RUTH BROWN - Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean

[yesi2661]

dang i heard this song in chorus and i love this song! thumbs up if u <3 this SONG!

[infrantasi]

That joint iz jump-hin! She whales, and the band kicks it outta heah to Chi-kay-go!

[rakimtheking]

i was named after her rakim  my name is too rakim

[MrRoodenbug]

is she rakim's mom?



[iwritethemsongs]

@MrRoodenbug Ruth brown is Rakim's aunt he recently featured her “Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean” song on his Celebrity Playlist, which is a popular music feature on the site

[TheDiegoChris]

I'm actually here because I wanted to hear the original singer of I know where I've been. And she's pretty amazing :)

[USAFBrat84]

I put this song on my MP3 player a few days ago and I have to repeat the song everytime it's over! I love this video! Her facial expressions are priceless! R.I.P. Ruth Brown!

[djshaggy]

the piano man is ... Ray Charles! . R&B's mother.

[iwritethemsongs]

if a man ever treated me meean like this I'ma bust him in his dam mouth! lol FUCK that!

[infrantasi]

@iwritethemsongs Tell us mo' sista! Hehe.

[ksmurfer]

makes you wanna stink face, bob your head and grunt...hell yeah

[clarkbell]

Lord&Taylor

[IrisvdL1994]

this is the first time I ever watch her and the first thing I thought was that she has the hiccups.. xd

But she is veeerrry good!!

[johnyzero2000]

YES The original Motor Mouth Mabel!!!!!

[kittyduh]

her facial expressions..... the original nicki minaj haha.

[ValentinoBrown]

@kittyduh Ruth Brown is full of personality though...Nicki Minaj just looks psycho.

[bangalanga1990]

WOOOO HOOOOO, YOU GO RUTHY BABY!!!!!

[juliewants]

wooooooooooow! puts today's singers to SHAME

[Savvynlady]

The House that Ruth built-Atlantic Records thanks to Ms Ruth Brown in the 1950s. Rest In Peace.

[carlanthony62]

This lady was the Queen of Rock and Roll and this song is her signature song and one of her biggest hits and easily was a million seller. Not surprising to me- her two biggest pop hits are her most unfamiliar hits to her true fans. The songs 'Lucky Lips' and 'This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' can't compare to this song and others like "Oh What A Dream;,'5-10-15Hours, 'Teardrops From My Eyes', and "Mambo Baby' and 'Wild,Wild,Young Men'. These were the true hits of Ruth Brown.

[geminibrown1975]

@carlanthony62 portsmouth virginia

[sactogirly]

Brought here by a fantastic dance partner- thank you Ruth!

[zoeleone]

amazing!!!



[Radith87]

Thank god for African American Music, Because without it, we would be stuck with segregation and bland music.

:D

[CptEtgar]

Brought here by Jack Kerouac

[Parkdalecharlie]

David Myles showed me the way!

[lookitsmonkin]

how about thanks to a tattoo artist for introducing ppl to great music they may not have known about...

[ben33603]

I love the version. I really swings. Go Ruth you and Joe Turner were the ones.

[sculpe]

AWESOME. THANKS for posting!!!

[Jeezymusic]

This is Rakim's Aunt ;)

[slavenca]

god, she is a bomb!

[TheMusicmind99]

I miss you auntie and I hope my videos make you proud while you rest.... I love you with all of my heart :'(

[metalvache]

The First Lady of Rock & Roll

[01jaybird]

I loved it. She has great stage presence! Just a cute as can be :)

[SimoneSheckles]

This video was brought to my attention via face book by Pastor Willie Smith. Love it!

[DaniFlakes]

When i get a serious boyfriend i'm gonna show him this video and tell him that if he ever acts like that, i'll punch him so hard in the crotch that it'll retract and become a vagina.

[RollinV8]

thumbs up if you knew this song and didnt need a stupid tattoo artist to lead you to this page.

[AshleyMarkPomeroy]

Thumbs up if you were brought here by George Starostin's A+ review in his article on Atlantic R&B... (silence) (tumbleweeds)

[RosieGokPosie]

Nicki Minaj copies her facial expressions

[iwritethemsongs]

@RosieGokPosie lol baby, I seriously doubt that Nicki even knows who the hell Ruth Brown is to be copying Ruth's facial expressions

[winstonsims1234]

sexy

[freebird1974]

This is the woman . she is the Ruth that built Alantic

[WOWERS6]

i only came here to hear he song-only one i kno that any1 cracks on a song on purpose

[singinghetakuso86]

love ruth brown sooo much. thumbs up for knowing this myself and not being brought here by a link or someones blog! 

