- Title: AFPP-105
- Summary: ART FEIN POKER PARTY - EPISODE 162: EPISODE 162 - JUNE 3, 1988 EVERETT, VERA, PHREDDIE, RUTH BROWN
- Description:01:01:17 - ART FEIN INTRODUCES HIS GUESTS - PHREDDIE - MUSICIAN WITH THE LOVE SUPREMES AND FAST AND BOLDLESS - BILLY VERA AND RUTH BROWN 01:03:17 - ART FEIN INTERVIEWS RHYTHM AND BLUES LEGEND RUTH BROWN - TALKS ABOUT TOURING THE CHITLIN' CIRCUIT WITH CHARLES BROWN AND ROY BROWN - THREE BROWNS - TALKS ABOUT HER FIRST HUSBAND JIMMY BROWN AND HEREARLY CAREER ON ATLANTIC RECORDS STARTING IN THE LATE 1940'S . 01:04:57 - RUTH BROWN TALKS ABOUT HER CURRENT CAREER RESURGENCE - HOW PEOPLE ARE NOW LISTENING AGAIN TO R&B 01:08:54 - RUTH TALKS ABOUT HER CHARACTER " MOTORMOUTH " IN A JOHN WATERS FILM " HAIRSPRAY" - RUTH BROWN TALKS ABOUT HER CAREER IN THE EARLY 1960'S - RUTH BROWN TALKS ABOUT MAKING THE JOHN WATERS FILM "HAIRSPRAY" AND HOW SOME OF THE FILM DEALING WITH THE EARLY 1960'S SEGREGATION WAS QUITE SERIOUS 01:16:03 - R&B SINGER RUTH BROWN TALKS ABOUT WORKING AT ATLANTIC RECORDS AND HER BAND ON THE RECORD " SO LONG " - TALKS ABOUT "MAMA HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN " RECORDING IN 1953 WITH AL JACKSON PLAYING TAMBOURINE 01:20:16 - RUTH BROWN TALKS ABOUT OTHERS COVERING SOME OF HER SONGS AND HER EARLY YEARS IN VIRGINIA - CAR ACCIDENT ON HER WAY TO NEW YORK TO PLAY AT THE APOLLO THEATER AND SIGN TO ATLANTIC RECORDS - PUT HER OUT OF BUSINESS FOR A YEAR - CIRCA 1949 - 01:22:52 - RUTH BROWN AND BILLY VERA TALK ABOUT THE ATLANTIC RECORDS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT 01:24:21 - RUTH BROWN TALKS ABOUT PERFORMING AT THE APOLLO THEATER - WILSON PICKETT - SEEING ROY HAMILTON AT THE APOLLO - APOLLO AUDIENCE BEING TOUGH -
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1988
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1980s
- File Name: AFPP-105