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  1. On January 12th, 1928: #RuthBrown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 2006).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 🥀🪦⚰️

  2. On January 12th, 1928: #RuthBrown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 2006).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 🥀🪦⚰️

  3. On January 12th, 1928: #RuthBrown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 2006).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 🥀🪦⚰️

  4. On January 12th, 1928: #RuthBrown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 2006).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 🥀🪦⚰️

  5. On January 12th, 1928: #RuthBrown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 2006).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 🥀🪦⚰️

  6. #OnThisDay in 2006, #RuthBrown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), died at 78.
    #RIP 🕯️

  7. #OnThisDay in 2006, #RuthBrown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), died at 78.
    #RIP 🕯️

  8. #OnThisDay in 2006, #RuthBrown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), died at 78.
    #RIP 🕯️

  9. #OnThisDay in 2006, #RuthBrown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), died at 78.
    #RIP 🕯️

  10. #OnThisDay in 2006, #RuthBrown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), died at 78.
    #RIP 🕯️

  11. This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme was #StreamsOfDreams. It's actually past midnight over here already, so I'm a little late with this, but I did a list anyway. Mostly doowop this time:

    The Majors: A Wonderful Dream (1962)
    youtube.com/watch?v=Z2jaTWMbFVc

    The Nutmegs: My Sweet Dream (1959)
    youtube.com/watch?v=wby_xpu63yA

    Santo & Johnny: Sleep Walk (1959)
    youtube.com/watch?v=mZG73jM2ZFo

    The Dells: Dreams of Contentment (1955)
    youtube.com/watch?v=yvwh4BqX04

    Ruth Brown & Her Rhythmakers: Oh What A Dream (1954)
    youtube.com/watch?v=McXQJd9x8mA

    #music #doowop #thedells #ruthbrown #santojohnny

  12. Modern audiences may remember Ruth Brown as Motormouth Maybelle in the original John Waters' version of "Hairspray" (1988). But she was also one of the biggest rhythm & blues stars of the 1950s, and the first major artist in the roster of the fledgling Atlantic Records, founded by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson in 1947.

    By the time Brown recorded her #1 R&B hit "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" in 1952, Atlantic had become one of the leading record labels in the R&B market, to a large extent thanks to her record sales. In the UK, the future soul music guru Dave Godin found a bar which had a jukebox stocked with current American R&B singles (I wonder if they were still 78s?), and he later cited this Ruth Brown classic as the record that changed his life.

    Amazingly enough, there is a great live video recorded in 1954, which captures Ruth Brown in her prime, performing this song.

    Ruth Brown: "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" (1954)
    youtube.com/watch?v=BqmGZRGvKC8

    #music #rhythmblues #ruthbrown #atlanticrecords #femaleartists #davegodin #1950s

  13. Modern audiences may remember Ruth Brown as Motormouth Maybelle in the original John Waters' version of "Hairspray" (1988). But she was also one of the biggest rhythm & blues stars of the 1950s, and the first major artist in the roster of the fledgling Atlantic Records, founded by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson in 1947.

    By the time Brown recorded her #1 R&B hit "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" in 1952, Atlantic had become one of the leading record labels in the R&B market, to a large extent thanks to her record sales. In the UK, the future soul music guru Dave Godin found a bar which had a jukebox stocked with current American R&B singles (I wonder if they were still 78s?), and he later cited this Ruth Brown classic as the record that changed his life.

    Amazingly enough, there is a great live video recorded in 1954, which captures Ruth Brown in her prime, performing this song.

    Ruth Brown: "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" (1954)
    youtube.com/watch?v=BqmGZRGvKC8

    #music #rhythmblues #ruthbrown #atlanticrecords #femaleartists #davegodin #1950s

  14. Modern audiences may remember Ruth Brown as Motormouth Maybelle in the original John Waters' version of "Hairspray" (1988). But she was also one of the biggest rhythm & blues stars of the 1950s, and the first major artist in the roster of the fledgling Atlantic Records, founded by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson in 1947.

    By the time Brown recorded her #1 R&B hit "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" in 1952, Atlantic had become one of the leading record labels in the R&B market, to a large extent thanks to her record sales. In the UK, the future soul music guru Dave Godin found a bar which had a jukebox stocked with current American R&B singles (I wonder if they were still 78s?), and he later cited this Ruth Brown classic as the record that changed his life.

    Amazingly enough, there is a great live video recorded in 1954, which captures Ruth Brown in her prime, performing this song.

    Ruth Brown: "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" (1954)
    youtube.com/watch?v=BqmGZRGvKC8

    #music #rhythmblues #ruthbrown #atlanticrecords #femaleartists #davegodin #1950s

  15. Modern audiences may remember Ruth Brown as Motormouth Maybelle in the original John Waters' version of "Hairspray" (1988). But she was also one of the biggest rhythm & blues stars of the 1950s, and the first major artist in the roster of the fledgling Atlantic Records, founded by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson in 1947.

    By the time Brown recorded her #1 R&B hit "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" in 1952, Atlantic had become one of the leading record labels in the R&B market, to a large extent thanks to her record sales. In the UK, the future soul music guru Dave Godin found a bar which had a jukebox stocked with current American R&B singles (I wonder if they were still 78s?), and he later cited this Ruth Brown classic as the record that changed his life.

    Amazingly enough, there is a great live video recorded in 1954, which captures Ruth Brown in her prime, performing this song.

    Ruth Brown: "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" (1954)
    youtube.com/watch?v=BqmGZRGvKC8

    #music #rhythmblues #ruthbrown #atlanticrecords #femaleartists #davegodin #1950s

  16. Modern audiences may remember Ruth Brown as Motormouth Maybelle in the original John Waters' version of "Hairspray" (1988). But she was also one of the biggest rhythm & blues stars of the 1950s, and the first major artist in the roster of the fledgling Atlantic Records, founded by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson in 1947.

    By the time Brown recorded her #1 R&B hit "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" in 1952, Atlantic had become one of the leading record labels in the R&B market, to a large extent thanks to her record sales. In the UK, the future soul music guru Dave Godin found a bar which had a jukebox stocked with current American R&B singles (I wonder if they were still 78s?), and he later cited this Ruth Brown classic as the record that changed his life.

    Amazingly enough, there is a great live video recorded in 1954, which captures Ruth Brown in her prime, performing this song.

    Ruth Brown: "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" (1954)
    youtube.com/watch?v=BqmGZRGvKC8

    #music #rhythmblues #ruthbrown #atlanticrecords #femaleartists #davegodin #1950s