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2007:

  1. An appreciation of people who died in 2006
    An appreciation of people who died in 2006

    with William Styron, Gerald Boyd, R.W. "Johnny" Apple and more on Jan 1, 2007

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1996:

  1. An interview with Ruth Brown
    An interview with Ruth Brown

    with Ruth Brown on Mar 22, 1996

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    13 min
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Ruth Brown (January 12, 1928-November 17, 2006) was an American R&B singer. Born Ruth Alston Weston, Brown brought a popular music style to rhythm and blues in a series of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s.

Following a resurgence that began in the mid-1970s and peaked in the eighties, Brown used her influence to press for musicians’ rights regarding royalties and contracts. Her performances in the Broadway musical ‘Black and Blue’ earned Brown a Tony Award, and the original soundtrack won a Grammy Award.

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Brown