[ettajames2luv]

Love it! One from the vault! This type of video is the reason I spend time on here. Where else are you going to see this? Thanks so much for sharing!

[partyhardydardy]

thumbs up if various youtube links brought you here.

[darkcreed18]

Wuuuuu yeah mama!!!.

[ilovekelly75]

What passion!

[mariamali94]

omg...how have i never seen this? it's beautiful!!

[fellerredseller]

ooo look at the audience white and black people mixed up

[no27i]

@fellerredseller even in such racist days music made people come together like this.

during the jazz age blacks played in white only places

[fellerredseller]

O: white and black crowd mixed up D:

[19nhamo90]

@fellerredseller and that's a problem?

[fellerredseller]

@19nhamo90 no! it shows how music can put people together

[RetroJenny]

Ruth Brown and love for the blues classics brought me here!

[shooow7]

He brought me here

[Elthiopia]

Eric B. and Rakim brought me here.

[TomCollinsgirl]

HAIRSPRAY the original got me here. i love this woman

[nc17atnce101]

I wanna make her scream like that for real

[VamastaMoren]

666 likes :3

[marokain34]

That's the aunt of the greatest rappers of all time : Rakim !!!!

[lalalimani]

Ruth Brown brought me here!

[DieWinya]

She's so.. *_*

[ZohraAsibgurl22]

My modern popular music class led me to such a wonderful ARTIST and SONG! Love Ruth Brown

[Popino09]

Actually Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia brought me here :D

[nodrogkj]

Susan Tedeschi has a good modern version -- see youtube.com/watch?v=K_3BFGyztN­M

[nodrogkj]

youtube.com/watch?v=K_3BFGyztN­M

[Zairebabyphat]

Ruth is raw soul she created the rights with this song to give woman free expression in their songs and hair and everything else.

[musiqtube1]

@Zairebabyphat I AGREE.

[sjerga01]

Thumbs up if you're a douchebag and needed Kat Von D to find Ruth Brown

[mjudson138]

Thumbs up if The Atlantic Rythm and Blues Compilation brought you here and not some useless Hipster.

[bluesdance]

Dang it's the original Nicki Minaj!

[musiqtube1]

@bluesdance never ever.

[dorightpapa]

Screamin' Jay sent me. If you don't know who he is, you won't be learning about him from some fake-ass tattooed d-list celebrity's tweets. Try and find some cool shit on your own, people.

[NickNapalm]

Screamin' Jay Hawkins brought me here from beyond the grave!

[rudisme]

Am I mistaking or is it ray charles on piano

[JessOfficialMusic]

@rudisme Yea thats Ray charles on the piano

She was thinking

What is a blind man doing on the piano? or something like that

but then she said it was the most stupid thing she had ever said

cause damn Ray did his job good!

[level242]

ROCK'N ROLL WILL NEVER DIE

[KeethReetchard]

thumbs up if you're here because you love ruth brown and that's it !

[dothejive]

@KeethReetchard Thats right!!! I love Ruth Brown--

[KojiRecords]

True story: I made Ruth Brown real mad when, at the Cinegrill in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in the 90s, I presented an album for her to sign, one that Ruth had never seen, called "The Atlantic Records-Phil Spector Sessions," which included the original tracks produced by Phil on various artists, including Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker, who autographed the album a few months before; Ruth, who is always warm, went ice cold seeing LaVern's name...and refused to autograph the album.

[KojiRecords]

@KojiRecords Ironically, Phil Spector was at the same show, my approaching him first; Phil, too, had never seen this album and was livid as his friends crowded around to see this album Phil was blowing up about; Phil, likewise, declined to autograph the album on the grounds his signature could be used on "a legal document." I met both Ruth and Phil in later years, happy to meet both under better circumstances! When LaVern passed, Ruth included her in a tribute rendition of "Tears in Heaven."

[beyoncetyratina]

OHH! I love this song! I haven't heard this song in a long time now.

[kapwepwe]

@beyoncetyratina me too omg!!

[beyoncetyratina]

@kapwepwe

LOL, I heard this when it was first uploaded. I remembered the lyrics, but I couldn't remember the singer or the name... so I couldn't find it :( LOL, yay! I found it again!

