Ruby Turner
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Ruby Turner is a British R&B
and soul
singer, songwriter and actress. In 1967, she relocated with her family to Handsworth
, Birmingham, England when she was nine years old. She is best known for her albums and single releases on both sides of the Atlantic
, and has sung backing vocals
for others such as Bryan Ferry
, UB40
, Steel Pulse
, Steve Winwood
, Jools Holland
and Mick Jagger
, as well as writing
songs that have been covered
by many artists
including Lulu
, Yazz
and Maxi Priest
. She achieved the rare feat, for a British singer, of reaching #1 on the US R&B
chart
, with "It's Gonna Be Alright" in February 1990.
Between 1986 and 1995, eight of her singles
appeared in the UK Singles Chart
with "I'd Rather Go Blind" being the most successful reaching #24 in 1987. Turner performed at the Birmingham Heart Beat 86
concert, which featured George Harrison
; and sang on BBC Television
's Jools Holland's Hootenanny
, in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. She has also appeared as an actress on stage, film and television.
. In 1983, she recorded with UB40
. She achieved a solo recording contract
with Jive Records
after singing backing vocals on Culture Club
's From Luxury to Heartache
.
Her first album Women Hold Up Half The Sky, was released in 1986 to critical acclaim. and produced hit singles such as a cover version
of the Staple Singers song,"If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
", a duet
with Jonathan Butler
, and the Etta James standard "I'd Rather Go Blind
".
In March 1987, Turner sang on the Ferry Aid
single, "Let It Be". Around this time she also released her hit album, The Motown Songbook, on which she performed with Motown
others including The Four Tops, The Temptations
and Jimmy Ruffin
. Turner appeared on Corey Hart's album, Young Man Running
(1988), on the duet "Spot You in a Coalmine".
Turner achieved a #1 R&B
chart
success in the US in February 1990 with "It's Gonna Be Alright", becoming one of the few British artists to top that chart. Four other US R&B chart entries followed in 1990 and 1991, including "Paradise" from the movie Dancin' thru the Dark
.
In 1998 she recorded the album, Call Me By My Name
, with British rhythm and blues
luminaries Boz Burrell
, Zoot Money
, Bobby Tench
and Stan Webb
. On New Year's Eve 1999, she sang the National Anthem
for Queen Elizabeth II, Prime minister Tony Blair
and other dignitaries, at the opening of the Millennium Dome
in London.
Turner sang backing vocals on Mick Jagger
's 2001 album, Goddess in the Doorway
, and performed "Nobody But You" on the 2002 album Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues.
In 2007, Turner presented a documentary Shout Sister Shout about Sister Rosetta Tharpe
for BBC Radio 2
. She sang on Seasick Steve
's album, I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left
(2008). In September 2009, Turner released her first gospel music
album, I'm Travelling On.
In 2011, Turner narrated the BBC Four
documentary Reggae Britannia, which chronicled the history of British Reggae music.
, Carmen Jones
, Fame
, as well as One Love at the London's Lyric Theatre
, Hammersmith
. Turner also had a small part in the English film, Love Actually
.
In 2006, Turner made an appearance in Little Britain Abroad
. She played the Sheriff Judy. On 12 October 2007, she appeared as a guest star (as herself) in the BBC One
soap opera, Doctors
. The episode title was entitled "Raising The Roof".
Her most recent theatre appearance, was a successful run in the London West End production of the musical Simply Heavenly, which was nominated for 'Outstanding Musical' at the 2005 Laurence Olivier Awards
. In 2009, Turner appeared in the BBC drama, Hotel Babylon
.
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
and soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
singer, songwriter and actress. In 1967, she relocated with her family to Handsworth
Handsworth, West Midlands
Handsworth is an inner city area of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. The Local Government Act 1894 divided the ancient Staffordshire parish of Handsworth into two urban districts: Handsworth and Perry Barr. Handsworth was annexed to the county borough of Birmingham in Warwickshire in 1911...
, Birmingham, England when she was nine years old. She is best known for her albums and single releases on both sides of the Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
, and has sung backing vocals
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
for others such as Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry, CBE is an English singer, musician, and songwriter. Ferry came to public prominence in the early 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter with the band Roxy Music, who enjoyed a highly successful career with three number one albums and ten singles entering the top ten charts in...
, UB40
UB40
UB40 are a British reggae/pop band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records.Their hit singles...
, Steel Pulse
Steel Pulse
Steel Pulse is a roots reggae musical band. They originally formed at Handsworth Wood Boys School, in Birmingham, England, composed of David Hinds , Basil Gabbidon , and Ronald McQueen .-History:...
, Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...
