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Miss Rhythm, Ruth Brown
Image from the album cover "The Best of Ruth Brown" Email to friend
It's the house that Ruth built, and we're not talking Yankee Stadium. Rather, Atlantic Records, which singer Ruth Brown crowned with her own brassy self and some two dozen hits during the 50s.
For most of that decade, the queen of rhythm and blues ruled from the top of the charts, but the high notes didn't last. Cut loose from her contract in the 60s, she made ends meet driving a bus and scrubbing floors, while her old label raked in the cash from her hits. Today Ruth Brown is back after a long, hard climb. She earned a Tony, a Grammy, and a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along the way. She even slew the corporate dragon and won a settlement against Atlantic.
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