Apparently coincidentally shares Ruth Brown (Virginia 1928) with her initials genre rhythm & blues. The singer was perhaps not as well known as Ray Charles and Sam Cooke, but Ruth Brown played indeed a key role in the development of rhythm and blues to soul. Her nickname was "Little Miss Rhythm" and its rhythmical way of singing was soul singers like Etta James, Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin
… inspire. moreover she was the first successful artist for Atlantic Records. The record thus survived its first difficult years and would give the world many years later beautiful soul records.more
