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In 1945, aged 17, Brown ran away from her home in Portsmouth along with the trumpeter Jimmy Brown, whom she soon married, to sing in bars and clubs. She then spent a month with Lucky Millinder 's orchestra.
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Nov 18, 2006 · In 1955 Ms. Brown married Earl Swanson, a saxophonist, and had a second son, Earl; the marriage ended in divorce. Her two sons survive her: Mr. Jackson, who has three children, of Los...
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Ruth Brown was an American singer and actress, who earned the sobriquet “Miss Rhythm” while dominating the rhythm-and-blues charts throughout the 1950s. Her success helped establish Atlantic Records (“The House That Ruth Built”) as the era’s premier rhythm-and-blues label.
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Jun 13, 2022 · In 1945, Brown ran away from her home in Portsmouth along with trumpeter, Jimmy Brown, whom she soon married, to sing in bars and clubs. Blanche Calloway, Cab Calloway’s sister, also a bandleader, arranged a gig for Brown at a Washington, D.C. nightclub called Crystal Caverns and soon became her manager.
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Born May 20, 1941, in Tiverton, England; daughter of Hughbert Niels (a company executive) and Dorothy Alice (Wicks) Antonsen; married Kenneth James Brown (an artist and illustrator), August 29, 1964; children: Hogan, James. Education: Attended Bournemouth College of Art, 1957–59; Birmingham College of Art, degree (with first-class honors), 1961; Ro...
Home—Bath, England. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Andersen Press, Ltd., Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd., London SW1V 2SA, England.
Shortlisted for Kate Greenaway Medal, British Library Association, 1988, for Ladybird, Ladybird and 1996, for The Tale of the Monstrous Toad; Redbook Children's Book Award, 1988, for Blossom Comes Home.
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Crazy Charlie, Andersen (London, England), 1979, reprinted, 1998. A Dark, Dark Tale, Dial (New York, NY), 1981, published with Arabic translation by Azza Habib, Andersen (London, England), 1998. If at First You Do Not See, Andersen (London, England), 1982, Holt (New York, NY), 1983. The Grizzly Revenge, Andersen (London, England), 1983. The Big Sneeze, Lothrop (New York, NY), 1985, reprinted, Andersen (London, England), 2002. Our Cat Flossie, Dutton (New York, NY), 1986, reprinted, Andersen (...
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James Herriot, The Christmas Day Kitten, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1986. James Herriot, Bonny's Big Day, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1987. James Herriot, Blossom Comes Home, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1988. James Herriot, The Market Square Dog, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1989. James Herriot, Oscar, Cat-about-Town, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1990. James Herriot, Smudge's Day Out, Michael Joseph (London, England), 1991, published as Smudge, the Little Los...
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Judith Miles, The Three Little Pigs, Longman (London, England), 1979. Barbara Parker, The Three Bears, Longman (London, England), 1979. Mary Harris, The Black and White Cat, Longman (London, England), 1979. Judith Miles, The Ugly Duckling, Longman (London, England), 1979. Francesca Zeissl, King Gargantua, Longman (London, England), 1981. Barbara Parker, Town Mouse, Country Mouse, Longman (London, England), 1981.
Ruth Brown has written and illustrated numerous children's books, which have won her fans in both in her native England and North America. Known for her delicate use of watercolors, her particular love of cats, and her realistic and atmospheric representations of rural life, she has been particularly praised for her richly textured and colored artw...
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Booklist, December 1, 1981, Ilene Cooper, review of A Dark, Dark Tale, p. 494; March 1, 1991, Hazel Rochman, review of The World That Jack Built, p. 1397; October 1, 1994, Ellen Mandel, review of Copycat, p. 331; September 1, 1996, Susan Dove Lempke, review of Ben's Christmas Carol, p. 1; July, 1997, p. 1822; January 1, 1998, Hazel Rochman, review of Baba Yaga and the Wise Doll: A Traditional Russian Folktale, p. 818; October 1, 1998, Helen Rosenberg, review of The Shy Little Angel, p. 334; N...
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Andersen Press Web site, http://www.andersenpress.co.uk/(April 27, 2006), "Ruth Brown."
Nov 18, 2006 · Brown was married four times but spent most of her life as a single mother; she worked a variety of jobs, including school bus driver, Head Start teacher and domestic.
Apr 19, 1990 · Born Ruth Weston in Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1928 (she became Ruth Brown after a teenage marriage to trumpeter Jimmy Brown), she was an aspiring jazz singer when she came to the attention of...
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