Miss Rhythm is an album by vocalist Ruth Brown featuring tracks recorded between 1954 and 1959 and released on the Atlantic Records label.[Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. Atlantic Album Discography, Part 4: 8000 Series (1956–1968), accessed September 29, 2015][ Atlantic Records Catalog: 8000 series accessed September 29, 2015]
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Ruth Brown's second LP is a minor masterpiece".
Track listing
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"This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'" (Manny Curtis, Bobby Darin) – 1:51
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"Just Too Much" (Jerry Wexler, C. Taylor) – 2:30
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"I Hope We Meet (On the Road Someday)" (Rudy Toombs) – 2:44
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"Why Me" (Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Ronnie Mack) – 2:25
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"Somebody Touched Me" (Ahmet Ertegun) – 2:27
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"When I Get You Baby" (Jimmy Lewis, Ruth Brown) – 2:08
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"Jack O' Diamonds" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:33
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"I Can't Hear a Word You Say" (Leiber, Stoller) – 2:30
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"One More Time" (Rose Marie McCoy, Charlie Singleton) – 2:41
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"Book of Lies" (C. Small, D. Moore) – 2:33
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"I Can See Everybody's Baby" (Leroy Kirkland, Mamie Thomas) – 3:02
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"Show Me" (Joe Shapiro, Lou Stallman) – 2:37
Personnel
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Ruth Brown – vocal with various personnel including
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Ed "Tiger" Lewis, Steve Lipkins, Joe Wilder – trumpet
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Jimmy Cleveland, Richard Harris – trombone
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Jimmy Mitchell, Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone
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Arnett Cobb, King Curtis, Budd Johnson, Sam Taylor – tenor saxophone
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Sylvester Thomas – baritone saxophone
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Lee Anderson, Dick Hyman, Bu Pleasant, Mike Stoller – piano
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Mickey Baker, Al Caiola, Allen Hanlon, Mundell Lowe, Charles Macey – guitar
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Abie Baker, Percy Heath, Benny Moten, Lloyd Trotman – bass
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Connie Kay, Joe Marshall, Noruddin Zafer – drums
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Jerry Duane, Bob Harter, Artie Malvin, Bill Marine, Robert Miller, Ralph Nyland, The Rhythmakers, Maeretha Stewart – backing vocals
