Ruby Turner (born 22 June 1958, Montego Bay, Jamaica) is a British soul singer, songwriter and actress. Turner moved to Handsworth, Birmingham, England when she was nine years old, in 1967. Her major break came in the mid 1980s, when she joined Culture Club and a solo recording contract with Jive Records followed.

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Career

Turner has performed with Bryan Ferry, UB40, Steve Winwood, Jools Holland and Mick Jagger, as well as writing songs that have been covered by many artists including Lulu, Yazz and Maxi Priest. Between 1986 and 1995, eight of her singles appeared in the UK Singles Chart with "I'd Rather Go Blind" being the most successful reaching number 24 in 1987. ^[1] Turner performed at the Birmingham Heart Beat 86 ^[2] concert which featured George Harrison,and she also sang in Jools Holland's Hootenanny , an annual New Year's music programme for BBC TV, the 2007/08 and 2008/09 editions.

Albums

Her first album, Women Hold Up Half The Sky , was released in 1986, to critical acclaim.Other albums were released over the next few years, and included such hits as "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)" (a duet with Jonathan Butler of a cover version of the Staple Singers' song) and "I'd Rather Go Blind". She also had a U.S. R&B chart number 1 hit single "It's Gonna Be Alright", ^[3] one of less than ten British made records to achieve this. At this time Turner also released her hit album The Motown Songbook on which she performed with Motown stars including The Four Tops, The Temptations and Jimmy Ruffin.In 1998 she recorded Call me By My Name ^[4] which was released on the Indigo record label ^[5]. The musicians listed in the album credits includes bassist Boz Burrell from Bad Company, guitarist and vocalist Bobby Tench, guitarist Stan Webb and keyboardist Zoot Money who also has a production credit.

Album discography

• Women Hold Up Half the Sky (1986)
• Live at Glastonbury (1986)
• The Motown Songbook (1988)
• Paradise (1989) - U.S. Billboard 200 chart
• The Other Side (1991)
• The Best of Ruby Turner (1992)
• Responsible (1993)
• With Love (1993)
• Restless Moods (1994)
• The Best of.. (1995)
• Guilty (1996)
• Call Me By Name (1998)
• Live in Bristol (2001)
• So Amazing (2005)
• Live At Ronnie Scott's (2007)
• The Informer (2008)

Acting

As an actress, she has appeared in productions of A Streetcar Named Desire , Carmen Jones , Fame , as well as One Love at the London's Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Turner also had a small part in the English film, Love Actually .On 12 October 2007, Turner appeared as a guest star (as herself) in the BBC One soap opera, Doctors . The episode title was entitled "Raising The Roof"

See also

• R&B number-one hits of 1990 (USA)
• List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart
• List of performers on Top of the Pops

References

1. British Hit Singles & Albums
2. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/229211
3. Title Unavailable
4. Call me by nameat Allmusic
5. Indigo IGOXCD 511Z-UK/IGOXCD 511-Export