Ruth Brown Ruth Brown Ruth Alston Brown (née Weston, January 12, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B". She was noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as "So Long", "Teardrops from My Eyes" and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean". For these contributions, Atlantic became known as "the house that Ruth built" (alluding to the popular nickname for the old Yankee Stadium). Following a resurgence that began in the mid-1970s and peaked in the
The House That Berry Built changed attitudes and customs of post-war France. He moved permanently to Umtali, Southern Rhodesia, (now Mutare, Zimbabwe), where he built a small and economic colonial- style bungalow called "Sacradown", also on a hillside location. He did not use a house name on his writing paper as he did with Cockade, preferring the simple address of Oak Avenue, Umtali, Southern Rhodesia. (IKD) While not representing a crucial stage in the author's work, "The House That Berry Built", through its abundance of anecdotal details, brings a personal perspective to the relationship the English maintained with France during the inter-war period. Notable are