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ABOUT OUR NEW ISSUES 200
Our May magazine sees us reach issue 200 and to celebrate this milestone it seems appropriate to feature the iconic Ruth Brown as we continue to chronicle her career, here following her activities during 1952. This was to be a truly great year for Ruth with her achievements surpassing even those of the previous years. Indeed in an end of year poll she was named the top female artist, coming sixth in a final count of the best R&B artists of 1952; top spot going to the Dominoes.
Through the year Ruth kept to a gruelling touring schedule to fill the demand for live appearances, these probably bolstered by her February signing of a long-term contract with the Shaw Artists booking agency. These appearances would pair one-nighters with longer engagements, the latter exampled by a one-week engagement at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre in June immediately followed by a week at the Howard Theatre in Washington D.C.
Record wise Ruth was to enjoy a huge hit in the spring with the Rudy Toombs penned ‘5-10-15 Hours’ - this raunchy number making No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts and reported to be a million-seller. Another chart success came in the summer when the latin rhythm’d ‘Daddy Daddy’, also written by Toombs, peaked at No. 3 on the same chart. These platters pleased the record buying public and those feeding the juke boxes with their hard-earned coins. As an indication of this success Atlantic Records rewarded Ruth by continuing her exclusive recording contract, signing her in November for a further five years with lucrative earning guarantees!
Presented in our much-appreciated day-by-day format, the front cover carries a beautiful publicity shot of Ruth and, as always, the feature is loaded with lots of rare photos, ads, some superb newspaper clippings, and colour label scans of her contemporary Atlantic releases. The remaining pages comprise reviews and advertisements which conclude a lovely issue.
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ABOUT THE MAGAZINE
American Music Magazine is published by the Swedish Rock 'n' Roll Club. We are a non profit organisation devoted to the 1950s rock 'n' roll music and our intention is to document, as far as possible, the early years of rock-a-billy, rock 'n' roll and its related artforms. The text of the magazine is in Swedish and English. Each issue is full of original photographs and discographies.
AM works in co-operation with the "Tales From The Woods" Roots Music Social Networking Group in the U.K. The aim is to collaborate to keep rock ‘n' roll, its history, and its many talented artists and musicians alive for posterity and future generations – this through sharing articles that have appeared in our magazines over the years, helping each other with publicity and generally spreading the word not just to the converted, but also to those yet to share our enthusiasm.
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American Music Magazine är producerad av 1950s fans för fans och är en svensk tidning med både svensk och engelsk text. Tidningen utkommer med tolv nummer om året och handlar företrädesvis om 50-tals rock 'n' roll, och relaterade musikformer som exempelvis hillbilly/country och rhythm ’n’ blues. American Music Magazine drivs helt ideelt utan ekonomisk vinning.
American Music Magazine samarbetar med "Tales From The Wood - Roots Music Social Networking Group" som är ett namnkunnigt engelskt nätverk med bred verksamhet inom vår musik. Syftet är att gemensamt arbeta för att hålla rock 'n' rollmusiken, dess historia och dess många talangfulla artister och musiker levande för eftervärlden och kommande generationer - detta genom att dela artiklar som publicerats i våra respektive tidningar genom åren, hjälpa varandra med publicitet och sprida det glada budskapet inte bara till de redan frälsta utan också till sådana som ännu inte delar vår entusiasm och passion för denna musik.
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