Beautiful early 50s R&B - Ruth Brown - Be Anything

What an incredible song... 1951 or '52. It's an early one (check the # on the label).

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• R&B
• 50's
• Blues
• Ruth
• Brown
• Doo
• Wop
• Wopp
• DooWop
• DooWopp
• Ballad

[dukeofdeco]

The saxophonist is definitely Willis Jackson.  The song was a big pop hit in the year 1952 (the year of this record) and there were many versions in both the pop and R&B categories. There was another great R&B version of this song by Wini Brown & the Boyfriends. Wini was a former singer with Lionel Hampton, while her Boyfriends were a group splintered from the Ravens by the late Warren Suttles.

[PJDooWop]

The Wini Brown and her Boyfriends track on Mercury is beautiful. Quite a rare record as well

[emergdispatch]

That is more than likely her (then) husband Willis Jackson providing the sax -He plays sax on the flipside "5-10-15 Hours" and several of her other releases from this time period (late 51-early 52)-For you sax lovers Willis blows a wild sax break on Ruth's "Shine On" which was orginally a Tampa Red song under a different title

[PJDooWop]

Thanks for the insight

[cmemsz]

Who is on tenor?

[PJDooWop]

Could possibly be Lee Allen.. He was doing Atlantic sessions since the early days, but I'm not sure

[katrinaguilbeaux]

thank you so, so much for this

[paintingwithpaper]

Brings back memories of a more simple, innocent and trusting time in my life. I'm crazy about the sax.

[cakemix11]

That was awesome, love the roughness

[ketefollen1984]

This version is so cool. Probably with pain with The Boyfriends

[lovemywolfie]

Amazing, love it.

[Vic561]

Well, folks . . . Ruth recorded a version of this with the "Thad Jones--Mel Lewis Big Band" in the '70's . . . I've got the LP . . . AND---let's talk TRUTH here folks . . . she always stood SECOND in the shadow of Billie & Dinah . . . not her fault . . . it's no disgrace to lose to . . . THE BEST . . . Gary in Arizona . . . courtesy of Vic561.