Teardrops From My Eyes: Best Of 1949-59

Ruth Brown was a trailblazing R&B artist whose popularity and success from the early 1950s established the fortunes of the Atlantic Records label. So much so that the label was often referred to as “The House That Ruth Built”. With her sassy, raunchy yet sweet style, Brown was unique. She was also an advocate for other R&B musicians, mounting a brave legal challenge against her former label, and revolutionising the royalty system for all musicians in the process. Brown’s career can be seen as two halves of a whole that add up to something ground-breaking and substantial. In this fantastic collection, the focus is on her early work; the gems featured here include her first single for Atlantic, “So Long”, her first R&B hit, “Teardrops From My Eyes”, arguably two of the earliest Rock ’n’ Roll hits, “5.10.15 Hours”, and Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean”, and perhaps her biggest early career hit, “Lucky Lips”. This fine collection gives the discerning listener a real flavour of the “hot” and sassy sound for which Brown was so revered. A muse for Little Richard, and dubbed “Miss Rhythm” by Frankie Laine, Ruth Brown’s songs are essential listening for fans of great music.


Side A
1) SO LONG - Ruth Brown (Irving Melsher, Remus Harris, Jack Morrow) 1949
2) TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES - Ruth Brown (Rudolph Toombs) 1950
3) I'LL WAIT FOR YOU - Ruth Brown (Rudolph Toombs) 1951
4) 5-10-15 HOURS - Ruth Brown (Rudolph Toombs) 1952
5) DADDY, DADDY - Ruth Brown (Rudolph Toombs) 1952
6) (MAMA) HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN - Ruth Brown (Johnny Wallace, Herbert Lance) 1953
7) WILD, WILD YOUNG MEN - Ruth Brown (Nugetre) 1953
8) OH WHAT A DREAM - Ruth Brown and her Rhythmakers (Chuck Willis) 1954

Side B
1) MAMBO BABY - Ruth Brown and her Rhythmakers (Charles Singleton, Rose Marie McCoy) 1954
2) AS LONG AS I'M MOVING - Ruth Brown and her Rhythmakers (Charles Calhoun) 1955
3) I CAN SEE EVERYBODY'S BABY - Ruth Brown and her Rhythmakers (Leroy Kirkland, Mamie Thomas) 1955
4) IT'S LOVE BABY (24 HOURS OF THE DAY) - Ruth Brown (Ted Jarrett) 1955
5) I WANT TO DO MORE - Ruth Brown and her Rhythmakers (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 1956
6) LUCKY LIPS - Ruth Brown (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) 1957
7) THIS LITTLE GIRL'S GONE ROCKIN' - Ruth Brown (Mann Curtis, Bobby Darin) 1958
8) I DON'T KNOW - Ruth Brown (Brook Benton, Bobby Stevenson) 1959

Number of Discs: 1

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