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A tremendous Southern soul vocalist whose ability to convincingly sing heartache ballads ranks with any active performer, Ruby Johnson never got a breakout single during the soul era. The Memphis vocalist began recording for V-Tone in 1960 and signed with <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Volt%22">Volt</a> in the mid-'60s, but she recorded less than a dozen songs between 1962 and 1967, also recording for Nebs in Washington, D.C. <a href="spotify:artist:3IKV7o6WPphDB7cCWXaG3E">Isaac Hayes</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1k0ZB1aFWMh6dr3y63X5Jr">David Porter</a> produced her songs, and they were backed by <a href="spotify:artist:4EYRKWX3RvHihDHDr8TocR">the Mar-Key Horns</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2vDV0T8sxx2ENnKXds75e5">Booker T. and the MG's</a>. But none of the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Volt%22">Volt</a> tunes were hits, and later Johnson sessions at various studios were never issued. She left the business in 1974. Fantasy issued a definitive Ruby Johnson collection in 1993, I'll Run Your Hurt Away. It contained 20 outstanding singles, 14 of them previously unreleased. ~ Ron Wynn, Rovi
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