Years before Aretha Franklin was crowned Queen of Soul, Ruth Brown reigned as the Original Queen of R&B. She achieved a distinct style, sassy and streetwise, which made her one of the more influential ...

If you didn’t know Ruth Brown’s name, you likely know her music. For Colorado musical theater artists Sheryl McCallum and David Nehls, their admiration for Brown’s music and her legacy — and their ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES - Singer Ruth Brown, whose recordings of "Teardrops in My Eyes," "5-10-15 Hours" and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" shot her to rhythm-and-blues stardom in the 1950s, has died. She ...

Ruth Brown, 78, a rhythm-and-blues singer whose hits in the 1950s made Atlantic Records "the house that Ruth built" and who revived her career decades later as the Tony Award-winning star of the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Brett Cullum: Now, first, tell me quickly who Ruth Brown is because I think a lot ...

It wasn’t the first time — or the last — that David Nehls would see the legendary R&B singer Ruth Brown. Still, it might have been the most indelible. The noted local pianist and musical director was ...