Ruby Winters

Ruby Winters (née Forehand; January 18, 1942 – August 7, 2016) was an American soul singer whose records made the singles charts in both the US and UK in the 1960s and 1970s.

Life and career

Winters was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Charles Forehand, Jr. and Lucille Inez Forehand. When Ruby was five, her mother died. From that moment on, Ruby was raised by her grandmother in Cincinnati, Ohio. She had her first minor hit in 1967, a duet with pop singer Johnny Thunder on the song "Make Love To Me", which had previously been a hit in 1954 for Jo Stafford. Recording on the Diamond label, she had several further minor hits in the US in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including "I Don't Want To Cry", "Guess Who" and her cover of the Dick Glasser standard, "I Will". Just as her US chart career was ending, her version of "I Will" became an unexpected hit in Britain on the independent Creole label, where it rose to no. 4 on the UK Singles Chart in late 1977. She followed up its success in Britain with several more hits, "Come to Me", "I Won't Mention It Again" and "Baby Lay Down".

Ruby Winters Jenkins, a resident of Missouri City, Texas, died on August 7, 2016, at age 74. She is preceded in death by her husband, Will Jenkins.

Track listing of Songbird

In 1979, K-Tel International issued a compilation LP of her songs titled Songbird (#NE 1045). The album is available for download but with slightly different tracks and track order than the LP version listed below.

Side 1:-

1. "I Will" (D. Glasser)
2. "I Won't Mention It Again" (Mullins)
3. "Back To Love" (B. Springfield)
4. "I've Had My Share Of Broken Hearts" (S. Shulman/M. Thompson/D. Thompson)
5. "That's What You Do To Me" (B. Morrison/J. Macrae)
6. "I Can't Fake It Anymore" (S. Shulman/M. Thompson/B. Thompson/D. Thompson/J. Middleton)
7. "Somebody Special" (D. Fargo)
8. "For The Good Times" (K. Kristofferson)
9. "Back On My Mind" (C. Quillen/C. Pierce)

Side 2:-

1. "Baby Lay Down" (R. Banhoy/D. Cook)
2. "Come To Me" (G. Price)
3. "You've Still Got A Place In My Heart" (L. Payne)
4. "I'm Your Woman" (D. Thompson/M. Thompson/J. Middleton/S. Shulman)
5. "Lonely Heartaches" (Thompson/Thompson/Thompson/Middleton)
6. "I've Been Waiting For You All My Life" (M. Sherrill/L. Kimpall)
7. "Neither One Of Us" (J. Weatherley)
8. "I'm Not Gonna Cry Anymore" (B. David)
9. "Treat Me Right" (J. Middleton/M. Thompson/B. Thompson/D. Thompson)

Chart singles