Ruth Price

For the nurse born Ruth Price, see Ruth Hartley Mosley.
Ruth Price
Born (1938-04-27) April 27, 1938 (age 86)
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
GenresJazz, vocal jazz
OccupationSinger

Ruth Price (born April 27, 1938) is an American jazz singer and Artistic Director of the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, California. Price attended ballet school in 1952. In 1954, she sang with Charlie Ventura and later worked as a singer and dancer in Philadelphia and New York City. She moved to Hollywood in 1957 and toured with Harry James from 1964 to 1965.[1] In the 1960s and 1970s, she had several TV appearances both as herself in musical specials and as an actress in popular TV shows of the time.

Price's repertoire includes many obscure, lesser-known gems from the Great American Songbook. She has worked as an adjunct assistant professor at the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology.

Discography

Recorded Album Title Label Catalogue No. Release
1955 My Name Is Ruth Price....I Sing! Kapp KL-1006 LP/CD
1956 Ruth Price Sings with the Johnny Smith Quartet (Roost RLP 2217 LP/CD
1957 The Party's Over Kapp Records KL-1054 LP
1961 Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole Contemporary S7590 LP/CD
1963 Live And Beautiful Ava A-54 LP
1983 Lucky To Be Me ITI LP
2014 Dearly Beloved Blue Playa Records CD/Digital Compilation Album

Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Ruth Price". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Ruth Price | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2016.


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