, Jools Holland
Jools Holland
Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer, and television presenter. He was a founder of the band Squeeze and his work has involved him with many artists including Sting, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Who, David Gilmour and Bono.Holland is a...
and Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
, as well as writing
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
songs that have been covered
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
by many artists
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
including Lulu
Lulu (singer)
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day...
, Yazz
Yazz
Yazz is a British pop singer, who remains best known for her successful 1988 dance track, "The Only Way Is Up". Some of her records were credited to Yazz & The Plastic Population...
and Maxi Priest
Maxi Priest
Max Alfred "Maxi" Priest is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with a R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion, and became one of the first international successes who regularly dabbled in the genre as well as being one of the most...
. She achieved the rare feat, for a British singer, of reaching #1 on the US R&B
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
, with "It's Gonna Be Alright" in February 1990.
Between 1986 and 1995, eight of her singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
appeared in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
with "I'd Rather Go Blind" being the most successful reaching #24 in 1987. Turner performed at the Birmingham Heart Beat 86
Heart Beat 86
Heart Beat 86 was a benefit concert staged at the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham, England, on 15 March 1986 . It was organised by Bev Bevan to raise money for Birmingham Children's Hospital....
concert, which featured George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
; and sang on BBC Television
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
's Jools Holland's Hootenanny
Hootenanny (UK TV Show)
Hootenanny is an annual New Year's Eve music show presented by Jools Holland as an off-shoot of his Later... with Jools Holland series. It is generally broadcast between 11pm on 31 December and around 1am the following morning...
, in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. She has also appeared as an actress on stage, film and television.
Musical style
Music
In the early 1980s Turner worked with Alexis KornerAlexis Korner
Alexis Korner was a blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a Founding Father of British Blues"...
. In 1983, she recorded with UB40
UB40
UB40 are a British reggae/pop band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records.Their hit singles...
. She achieved a solo recording contract
Recording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
with Jive Records
Jive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...
after singing backing vocals on Culture Club
Culture Club
Culture Club are a British rock band who were part of the 1980s New Romantic movement. The original band consisted of Boy George , Mikey Craig , Roy Hay and Jon Moss...
's From Luxury to Heartache
From Luxury to Heartache
From Luxury to Heartache is the fourth album by New Wave band Culture Club, released in 1986.-Overview:From Luxury to Heartache was a deliberate departure for Culture Club, a move away from the reggae-flavoured pop of their previous releases into dance-oriented music. Veteran pop and R&B producer...
.
Her first album Women Hold Up Half The Sky, was released in 1986 to critical acclaim. and produced hit singles such as a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of the Staple Singers song,"If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
"If You're Ready " is the title of a song by The Staple Singers. Released from their album, Be What You Are, the single spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard magazine's Hot Soul Singles chart in 1973...
", a duet
Duet (music)
A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...
with Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Butler is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music.-Biography:...
, and the Etta James standard "I'd Rather Go Blind
I'd Rather Go Blind
"I'd Rather Go Blind" is a Blues song written by Ellington Jordan and co-credited to Billy Foster. It was first recorded by Etta James in 1968, and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soul classic.-Original version by Etta James:...
".
In March 1987, Turner sang on the Ferry Aid
Ferry Aid
Ferry Aid were a British-American ensemble group, brought together to record the song "Let It Be" in 1987. The single was released following the Zeebrugge Disaster, which had occurred on 6 March 1987 involving the capsizing of the MS Herald of Free Enterprise ferry, which killed 193 passengers and...
single, "Let It Be". Around this time she also released her hit album, The Motown Songbook, on which she performed with Motown
Motown Records
Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...
others including The Four Tops, The Temptations
The Temptations
The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...
and Jimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin is an American soul singer, and elder brother of the late David Ruffin of The Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted."-Life:...
. Turner appeared on Corey Hart's album, Young Man Running
Young Man Running
Young Man Running is the fourth album by Corey Hart, released in 1988. It charted in the U.S., reaching #126, and generated the hit single, "In Your Soul", which reached #38.- Track listing :All songs written by Corey Hart....
(1988), on the duet "Spot You in a Coalmine".
Turner achieved a #1 R&B
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
success in the US in February 1990 with "It's Gonna Be Alright", becoming one of the few British artists to top that chart. Four other US R&B chart entries followed in 1990 and 1991, including "Paradise" from the movie Dancin' thru the Dark
Dancin' Thru the Dark
Dancin' thru the Dark is a 1990 British film directed by Mike Ockrent and written by Willy Russell. It is based on the play Stags and Hens by the same author. The film stars Con O'Neill, Claire Hackett, Simon O'Brien, Julia Deakin and Mark Womack....
