Ruth Brown was an American singer-songwriter and actress also known as Queen of R&B noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as So Long, Teardrops from My Eyes and He Treats Your Daughter Mean. For these contributions, Atlantic became known as The house that Ruth built.
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 an...
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