Miss Rhythm

Miss Rhythm is an album by vocalist Ruth Brown featuring tracks recorded between 1954 and 1959 and released on the Atlantic label.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Ruth Brown's second LP is a minor masterpiece".

Track listing

1. "This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'" (Manny Curtis, Bobby Darin) – 1:51
2. "Just Too Much" (Jerry Wexler, C. Taylor) – 2:30
3. "I Hope We Meet (On the Road Someday)" (Rudy Toombs) – 2:44
4. "Why Me" (Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Ronald Mack) – 2:25
5. "Somebody Touched Me" (Ahmet Ertegun) – 2:27
6. "When I Get You Baby" (Jimmy Lewis, Ruth Brown) – 2:08
7. "Jack O' Diamonds" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:33
8. "I Can't Hear a Word You Say" (Leiber, Stoller) – 2:30
9. "One More Time" (Rose Marie McCoy, Charlie Singleton) – 2:41
10. "Book of Lies" (C. Small, D. Moore) – 2:33
11. "I Can See Everybody's Baby" (Leroy Kirkland, Mamie Thomas) – 3:02
12. "Show Me" (Joe Shapiro, Lou Stallman) – 2:37

Personnel

• Ruth Brown – vocal with various personnel including
• Ed "Tiger" Lewis, Steve Lipkins, Joe Wilder – trumpet
• Jimmy Cleveland, Richard Harris – trombone
• Jimmy Mitchell, Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone
• Arnett Cobb, King Curtis, Budd Johnson, Sam Taylor – tenor saxophone
• Sylvester Thomas – baritone saxophone
• Lee Anderson, Dick Hyman, Bu Pleasant, Mike Stoller – piano
• Mickey Baker, Al Caiola, Allen Hanlon, Mundell Lowe, Charles Macey – guitar
• Abie Baker, Percy Heath, Benny Moten, Lloyd Trotman – bass
• Connie Kay, Joe Marshall, Noruddin Zafer – drums
• Jerry Duane, Bob Harter, Artie Malvin, Bill Marine, Robert Miller, Ralph Nyland, The Rhythmakers, Maeretha Stewart – backing vocals

References