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17 Nov 06 - 10:55 PM (#1887361) Subject: Obit: Ruth Brown, Queen of R&B From: Scoville Just saw this on the online news. |
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17 Nov 06 - 11:00 PM (#1887365) Subject: RE: Obit: Ruth Brown, Queen of R&B From: Peace Somethin' else was that gal. |
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17 Nov 06 - 11:02 PM (#1887367) Subject: RE: Obit: Ruth Brown, Queen of R&B From: Ron Davies What a saga! Her early hits are true classics--but it's also great she spoke out about the exploitative contracts----and that Atlantic finally paid royalties. And that bit about "unrecouped debts"--sounds like "I owe my soul to the company store". |
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17 Nov 06 - 11:13 PM (#1887376) Subject: RE: Obit: Ruth Brown, Queen of R&B From: GUEST One of my all time favorite songs was "Black Coffee." She was awesome... |
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17 Nov 06 - 11:15 PM (#1887377) Subject: RE: Obit: Ruth Brown, Queen of R&B From: GUEST Bye bye soulfull woman... BLACK COFFEE Words & Music by Sonny Burke & Paul Francis Webster, 1948. I'm feelin' mighty lonesome, haven't slept a wink. I walk the floor from nine to four. In between, I drink Black coffee. Love's a hand-me-down brew. I'll never know a Sunday in this weekday room. I'm talkin' to the shadow, one o'clock till four, And Lord, how slow the moments go when all I do is pour Black coffee since the blues caught my eye. I'm hangin' out on Monday, my Sunday dreams to dry. BRIDGE: Now, man is born to come a-lovin', And a woman's born to weep and fret, To stay at home and tend her oven, And down her past regrets in coffee and cigarettes. I'm moonin' all the mornin', moanin' all the night, And in between, it's nicotine, and not much heart to fight. Black coffee -- feelin' low as the ground. It's drivin' me crazy, this waitin' for my baby 'Til he come around, 'til he come around. |
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18 Nov 06 - 12:10 AM (#1887389) Subject: RE: Obit: Ruth Brown, Queen of R&B From: Azizi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NkVdXIPT8I&mode=related&search= Ruth Brown - Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean Added September 26, 2006;From mrcalavera |
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18 Nov 06 - 12:21 AM (#1887395) Subject: RE: Obit: Ruth Brown, Queen of R&B From: Azizi Sorry ,Peace about posting to the same song. Great minds and all that... **** See http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/17/23329/361 for a diary and comments ["Ruth Brown, champion of artists' rights, dies at 78" by Gutterboy Fri Nov 17, 2006 at 08:03:29 PM PST] **** My condolences to her family. She was a great lady. |
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18 Nov 06 - 12:23 AM (#1887399) Subject: RE: Obit: Ruth Brown, Queen of R&B From: Peace No problem. The song is worth hearing more than once, that's for sure. That gal could sing! |
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18 Nov 06 - 12:27 AM (#1887401) Subject: RE: Obit: Ruth Brown, Queen of R&B From: Elmer Fudd Awwww. Heaven done called another blues singer back home. RIP to a great lady. Elmer |
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18 Nov 06 - 05:24 AM (#1887475) Subject: RE: Obit: Ruth Brown, Queen of R&B From: fat B****rd RIP Miss Brown. Great film clip BTW Gentlemen. |
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18 Nov 06 - 07:23 AM (#1887517) Subject: RE: Obit: Ruth Brown, Queen of R&B From: Azizi Should I bother to note that I'm not a gentle man but a gentle woman? Naw. It's the spirit that counts... Besides some people might not consider me to be very gentle. ;o) |
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18 Nov 06 - 07:45 AM (#1887526) Subject: RE: Obit: Ruth Brown, Queen of R&B From: Azizi Some people may think that wasn't appropriate for me to have made a joke on an Obit thread. But I believe that Ruth Brown may be smiling, since she shares the same tradition as me of folks celebrating a person passing on by gathering, reminiscing about the good times they shared-sharing those stories & songs with others. Though I never had the pleasure of meeting Ruth Brown except through print and this video, perhaps the woman in this next video did meet her. Hopefully, Ruth Brown [and her family] will accept this next song as a tribute to her memory and the work she did on behalf of other recording artists: Lavern Baker - Substitute http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi2hOU46MRo Added November 12, 2006; From DooWopMan {who adds extensive info regarding Lavern Baker] Also notice the floating verse from a spiritual in the lyrics "One of these days/it won't be long/look for me and I'll be gone". |
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18 Nov 06 - 07:06 PM (#1887968) Subject: RE: Obit: Ruth Brown, Queen of R&B From: maire-aine Thank you, Ms. Brown, for all the great music you left us. M. |