Ruth Brown - The Queen Of R&B: The Singles & Albums Collection 1949-61 AEC Music on the face of it

on the face of it completely different

male or female

flow and emotion are central elements of his art

With an interpretation of Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor with the fabulously inspired Lars Vogt and the recording of two milestones of the violin literature by Beethoven and Mendelssohn with Nikolaj Znaider

focuses on the most prolifically successful part of his chart career in the USA and includes six country No

Ruth Brown - The Queen Of R&B: The Singles & Albums Collection 1949-61 AEC Music on the face of itPerhaps more than any other artist, Ruth Brown helped lead the way in bridging the gap between R&B and pop as far as female artists were concerned, paving the way for the likes of Mary Wells and Aretha Franklin in the '60s. So successful was she that she became known as "The Queen Of R&B" and her record company Atlantic was sometimes referred to as "the house that Ruth built", so much did her hits contribute to the label's commercial fortunes. Between