Ruby Andrews (born Ruby Stackhouse; March 12, 1947)
is an American
soul
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Etymology
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singer. Her best known songs include "Casonova (Your Playing Days Are Over)" (1967), "You Made A Believer (Out Of Me)" (1969), and "Everybody Saw You" (1970).
Biography
Ruby Stackhouse was born in
Hollandale, Mississippi
Hollandale is a city in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,323 at the 2020 census.
Deer Creek flows through Hollandale, and the Leroy Percy State Park is west of the city along Mississippi Highway 12. The Holla ...
,
She moved to Chicago around 1953, and there attended
Hyde Park High School. Around her senior year in high school she started singing with a vocal group called the Vondells. Andrews made her debut on the Kelmac label, recording with the Vondells although the record was released as by Ruby Stackhouse.
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Her third release for the label was her biggest seller, "Casonova (Your Playing Days Are Over)" in 1967. A ]crossover hit
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, the song went to number 9 in the R&B charts and number 51 in the pop charts. The song, co-written and produced by Joshie Jo Armstead, featured a typical Chicago-style mid-tempo arrangement, but was recorded and arranged by Mike Terry in Detroit.[ Colin Larkin, ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', reprinted at ''Oldies.com'']
Retrieved 26 June 2015 Some later reissues of the track used the (historically correct) spelling "Casanova".
Follow-ups included "You Can Run (But You Can't Hide)", "You Made a Believer (Out of Me)" (no. 18 on the R&B chart
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and no. 96 on the pop chart
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in 1969), "Everybody Saw You" (no. 34 R&B in 1970) and "You Ole Boo You". Andrews' releases on Zodiac were produced and written by the team of Fred Bridges, Robert Eaton and Richard Knight, who also performed as the vocal group Brothers Of Soul.[ Andrews later cut some bluesy material for Ichiban, with producer ]Swamp Dogg
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.
Partial discography
Chart singles
Albums
* ''Everybody Saw You'' (1970)
*''Black Ruby'' (1972)
* ''Genuine Ruby'' (1977)
* ''Kiss This'' (1991)
*''Ruby'' (1993)
*''Hip Shakin Mama'' (1998)
Compilations
* Casanova (Your Playing Days Are Over) (1994)
*''Hip Shakin Mama'' (1998)
*''Casanova - Your Playing Days Are Over (Her Greatest Hits)'' (2000)
* ''Just Loving You (The Zodiac Sessions 1967 - 1973)'' (2004)
* ''Swamp Dogg Presents: The Boss Ladies of Soul'' (2007)
*''Hits Anthology'' (2013)
References
External links
"Interview with Soul singer/songstress, Ruby Andrews"
2015
Ruby Andrews at Myspace
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1947 births
Living people
People from Hollandale, Mississippi
American funk singers
American soul singers
20th-century African-American women singers
Hyde Park Academy High School alumni
Singers from Mississippi
21st-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women