5-10-15 Hours

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5-10-15 Hours was a rhythm and blues song written by Rudy Toombs in 1952 for Ruth Brown and became another Rudy Toombs' #1 R&B hit for Brown.[1] The song, smooth, sophisticated blues shouting at its best, has a touch of suppliance more characteristic of the vocal qualities of popular singers than of the blues. The recording features a tenor sax sole by Willis Jackson.[2]

When Brown was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, her induction said that 'her best work was to be found on such red-hot mid-Fifties R&B sides as "5-10-15 Hours"'.[3]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Shaw, Arnold (1978). Honkers and Shouters. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, pp 406-407. ISBN 0-02-061740-2. 
  2. ^ Gillett, Charlie (1996). The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll, (2nd Ed.), New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press, p. 130. ISBN 0-306-80683-5. 
  3. ^ Ruth Brown. www.rockhall.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
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