If you didn’t know Ruth Brown’s name, you likely know her music. For Colorado musical theater artists Sheryl McCallum and David Nehls, their admiration for Brown’s music and her legacy — and their ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Sheryl McCallum’s vocal delivery of this material is immaculate. What I ...

Ruth Brown was a trailblazer, a singer whose run of hits in the ’50s included "I Don't Know" and "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean." Decades later, she won Tony and Grammy awards. She starred as ...

Ruth Brown made a comeback in the '80s when she starred in the Broadway revue "Black And Blue," for which she won a Tony Award. She also co-starred in John Waters' 1988 film "Hairspray" as Motormouth ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Brett Cullum: Now, first, tell me quickly who Ruth Brown is because I think a lot ...

A wide variety of Classical options are on this week’s calendar. Enjoy! – On Wednesday, the Somerset Trio (Danna Sundet, English horn, Mark Addleman, French horn & Elizabeth Etter, piano) will play ...

It wasn’t the first time — or the last — that David Nehls would see the legendary R&B singer Ruth Brown. Still, it might have been the most indelible. The noted local pianist and musical director was ...

Ruth Brown, 78, a rhythm-and-blues singer whose hits in the 1950s made Atlantic Records "the house that Ruth built" and who revived her career decades later as the Tony Award-winning star of the ...

LOS ANGELES - Singer Ruth Brown, whose recordings of "Teardrops in My Eyes," "5-10-15 Hours" and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" shot her to rhythm-and-blues stardom in the 1950s, has died. She ...

But I've seen the music be so effective long time before that. GROSS: We're listening back to my 1997 interview with Ruth Brown. We'll hear more of it after a break. This is FRESH AIR. (SOUNDBITE OF ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Today we continue our archive series R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll with the late R&B singer Ruth Brown. She was one of Atlantic Records' first hitmakers.