.
In 1998 she recorded the album, Call Me By My Name
Call Me by My Name
Call Me by My Name is the sixth studio album by British soulsinger Ruby Turner, released in October 1998. Turner co-wrote five songs and enlisted the help of rhythm and blues luminaries Bobby Tench, Zoot Money, Stan Webb and Bad Company bassist Boz Burrell....
, with British rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
luminaries Boz Burrell
Boz Burrell
Raymond "Boz" Burrell was an English musician. Originally a vocalist, Burrell is best known for his bass playing and work with the rock bands King Crimson and Bad Company.-Career:...
, Zoot Money
Zoot Money
George Bruno Money, known as Zoot Money is a British vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader best known for his playing of the Hammond organ and association with his Big Roll Band...
, Bobby Tench
Bobby Tench
Robert Tench , also known as Bob Tench, Bobby Tench and Bobby Gass is a British vocalist and guitarist. Originally a bass player he began singing with Gass influenced by artists such as Sam Cooke and Ray Charles...
and Stan Webb
Stan Webb
Stan Webb is the frontman and lead guitarist with the blues band, Chicken Shack.-Career:...
. On New Year's Eve 1999, she sang the National Anthem
God Save the Queen
"God Save the Queen" is an anthem used in a number of Commonwealth realms and British Crown Dependencies. The words of the song, like its title, are adapted to the gender of the current monarch, with "King" replacing "Queen", "he" replacing "she", and so forth, when a king reigns...
for Queen Elizabeth II, Prime minister Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
and other dignitaries, at the opening of the Millennium Dome
Millennium Dome
The Millennium Dome, colloquially referred to simply as The Dome or even The O2 Arena, is the original name of a large dome-shaped building, originally used to house the Millennium Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium...
in London.
Turner sang backing vocals on Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
's 2001 album, Goddess in the Doorway
Goddess in the Doorway
Goddess in the Doorway is the fourth solo album by Mick Jagger, released in 2001. The most recent offering from Jagger as a solo artist, it marked his first release with Virgin Records, whom he has been contracted with as a member of The Rolling Stones since 1991.Following 1993's Wandering Spirit...
, and performed "Nobody But You" on the 2002 album Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues.
In 2007, Turner presented a documentary Shout Sister Shout about Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an Amercian pioneering gospel singer, songwriter and recording artist who attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and early rock and roll accompaniment...
for BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
. She sang on Seasick Steve
Seasick Steve
Steven Gene Wold, commonly known as Seasick Steve, is an American blues musician. He plays guitars, and sings, usually about his early life doing casual work.-Childhood and early life:...
's album, I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left
I Started Out With Nothin and i Still Got Most of it Left
I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left is the third album by Seasick Steve. It was released on 29 September 2008. It entered the UK album chart at number 9 on 6 October 2008. The album is his first on the record label Warner Bros...
(2008). In September 2009, Turner released her first gospel music
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
album, I'm Travelling On.
In 2011, Turner narrated the BBC Four
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
documentary Reggae Britannia, which chronicled the history of British Reggae music.
Acting
As an actress, she has appeared in productions of A Streetcar Named DesireA Streetcar Named Desire (play)
A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...
, Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones is a 1943 Broadway musical starring Muriel Smith in the title role, later made into a 1954 musical film; the play also ran for a season in 1991 at London's Old Vic and most recently in London's Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre in 2007. It is an updating of the Georges Bizet...
, Fame
Fame (musical)
A stage musical based on the 1980 musical film Fame has been staged under two titles. The first, 'Fame – The Musical' conceived and developed by David De Silva, is a musical with a book by Jose Fernandez, music by Steve Margoshes and lyrics by Jacques Levy. The musical premiered in 1988 in Miami,...
, as well as One Love at the London's Lyric Theatre
Lyric Hammersmith
The Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre on King Street, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which takes pride in its original, "groundbreaking" productions....
, Hammersmith
Hammersmith
Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, England, in the United Kingdom, approximately five miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames...
. Turner also had a small part in the English film, Love Actually
Love Actually
Love Actually is a 2003 British romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. The screenplay delves into different aspects of love as shown through ten separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are shown to be interlinked as their tales progress...
.
In 2006, Turner made an appearance in Little Britain Abroad
Little Britain
Little Britain is a British character-based comedy sketch show which was first broadcast on BBC radio and then turned into a television show. It was written by comic duo David Walliams and Matt Lucas...
. She played the Sheriff Judy. On 12 October 2007, she appeared as a guest star (as herself) in the BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
soap opera, Doctors
Doctors (BBC Soap Opera)
Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on...
