Ruth Brown (album)

Ruth Brown (subtitled Rock & Roll) is the debut album by vocalist Ruth Brown featuring tracks recorded between 1949 and 1956 and released on the Atlantic label.

Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Ruth Brown at her stinging, assertive, bawdy best, doing the sizzling, innuendo-laden R&B that helped make Atlantic the nation's prime independent during the early days of rock & roll".

Track listing

 * 1) "Lucky Lips" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:04
 * 2) "As Long as I'm Moving" (Charles E. Cahoun) – 2:41
 * 3) "Wild Wild Young Men" (A. Nugetre) – 2:30
 * 4) "Daddy Daddy" (Rudolph Toombs) – 2:53
 * 5) "Mambo Baby" (Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton) – 2:41
 * 6) "Teardrops from My Eyes" (Toombs) – 2:54
 * 7) "Hello Little Boy" (Ruth Brown) – 2:38
 * 8) "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" (Johnny Wallace, Herb Lance) – 2:51
 * 9) "5-10-15 Hours" (Toombs) – 3:11
 * 10) "It's Love Baby" (Ted Jarrett) – 2:40
 * 11) "Sentimental Journey" (Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green) – 2:34
 * 12) "Old Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:12
 * 13) "So Long" (Remus Harris, Russ Morgan, Irving Melsher) – 2:36
 * 14) "Oh What a Dream" (Chuck Willis) – 2:51

Personnel

 * Ruth Brown – vocal with various personnel including:
 * Dick Cary – alto horn
 * Bobby Hackett, Taft Jordan, Ed "Tiger" Lewis – trumpet
 * Will Bradley, Richard Harris – trombone
 * Peanuts Hucko – clarinet, tenor saxophone
 * Arnett Cobb, Willis Jackson, Sam Taylor – tenor saxophone
 * Ernie Caceres, Haywood Henry, Sylvester Thomas, Paul Williams – baritone saxophone
 * Joe Bushkin, Ernie Hayes, John Lewis, Bu Pleasant, Harry Van Walls – piano
 * Rector Bailey, Mickey Baker, John Collins, Eddie Condon – guitar
 * George Duvivier, Jack Lesberg, Benny Moten, Lloyd Trotman – bass
 * Sidney Catlett, Connie Kay, Joe Marshall, Noruddin Zafer – drums
 * The Delta Rhythm Boys, The Rhythmakers – backing vocals