She is SO awesome! I love her hair style!

[allTRIPLE1]

She is a Legend.

[kapwepwe]

@allTRIPLE1 yes she is indeed a legend

[corinnabambina]

I love her!:)

[boomerlady]

She doesn't look more than 17. How old was she in this? a kid probably

[miriamnz]

@boomerlady - 27 (she was born 1928). She does look young though.

[fix520]

No Kat didn't bring me here, but Ruth Brown is really something ain't she? Great performer.

[PaulHucklebuckWms]

The Paul Williams band did a good job accompanying Ruth Brown

[hardToSignUpHere]

lyrics are nice too...

[XxvirgilxX1]

it´s so wonder!

[msvicky80]

great!!!!!!

[cheeriopick]

This is so awesome!!!!! I don't listen to R&B but i love this song!! She's a fantastic singer :):)

[PaulHWilliamsEstate]

Great Song

[actin1]

Nicki Minaj copied her facial expressions lol

[ilive4mj88]

@actin1 lmao true!!!!!!!!!

[SupaStarry]

Love always!

[jamdung54]

r&b stands for Ruth Brown!!!!!

[rockabillyholly]

I don't give a shit about Kat Von D. Ruth Brown is the shit! She always will be the queen of R&B.

[nothingbutnickole]

ahh, the days where you actually HAD to have talent to get on tv :)

wish i lived in those days.

[MsJaxxee]

@nothingbutnickole

I wish you'd had the opportunity to live in those days as well, because things sure were different and the music was the very best! We COULD have it again if the ones with talent would just only go ahead and write and sing better musinc with meaning to it instead of all the profanity and other side-show stuff that's called music and entertainment today.

[dhcqueen]

Wow.

[ecastillo621]

Thumbs up if u clicked Kat Von D's twitter link to this video.. :)

So amazing!

[sotheresthisguy15]

i hope people like this still exist.

[Krice818]

Thubs up if kat brought you here lol

[falling4u365]

amazing. <3

[Manxboy11x]

Brilliant!

[xxtalabananaxx]

Wonderful!

[KatieSmithSinger]

im SUCH a big fan of this songg now!!!!! this woman was a legend! :P please could people have a quick listen to my first video?? would mean a lot if i could get some views :P xxxxx thanks xxx

[LCBpink]

I would like to meet the 6 people who, hopefully, accidentally clicked on the thumbs down button.

[Cynthiano2009]

great combination of glam and guts. Very mature voice for her age during this taping.

[sparks199]

@Cynthiano2009 She was 26 here right?

[snackcakeman]

This is excellent! No many around today that can perform like her.

[TheShortround82]

WOW! That's some mean tambourine action!

[dugitara]

she's so adorable!!

[LaVerne37]

I LOVE the way Ruth milks the camera with those wonderful eye expressions!!! YOU GO GURL!!!!!!!

FIVE STARS......sizzzzzzling!!!

whewwwwww!

[wa1ufo]

She was GREAT!!!!! TNX

[karpond]

amazing talent.

[rubenpunk1983]

Buscando musica de Ruth Brown... Me mató la potencia que tiene esta mujer.

[FreeTheGhetto]

That little squealy high pitch note in every verse is simply amazing, so full of vibe and soul.

[Zairebabyphat]

shes one of my favorites she had a great career she had to stop for a whille us in the mid being of her career cus she had a baby with clyed micfater of the drifeters on of alntic,s bigest sellers. and ray chreals could not go on with the tour cus she was in it with him but she coudn,t go on with the tuor cus she was having a baby and that compromised the tour Jerry and Amet didn,t know why she cancelled until latter.

[blackblueberryboy]

Ruth Brown meand really brave, really black really blue, choose whatever you want but all these mean rhythm and blues

[blackblueberryboy]

Ruth Brown means really black , really blue, really brave choose whatever you want but all these mean Rhtym & Blues

[allenbradley131]

yeah cool song wohoooo...... :) ;)

[sparrowhawk72]

WOW!!  Amazing!

[DULSE23]

yea I agree with opium 177 old time music is great!! I love it

[TwoTube2]

The album version I have of this is much slower. Is there an alternative version more the pace of this live performance? Or is it just how she performed the song live? Because I prefer it with the energy featured in this video.

