#GreatWomenOfRock Ruth Brown: RnB singer, early Atlantic Records star, Brown had a string of hits in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s, took a stand for artists’ rights in the 80’s and changed the system, and helped found The Rhythm & Blues Foundation. #RuthBrown #RockHonorRoll
This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #Fatherhood. Here are five of my favorites:
Ruth Brown: Papa Daddy (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW0v8ZvY4jQ
Shep & the Limelites: Daddy's Home (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIGla91-qmk
The Radiants: Father Knows Best (1962) […]
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic Jessica Kiang
New cover by F. Ron Miller
www.criterion.com/films/34791-...
#BluRay #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #Criterion #CriterionCollection #JohnWaters #RickiLake #JerryStiller #RuthBrown #DIVINE
2/26/1988
#Hairspray
#JohnWaters
#SonnyBono #RuthBrown #Divine #DebbieHarry #RickiLake #JerryStiller #RicOcasek #PiaZadora
#StartsToday #filmsky
The secrets of the pyramids and plenty more on another Today’s Decay
#edwardleedskalnin #ruthbrown #theislandoflostsouls #batman #fouryearsagoscontentbutimcontentwithit
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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 🥀🪦⚰️
BOTD: R&B queen Ruth Brown (12 Jan 1928 - 17 Nov 2006). I saw Miss Rhythm perform several times over the years at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly weekenders. Even in declining health she rocked the house. “The doctors told me I’d never walk again,” she’d declare. “And here I am!” #ruthbrown #lobotomyroom
#OTD #TDIH #January12, 1928: #BOTD: #HBD #RuthBrown! #RAndB #RNB #RhythmAndBlues #Music #AmericanMusic #HouseThatRuthBuilt #AtlanticRecords #RaceMusic #RaceRecords #RNBSky #RockNRollSky #MusicSky
youtu.be/BqmGZRGvKC8?...
#OTD #TDIH #January12, 1928: #BOTD: #HBD #RuthBrown! #RAndB #RNB #RhythmAndBlues #Music #AmericanMusic #HouseThatRuthBuilt #AtlanticRecords #RaceMusic #RaceRecords #RNBSky #RockNRollSky #MusicSky
youtu.be/GVl5LK7iDgE?...
#OTD #TDIH #January12, 1928: #BOTD: #HBD #RuthBrown! #RAndB #RNB #RhythmAndBlues #Music #AmericanMusic #HouseThatRuthBuilt #AtlanticRecords #RaceMusic #RaceRecords #RNBSky #RockNRollSky #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOqG...
An incredible treasure from 1955 at the Apollo! I can’t fit the names! #Jazz #Rock #R&B #Harlem #NatKingCole #DinahWashington #BigJoeTurner #TheClovers #LionelHampton #LarryDarnell #RuthBrown #WillieBryant #NipseyRussell
youtube.com/watch?v=uKsi...
Ruth Brown (1928-2006)
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#artwork #ballpointpen #ballpointpenart #myart #illustration #inspiring #creative #caricature #characterdesign #fineart #fun #art #ruthbrown #brown #blues #composer #classicalmusic #history #historical #masters #traditionalart #originalart #blueskyart #artsky
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ThePeoplesPartyWithAFRODEUTSCHE
Ruth Brown:
🎵 I Don't Know
#6music #RuthBrown
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
19 years ago today, The Independent (20 November 2006) paid tribute to late great R&B legend Ruth Brown.
#RuthBrown @robertrotifer.bsky.social
19 years ago today, the Los Angeles Times (18 November 2006) paid tribute to late great R&B legend Ruth Brown.
#RuthBrown @robertrotifer.bsky.social
#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 🕯️
Watching "Hairspray" (1988). Comedy starring Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry and Ricki Lake.
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#HairsprayMovie #Hairspray1988 #SonnyBono #RuthBrown #Divine #DebbieHarry #RickiLake @divineofficial.bsky.social
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheCraigCharlesFunkAndSoulShow
Ruth Brown:
🎵 You're A Stone Groovy Thing
#6music #RuthBrown
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
72 years ago today: "Ruth Brown Fights For Entertainers". Spotlight on racism and segregation in the US in the 1950s. Atlanta Daily World, 26 September 1953.
#RuthBrown @robertrotifer.bsky.social
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)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2jaTWMbFVc
The Nutmegs: My Sweet […]
#RUTHBROWN: favourite daughter
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicStories
Ruth Brown:
🎵 Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean
#6music #RuthBrown
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
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 […]
