Ruth Brown - Juke Box Pearls: Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean (CD)

1-CD with 36-page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time approx. 78 minutes.She is not only the legendary Queen of Rhythm & Blues, she also had a baby they called Rock 'n' Roll! Her fantastic voice is genre-spanning - here is the proof!Selected songs from Ruth Brown's career first released between 1953 and 1962 are uniquely compiled here.Included are the rare re-recordings of her classics '5-10-15 Hours' and 'Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean', which she recorded in 1958.In addition to rock songs and teenage ballads, you can also hear mambo, gospel and soul roots.Three recordings for the US Philips label in the early 1960s can be considered rarities: 'Walk With Me, Lord', 'Jim Dandy' and 'Sea Of Love'.As a bonus, there are her live recordings from the 'Rhythm And Blues Revue', never before released on CD!Of course her juke box classics are also included: 'This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'!'The 36-page color booklet includes the biography written by Chicago music journalist Bill Dahl