Arnett Cobb, Willis Jackson, Sam Taylor – tenor saxophone Ernie Caceres, Haywood Henry, Sylvester Thomas, Paul Williams – baritone saxophone Joe Bushkin, Ernie Hayes, John Lewis, Bu Pleasant, Harry Van Walls – piano Rector Bailey, Mickey Baker, John Collins, Eddie Condon – guitar George Duvivier, Jack Lesberg, Benny Moten, Lloyd Trotman – bass Sidney Catlett, Connie Kay, Joe Marshall, Noruddin Zafer – drums The Delta Rhythm Boys, The Rhythmakers – backing vocals
See also List of 1957 albums Atlantic Records' 8000 Series: LaVern Baker (album) Ray Charles (album)
References