found: Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, and Ruth Brown. [Phonodisc] 1968.
found: Feather, L.G. The encycl. of jazz in the seventies, c1976:(Brown, Ruth, b. Portsmouth, Va., 1/30/28)
found: LEXIS/NEXIS, Feb. 24, 1998: Cont. theatre, film, tv, 1993:v. 11 (Ruth Brown; original name, Ruth Weston; b. Jan. 31, 1928, in Portsmouth, VA; actress and singer)
found: New York times WWW site, Nov. 20, 2006(in obituary published Nov. 18: Ruth Brown; b. Ruth Weston, Jan. 12, 1928, Portsmouth, Va.; d. Friday [Nov. 17, 2006], Las Vegas, aged 78; gutsy rhythm and blues singer whose career extended to acting and crusading for musicians' rights)
found: Wikipedia, Apr. 16, 2024(Ruth Brown; Ruth Alston Brown (née Weston); American singer-songwriter, actress)