Ruby Winters

Ruby Winters (born January 18, 1942 in Louisville , Kentucky , † August 7, 2016 ) was an American R&B and soul singer .

biography

Born in Kentucky and raised in Cincinnati , Winters recorded a few singles in the late 1960s that appeared on Diamond Records . However, the singer was denied great success in the USA. The tracks Make Love to Me (a duet with Johnny Thunder), I Don't Want to Cry and Guess Who made it into the top 20 of the R&B charts, but these songs only reached positions on the Billboard Hot 100 for a short time End of chart.

The single I Will , which was released by Polydor in 1973 , initially only brought regional success and reached number 39 on the US R&B charts. It was only after its release in the UK in 1977 that the track became a hit. In the UK charts , the cover version of the Vic Dana song was at number 4. In 1978, Come to Me was another hit in England at number 11. Subsequently, interest in Winter's music subsided again, so that the singles I Won't Mention It Again and Baby Lay Down only reached lower positions on the British charts.

The 1979 compilation Songbird was awarded a silver record in Great Britain . When further commercial success did not materialize, Winters withdrew from the music business.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	R&B
1978	Ruby Winters (UK) / I Will (DE, US)	UK27 (7 weeks) UK	-	-	Producer: Stan Shulman
1979	Songbird	UK31 silver (9 weeks)UK	-	-	compilation

Compilations

• 2007: The Best of Ruby Winters
• 2009: Early Winters

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	R&B
1967	Make love to me	-	US96 (1 week) US	R&B13 (8 weeks) R&B	Authors: Alan Copeland, Ben Pollack , Bill Norvas, George Brunies , Leon Roppolo , Mel Stitzel, Paul Mares , Walter Melrose with Johnny Thunder ; Original: Jo Stafford , 1953
	I want action	-	-	R&B47 (3 weeks) R&B	Authors: Andy Badale, Al Elias
1969	I don't want to cry	-	US97 (2 weeks) US	R&B15 (6 weeks) R&B	Authors: Luther Dixon, Charles Jackson
	Just a dream	-	-	R&B40 (3 weeks) R&B	Authors: Jimmy Clanton , Cosimo Matassa Original: Jimmy Clanton, 1959
	Always David	-	-	R&B23 (6 weeks) R&B	Authors: Dan Penn, Eddie Hinton , Wayne Jackson
	Guess Who	-	US99 (2 weeks) US	R&B19 (9 weeks) R&B	Author: Jo Ann Belvin, Original: Jesse Belvin , 1959
1974	I will Ruby Winters	UK4 (13 weeks) UK	-	R&B39 (10 weeks) R&B	Chart entry in UK appeared in November 1973 only in November 1977 Author: Dick Glasser , Original: Vic Dana , 1962
1975	Without you	-	-	R&B95 (6 weeks) R&B
1978	Come to Me Ruby Winters	UK11 (12 weeks) UK	-	-	Author: Williard Eugene Price
	I Won't Mention It Again Ruby Winters	UK45 (5 weeks) UK	-	-	Author: Cam Mullins, Original: Ray Price , 1970
	I Will (New Version) I Will	-	-	R&B97 (3 weeks) R&B
1979	Baby Lay Down Songbird	UK43 (5 weeks) UK	-	-	Authors: Don Cook, Rafe van Hoy

More singles

• 1966: In the Middle of a Heartache
• 1967: The Bells of St. Mary’s
• 1968: We Only Have One Life (Let's Live It Together) (with Johnny Thunder)
• 1971: Great Speckled Bird
• 1974: Love Me Now
• 1978: Treat Me Right
• 1978: For the Good Times
• 1979: Back to the Love
• 2013: Better

literature

• Frank Laufenberg: Frank Laufenberg's Rock and Pop Lexicon Vol. 2 , ISBN 3-612-26207-6 .

swell

1. ^ Obituary , accessed February 18, 2017
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles UK US
3. ↑ ^{a b} UK gold / platinum database
4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0898201864 .

Web links

• Ruby Winters at Allmusic (English)
• Ruby Winters at Discogs (English)
• Biography at Taurus Press