Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Sheryl McCallum’s vocal delivery of this material is immaculate. What I ...

Ruth Brown was a trailblazer, a singer whose run of hits in the ’50s included "I Don't Know" and "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean." Decades later, she won Tony and Grammy awards. She starred as ...

Ruth Brown made a comeback in the '80s when she starred in the Broadway revue "Black And Blue," for which she won a Tony Award. She also co-starred in John Waters' 1988 film "Hairspray" as Motormouth ...

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A wide variety of Classical options are on this week’s calendar. Enjoy! – On Wednesday, the Somerset Trio (Danna Sundet, English horn, Mark Addleman, French horn & Elizabeth Etter, piano) will play ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Today we continue our archive series R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll with the late R&B singer Ruth Brown. She was one of Atlantic Records' first hitmakers.

But I've seen the music be so effective long time before that. GROSS: We're listening back to my 1997 interview with Ruth Brown. We'll hear more of it after a break. This is FRESH AIR. (SOUNDBITE OF ...

Brown started out in the '40s and influenced a host of singers, including Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin. Her hits include "Teardrops from My Eyes." She died in 2006. Originally broadcast in 1997.