. The episode title was entitled "Raising The Roof".
Her most recent theatre appearance, was a successful run in the London West End production of the musical Simply Heavenly, which was nominated for 'Outstanding Musical' at the 2005 Laurence Olivier Awards
Laurence Olivier Awards
The Laurence Olivier Award is presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre. Named after the renowned British actor Laurence Olivier, they are given for West End shows and other productions staged in London...
. In 2009, Turner appeared in the BBC drama, Hotel Babylon
Hotel Babylon
Hotel Babylon was a BBC television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones, that aired from 19 January 2006 to 14 August 2009, produced by independent production company Carnival Films for BBC One...
.
Albums
| Year | Title | UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
US United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Women Hold Up Half the Sky | #47 | - |
| 1986 | Live at Glastonbury | - | - |
| 1988 | The Motown Songbook | #22 | - |
| 1989 | Paradise | #74 | #194 |
| 1991 | The Other Side | - | - |
| 1992 | The Best of Ruby Turner | - | - |
| 1993 | Responsible | - | - |
| 1993 | With Love | - | - |
| 1994 | Restless Moods | - | - |
| 1995 | The Best of Ruby Turner | - | - |
| 1996 | Guilty | - | - |
| 1998 | Call Me By My Name Call Me by My Name Call Me by My Name is the sixth studio album by British soulsinger Ruby Turner, released in October 1998. Turner co-wrote five songs and enlisted the help of rhythm and blues luminaries Bobby Tench, Zoot Money, Stan Webb and Bad Company bassist Boz Burrell.... |
- | - |
| 2001 | Live in Bristol | - | - |
| 2005 | So Amazing | - | - |
| 2007 | Live at Ronnie Scott's (double Double album A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs.... live album Live album A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album... ) |
- | - |
| 2008 | The Informer | - | - |
| 2009 | I'm Travelling On | - | - |
Singles (selected)
| Year | Title | UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
US United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) "If You're Ready " is the title of a song by The Staple Singers. Released from their album, Be What You Are, the single spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard magazine's Hot Soul Singles chart in 1973... " (Ruby Turner featuring Jonathan Butler Jonathan Butler Jonathan Butler is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music.-Biography:... ) |
#30 | #58 | Jive Jive Records Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African... |
| 1986 | "I'm in Love" | #61 | - | Jive |
| 1986 | "Bye Baby" | #52 | - | Jive |
| 1987 | "I'd Rather Go Blind I'd Rather Go Blind "I'd Rather Go Blind" is a Blues song written by Ellington Jordan and co-credited to Billy Foster. It was first recorded by Etta James in 1968, and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soul classic.-Original version by Etta James:... " |
#24 | - | Jive |
| 1987 | "I'm in Love" (re-issue) | #57 | - | Jive |
| 1989 | "It's Gonna Be Alright" | #57 | #1 | Jive |
| 1990 | "Paradise" (featuring Ecstasy of Whodini Whodini Whodini is a hip hop group that was formed in 1981. The Brooklyn, New York-based trio consisted of vocalist and main lyricist Jalil Hutchins; co-vocalist John Fletcher, aka Ecstasy ; and turntable artist DJ Drew Carter, aka Grandmaster Dee.-Early years:Whodini was among the first hip-hop groups to... ) |
- | #22 | Jive |
| 1990 | "It's a Crying Shame" | - | #29 | Jive |
| 1991 | "The Other Side" | - | #34 | Jive |
| 1991 | "Rumours" | - | #80 | Jive |
| 1994 | "Stay with Me Baby" | #39 | - | M&G M&G Records M&G Records was a record label founded by Michael Levy after he sold his previous label Magnet Records in 1988 to WEA for an estimated £10 million.- History :... |
| 1995 | "Shakaboom!" (Hunter featuring Ruby Turner) |
#64 | - | Telstar Telstar Records Telstar Records was a record label founded in 1982 by Sean O'Brien and Neil Palmer with a government loan of £120,000. It was founded as a specialist compilation marketing label and had hits with a range of compilation franchises such as the Deep Heat, Kaos Theory and 100% ranges... |
See also
- R&B number-one hits of 1990 (USA)R&B number-one hits of 1990 (USA)These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1990:-Chart history:-Chart comparisons:*Four songs have reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: "Escapade", "Vision of Love,", "Love Takes Time" and "I'm Your Baby Tonight."-See also:*1990 in music*List of number-one...
- List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart
- List of performers on Top of the Pops
External links
- Ruby Turner's official website
- Ruby Turner interview by Pete Lewis, Blues & Soul, July 2009
- [ Ruby Turner] at Allmusic