Ruby Winters - The Best Of (1999) Pegasus - Rare Soul

This was a tough album to locate. The title says best of but thats a bit misleading, more like "the rare side of" as it contains a few unissued tracks from her days at Diamond,that makes this album so unique, in particular her rare northern anthem "last minute miracle" also covered by linda jones & the shirelles not on youtube...Ruby was born in 1942 & passed in 2016. Her records made the singles charts in both the US and UK in the 1960s and 1970s. Ruby was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and when Ruby was five, her mother died. From that moment on, Ruby was raised by her grandmother in Cincinnati, Ohio. She had her first minor hit in 1967, a duet with pop singer Johnny Thunder on the song "Make Love To Me", which had previously been a hit in 1954 for Jo Stafford. Recording on the Diamond label, she had several further minor hits in the US in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including "I Don't Want To Cry", "Guess Who" and her cover of the Dick Glasser standard, "I Will". Just as her US chart career was ending, her version of "I Will" became an unexpected hit in Britain on the independent Creole label, where it rose to no. 4 on the UK Singles Chart in late 1977. She followed up its success in Britain with several more hits, "Come to Me", "I Won't Mention It Again" and "Baby Lay Down". She had several records played on the uk northern scene and collectors still scour around for her rarer 45,s. Only 2 studio recorded albums and a few comps like this..It is a brilliant album that highlights the lady,s under the radar talent!

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