Label: Proper Records.
Release Date: November 23, 2004.
Recording Time: 74 minutes.
Recording Date: May 25, 1949 - November 1, 1953.
Styles: Early R&B, Jump Blues, New York Blues, Regional Blues, Urban Blues, Vocal Jazz.
The first big star to emerge from the classic Atlantic label, Ruth Browns seductive vocal delivery shone incandescently on her smash hits Teardrops in My Eyes (an R&B chart-topper for 11 weeks in 1950), Ill Wait for You and I Know in 1951, 1952s 5-10-15 Hours (another number-one rocker), the seminal (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean in 1953, and a tender Chuck Willis-penned Oh What a Dream and the timely Mambo Baby the next year. Along the way, Frankie Laine tagged her Miss Rhythm during an engagement in Philly. All of her big tunes are on this Proper Introduction, showing why her label gained the nickname The House That Ruth Built.
Credits: Rector Bailey - guitar; Bair Bey, Vincent - sax (alto); Harold Baker - trumpet; Mickey Baker - guitar; Will Bradley - trombone; Les Brown - composer; Ruth Brown - composer, primary artist, vocals; Boudleaux Bryant - composer; Joe Bushkin - piano; Ernie Caceres - sax (baritone); Dick Cary - horn (alto); Big Sid Catlett - drums; Lincoln Chase - composer; John Collins - guitar; Eddie Condon - guitar; The Delta Rhythm Boys - vocals; George Duvivier - bass; LaVern Farr - composer; Buddy Fields - composer; Leonard Gaskin - bass; Tyree Glenn - trombone; Irving Gordon - composer; Bud Green - composer; Bobby Hackett - trumpet; Slide Hampton - arranger; Remus Harris - composer; Ernie Hayes - piano; Roy Haynes - drums; Belford Hendricks - composer; Haywood Henry - sax (baritone); Ben Homer - composer; Peanuts Hucko - clarinet; Hal Jackson - tambourine; Willis "Gator" Jackson - sax (tenor); Budd Johnson - sax (tenor); Hank Jones - piano; Taft Jordan - trumpet; Connie Kay - drums; Leroy Kirkland - composer; Herb Lance - composer; Jack Lesberg - bass; Gerald Marks - composer; Rose Marie McCoy - composer; Irving Melsher - composer; Freddie Mitchell - sax (tenor); Russ Morgan - composer; Jimmy Nottingham - trumpet; Bernie Peacock - sax (alto); Joe Ricci - tambourine; Billy Rose - composer; Peter Rynston - remastering; Billy Taylor - piano; Rudy Toombs - composer; Lloyd Trotman - bass; Harry Van Walls - piano; Joop Visser - liner notes, producer; Johnny Wallace - composer; Earl Washington - piano; Paul Williams - sax (baritone); Pinky Williams - sax (baritone).
Tracks: 1) It's Raining; 2) So Long; 3) I'll Get Along Somehow; 4) I'll Come Back Someday; 5) Sentimental Journey; 6) Teardrops from My Eyes; 7) R.B. Blues; 8) I Know; 9) I'll Wait for You; 10) Standing in the Corner; 11) Shine On (Big Bright Moon); 12) Be Anything (But Be Mine); 13) 5-10-15 Hours; 14) Have a Good Time; 15) Daddy Daddy; 16) Three Letters; 17) Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean; 18) Mend Your Ways; 19) I Would If I Could; 20) Wild Wild Young Men; 21) The Tears Keep Tumbling Down; 22) Ever Since My Baby's Been Gone; 23) If I Had Any Sense; 24) If You Don't Want Me; 25) Too Many Men; 26) Hello Little Boy.