[opium177]

old music is the good music

[TwoTube2]

I just stumbled across this song - a happy accident I think. This actually got me dancing in my chair. I hope there's a revival of this type of early, up-tempo and upbeat R&B, or at least a further revival built on the success of contemporary artists such as Amy Winehouse and Adele.

[kakumazone5]

nice song

[ShadowNINku]

ma mauuiigh

[Gflygrl]

Mama ... He treats your Daughter meaan <3

[CuteyNudie]

Damn! That's hot!!

[bluehearts310]

I was not around this era, but grew up watching this kind of performances in movies and T.V. I love it!!! Ruth Brown, you are great!!!

[Quenchod]

i love Ruth!

btw can anyone tell me who the master of ceremonies is cos hes on loads of these vids

respect!

[mitsukimomo]

Pause at 0:09

Love the way she says "mamA"; How she goes on a high note at the end... This song is so true lol

[celes42017]

Up til the day she died, Ruth could sing like that. It's really amazing.

[MrSteamhammer100]

what a dynamic voice, like her perfomance, that`s real R`n`B !

[TheJazzStreet]

@MrSteamhammer100 actually she used to say that R&B means Ruth Brown .. and i think she was right

[RideauxR]

Ruth Brown equals R n B, lol she said something like that on t once.

[deeoneyoyo]

The truly Queen of R&B!!

Incomparable!!

[lupi303]

R&B means Ruth Brown. Simple as that :)

[TheJazzStreet]

love her! now i know why she used to say that R&B means Ruth Brown

[MusicalLyrica]

Now Ruth Brown's life would make a MOVIE!

[Kamaria7]

I agree. Sometimes, during the down time in her career, she was so broke that she had to work as a maid. That's why she became such an advocate for musicians' royalties. But who on EARTH would portray her?

[MusicalLyrica]

I see Jennife Hudson in her, but I love Fantasia so much, I'd like to see her as Ruth. Monique has the versatility and personality with a dub-over.  I just thought of Countess Vaughn (who is so underrated and underused)

[Kamaria7]

@MusicalLyrica Good call. I think Fantasia would eat it up. They would just have to work on her acting the part.

[dal4018]

Hey Musical Lyrica I agree and Vivica Fox would be the perfect one to play this music legend.They could pass for mother and daughter easily!!!!!!!!

[MusicalLyrica]

I never thought of Vivica. I have to look at her again. I just got a flash of how she looked in court as the older "wife" of Frankie Lymon

[dal4018]

@MusicalLyrica Yes she would be perfect to play the role of thiis fallen legend too bad she died before they would ever have met in '06

[Kamaria7]

She said that R&B stood for both Ruth Brown and Rhythm and Blues. I couldn't agree with her more. May she rest in peace!

[TooMuchSumo]

this clip is also featured in a great documentary series called Soul Deep.

[HannahLeeeee]

we watched this in our enrichment class(: History of Rock 'n' Roll

[Enigma6596]

Hey me too! Did the video also have Caldonia by Louis Jordan?

[asapisaiah]

Me Too! In The Beginning Though! Love It!

[maddichibi]

me too!!

[ebyancy]

how many of you know that was Rakim's aunt

[IIAmSkyHiigh]

i like. you kno ya history. dnt know where youcome from you never see where you going.

[JayChyllin09]

I do

[73MarkIV]

She's soooooo cool! Great post.

[SuperNikita17]

You go girl!! haha great

[yayMIMI]

I love her attitude.thats almost as entertaining as the song itself. the last couplu of seconds made me laugh. she is really feelin what she is saying. GO RUTH! also, she is a very kind girl cuz she would go on the radio station my father worked at in vegas and try to get donations for things. very charitable woman.

[jd9he7we2]

i love this song i first listened to it when our music teacher made us watch the history of rock and roll

[swinginkatz]

Now your moving.

[mrdogwalker2009]

x factor my ass

[XMariaGuadalupe]

Far-out Fantastic!

[jamesfriendbrown123]

I love, love, love this song. My mom and uncle use to play the hell out of this song. It brings back so many memories. Does anybody have the recording version of this? If so, please post it.

[kieranshari]

LOL Look at Ray Charles on the piano! Get it ray!

[CaitlinBrooksMusic]

I still think it's hilarious how she squeaks on the second syllable of some words!

She sounds like a little parakeet!

That's a cute style!

[Zairebabyphat]

i love this SONg you go RUTh. she can sing!!!!!!!!!!