Ruth Brown

Ruth Brown

Ruth Alston Weston

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Ruth Brown (born on January 12, 1928, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA - died November 17, 2006, Henderson, Nevada, USA) was an American soul, blues and jazz singer. In 1948, Ahmet Ertegun signed her to .
She was married to Willis Jackson, and Jimmy Brown. She's the aunt of .
Between the years 1949 and 1955 her songs were on the charts for 129 weeks, including five No.1's:
"Teardrops from My Eyes", "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean", "5-10-15 Hours", "Mambo Baby" and "Oh What a Dream" - with the The Drifters. She was inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 (Performer). She died of complications from a stroke and heart attack at a Las Vegas-area hospital.

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