Ruth Brown
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"Ruth Brown" was an American singer-songwriter and actress also known as "Honorific nicknames in popular music/Queen of R&B" noted for bringing a popular music/pop music style to rhythm and blues/R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as So Long (Russ Morgan Song)/"So Long", "Teardrops from My Eyes" and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean". For these contributions, Atlantic became known as "The house that Ruth built" (alluding to the popular nickname for Old Yankee Stadium).

Following a resurgence that began in the mid-1970s and peaked in the 1980s, Brown used her influence to press for musicians' rights regarding royalties and contracts, which led to the founding of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. Her performances in the Broadway musical Black and Blue (musical)/Black and Blue earned Brown a Tony Award, and the original cast recording won a Grammy Award.

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When I saw all of the people I have known all these years, when we got together, it was scary because B.B King and I lived in the same place in Nevada.

Unfortunately, the young generation, who I believe have their own place in the sun like I had mine; but I wish it was possible there were other ways to have them understand this music was here before they came, and the reason that it was here.

There are stories that people don't want to talk about that brought this music through.

And, of course, I was singing cheap.

There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues.

But of course it's different now, the blues is no longer blues, it's green now.

We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues.

Unfortunately, I'm a little concerned where the legends are coming from nowadays.

There were times that Harvey (Fuqua), myself, B.B King, we almost had to go to jail to sing this stuff.