Ruby Winters

Ruby Winters is an American female soul singer, whose records made the singles charts in both the US and UK in the 1960s and 1970s.

Life and career

Winters was born in Kentucky and raised 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".^[1][2]

Track Listing of Songbird LP^[3]

In 1979 K-Tel International issued a compilation LP of her songs titled "Songbird" (#NE 1045). The album is available for download but with slightly different tracks and track order than the LP version listed below.

Side 1:-

1. "I Will" (D. Glasser)
2. "I Won't Mention It Again" (Mullins)
3. "Back To Love" (B. Springfield)
4. "I've Had My Share Of Broken Hearts" (S. Shulman/M. Thompson/D. Thompson)
5. "That's What You Do To Me" (B. Morrison/J. Macrae)
6. "I Can't Fake It Anymore" (S. Shulman/M. Thompson/B. Thompson/D. Thompson/J. Middleton)
7. "Somebody Special" (D. Fargo)
8. "For The Good Times" (K. Kristofferson)
9. "Back On My Mind" (C. Quillen/C. Pierce)

Side 2:-

1. "Baby Lay Down" (R. Banhoy/D. Cook)
2. "Come To Me" (G. Price)
3. "You've Still Got A Place In My Heart" (L. Payne)
4. "I'm Your Woman" (D. Thompson/M. Thompson/J. Middleton/S. Shulman)
5. "Lonely Heartaches" (Thompson/Thompson/Thompson/Middleton)
6. "I've Been Waiting For You All My Life" (M. Sherrill/L. Kimpall)
7. "Neither One Of Us" (J. Weatherley)
8. "I'm Not Gonna Cry Anymore" (B. David)
9. "Treat Me Right" (J. Middleton/M. Thompson/B. Thompson/D. Thompson)

Chart singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions
		US Pop[2]	US R&B[4]	UK[5]
1967	"Make Love To Me" Johnny Thunder and Ruby Winters	96	13	-
	"I Want Action"	109	47	-
1969	"I Don't Want To Cry"	97	15	-
	"Just A Dream"	-	40	-
	"Always David"	121	23	-
	"Guess Who"	99	19	-
1973	"I Will"	-	39	-
1975	"Without You"	-	95	-
1977	"I Will" {re-recording)	-	97	4
1978	"Come To Me"	-	-	11
	"I Won't Mention It Again"	-	-	45
1979	"Baby Lay Down"	-	-	43

References

1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 607. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 773. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
3. http://www.discogs.com/Ruby-Winters-Songbird/release/3007375
4. Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research. p. 489.
5. Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 854. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.

External links

• Ruby Winters at Allmusic
• Discography