Only the Best of Ruth Brown

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  It Could Happen to You
  7:29
• 2
  Why Don't You Do Right
  2:11
• 3
  Bewitched
  4:33
• 4
  I'm Just a Lucky So and So
  5:49
• 5
  I Can Dream, Can't I
  2:38
• 6
  You and the Night and the Music
  2:31
• 7
  You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
  1:53
• 8
  We'll Be Together Again
  4:17
• 9
  I'm Beginning to See the Light
  2:28
• 10
  I Loves You Porgy
  2:40
• 11
  No One Ever Tells You
  4:10
• 12
  Let's Face the Music and Dance
  2:07
• CD 2
• 1
  Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean
  2:52
• 2
  Teardrops From My Eyes
  2:49
• 3
  So Long
  2:37
• 4
  I'll Wait for You
  2:35
• 5
  5-10-15 Hours
  3:11
• 6
  Oh What a Dream
  2:53
• 7
  Daddy Daddy
  2:51
• 8
  Wild Wild Young Men
  2:28
• 9
  Love Has Joined Us Together
  2:51
• 10
  Mambo Baby
  2:40
• CD 3
• 1
  Lucky Lips
  2:05
• 2
  As Long as I'm Moving
  2:41
• 3
  Wild Wild Young Men
  2:28
• 4
  Daddy Daddy
  2:51
• 5
  Mambo Baby
  2:40
• 6
  Teardrops From My Eyes
  2:49
• 7
  Hello Little Boy
  2:36
• 8
  (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean
  2:52
• 9
  5 -10 -15 Hours
  3:11
• 10
  It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)
  2:42
• 11
  Sentimental Journey
  2:34
• 12
  Old Man River
  2:12
• 13
  So Long
  2:37
• 14
  Oh What a Dream
  2:53
• 15
  This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'
  1:46
• 16
  Just Too Much
  2:26
• 17
  I Hope We Meet (On the Road Someday)
  2:39
• 18
  Why Me
  2:22
• 19
  Somebody Touched Me
  2:23
• 20
  When I Get You Baby
  2:07
• 21
  Jack O'Diamonds
  2:27
• 22
  I Can't Hear a Word You Say
  2:27
• 23
  One More Time
  2:37
• 24
  Book of Lies
  2:30
• 25
  I Can See Everybody's Baby
  2:58
• 26
  Show Me
  2:35

More by Ruth Brown

R+B = Ruth Brown

R+B = Ruth Brown 1997

Rockin' in Rhythm: The Best of Ruth Brown

Rockin' in Rhythm: The Best of Ruth Brown 1996

Sassy

Sassy 2025

Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo de Ruth Brown

Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo de Ruth Brown 2023

The Queen of R&B: The Singles & Albums Collection 1949-61

The Queen of R&B: The Singles & Albums Collection 1949-61 2021

Say It Again: Ruth Brown in the '60s

Say It Again: Ruth Brown in the '60s 2016

Release credits

• Ahmet Ertegun
  producer [2.1-3, 2.7-8, 3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 3.8, 3.13-14]
• Al Walker
  drums (drum set) [14]
• Arnett Cobb
  tenor saxophone [14]
• Benny Moten
  double bass [14]
• Bill Lightner
  editor [4]
• Bobby Forrester
  keyboard [4]
• Bobby Hackett
  cornet [2.3, 3.13]
• Britt Woodman
  trombone [4]
• Bu Pleasant
  piano [14]
• Budd Johnson
  tenor saxophone [2.2, 3.6]
• Budd Johnson Orchestra
  performing orchestra [3.6, 2.2]
• Connie Kay
  drums (drum set) [3.3, 3.8, 2.1, 2.8]
• Dick Cary
  tenor horn / alto horn [2.3, 3.13]
• Dickie Harris
  trombone [14]
• Ed Crist
  baritone saxophone [14]
• Ed Lewis
  trumpet [14]
• Eddie Condon
  guitar [3.13, 2.3]
• Ernie Caceres
  reeds [3.13, 2.3]
• Freddie Mitchell
  tenor saxophone [3.3, 2.8]
• George Duvivier
  double bass [2.8, 3.3]
• Grady Tate
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Hal Jackson
  tambourine [2.1, 3.8]
• Haywood Henry
  baritone saxophone [3.3, 2.8]
• Herb Abramson
  producer [2.1-3, 2.7-8, 3.3, 3.6, 3.8, 3.13]
• Jack Lesberg
  double bass [3.13, 2.3]
• Jay Newland
  engineer [4]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer [14]
• Jesse Stone
  arranger [2.8, 3.3, 3.14]
• Joe Bushkin
  piano [2.3, 3.13]
• John Eargle
  recording [4]
• Mickey Baker
  guitar [3.8, 3.14, 2.1]
• Peanuts Hucko
  reeds [3.13, 2.3]
• Ralph Jungheim
  producer [4]
• Rector Bailey
  guitar [2.8, 3.3]
• Red Holloway
  tenor saxophone [4]
• Rodney Jones
  strings [4]
• Ruth Brown
  vocal [2.1-3, 2.7-8, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5-6, 3.8-9, 3.13-14, 1.4]
• Sid Catlett
  drums (drum set) [2.3, 3.13]
• Spanky Davis
  trumpet [4]
• Taft Jordan
  trumpet [3.3, 3.8, 2.1, 2.8]
• Vann “Piano Man” Walls
  piano [2.8, 3.3]
• Will Bradley
  trombone [3.13, 2.3]
• Willis Jackson
  tenor saxophone [3.8, 2.1, 2.7]
• [unknown]
  vocal [14]
• Show all credits (44)

Issues

• 

  O
  Only the Best of Ruth Brown

  3x CD
  8 October 2008