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===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Titles (A-side, B-side)<br><small>Both sides from same album except where indicated</small> ! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- ! [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]] ! [[Billboard Hot 100|US Pop]] |- | rowspan="2"|1949 ||align="left"| "So Long"<br><small>b/w "It's Raining" (non-album track</small>) || style="text-align:center;"|4 || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|''Rock & Roll'' |- | align="left"| "I'll Get Along Somehow" (Part 1)<br><small>b/w Part 2</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left" rowspan="3"|Non-album tracks |- | rowspan="6"|1950 || align="left"| "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe"<br><small>b/w "Love Me Baby"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"|"Why"<br><small>b/w "(I'll Come Back) Someday"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"|"Sentimental Journey"<br><small>b/w "I Can Dream Can't I" (from ''Late Date with Ruth Brown'')</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|''Rock & Roll'' |- | colspan="4"|<small>The two preceding singles are with the [[The Delta Rhythm Boys|Delta Rhythm Boys]].</small> |- | align="left"|"Where Can I Go"<br><small>b/w "Dear Little Boy of Mine"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|Non-album tracks |- | align="left"|"[[Teardrops from My Eyes]]"<br><small>b/w "Am I Making the Same Mistake Again" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|1 || style="text-align:center;"|β ||align="left"| ''Rock & Roll'' |- |rowspan="3"|1951 || align="left"|"I'll Wait for You"<br><small>b/w "Standing on the Corner"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|3 || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left" rowspan="2"|Non-album tracks |- | align="left"|"I Know"<br><small>b/w "Don't Want Nobody (If I Can't Have You)"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|7 || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"| "Shine On (Big Bright Moon, Shine On)"<br><small>b/w "Without My Love" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|''The Best of Ruth Brown'' |- |rowspan="3"|1952 || align="left"|"[[5-10-15 Hours]]"<br><small>b/w "Be Anything (But Be Mine)" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|1 || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left" rowspan="2"|''Rock & Roll'' |- | align="left"|"Daddy Daddy"<br><small>b/w "Have a Good Time" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|3 || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"| "Good for Nothin' Joe"<br><small>b/w "Three Letters"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|Non-album tracks |- |rowspan="4"|1953 ||align="left"| "[[(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean]]"<br><small>b/w "R.B. Blues" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|1 || style="text-align:center;"|23 ||align="left" rowspan="2"|''Rock & Roll'' |- | align="left"|"Wild, Wild Young Men" / || style="text-align:center;"|3 || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"| "Mend Your Ways" || style="text-align:center;"|7 || style="text-align:center;"|β ||align="left" rowspan="5"|Non-album tracks |- | align="left"| "The Tears Keep Tumbling Down"<br><small>b/w "I Would If I Could"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | rowspan="5"|1954 ||align="left"| "Love Contest"<br><small>b/w "If You Don't Want Me"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"|"Sentimental Journey"<br><small>b/w "It's All in Your Mind"<br>(both sides with the Delta Rhythm Boys)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"| "Hello Little Boy"<br><small>b/w "If I Had Any Sense"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"| "[[Oh What a Dream]]"<br><small>b/w "Please Don't Freeze" (from ''The Best of Ruth Brown'')</small> || style="text-align:center;"|1 || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left" rowspan="3"|''Rock & Roll'' |- | align="left"| "[[Mambo Baby]]"<br><small>b/w "Somebody Touched Me" (from ''Miss Rhythm'')</small> || style="text-align:center;"|1 || style="text-align:center;"|β |- |rowspan="6"|1955 || align="left"| "As Long As I'm Moving" / || style="text-align:center;"|4 || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"|"I Can See Everybody's Baby" || style="text-align:center;"|7 || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|''Miss Rhythm'' |- | align="left"| "Bye Bye Young Men"<br><small>b/w "Ever Since My Baby's Been Gone" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|13 || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|''The Best of Ruth Brown'' |- | colspan="4"|<small>The preceding five singles are with the Rhythmakers (the [[The Drifters|Drifters]]).</small> |- | align="left"|"[[It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)]]"<br><small>b/w "What'd I Say" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|4 || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|''Rock & Roll'' |- | align="left"| "Love Has Joined Us Together"<br><small>b/w "I Gotta Have You"<br>(both sides with Clyde McPhatter)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|8 || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left" rowspan="5"|Non-album tracks |- |rowspan="4"|1956 || align="left"| "I Want to Do More"<br><small>b/w "Old Man River" (from ''Rock & Roll'')<br>(both sides with the Rhythmakers [the Drifters])</small> || style="text-align:center;"|3 || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"|"Sweet Baby of Mine"<br><small>b/w "I'm Getting Right"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|10 || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"|"Mom Oh Mom"<br><small>b/w "I Want to Be Loved"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"|"I Still Love You"<br><small>b/w "Smooth Operator"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | rowspan="4"| 1957 || align="left"|"[[Lucky Lips]]"<br><small>b/w "My Heart Is Breaking Over You" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|6 || style="text-align:center;"|25 || align="left"|''Rock & Roll'' |- | align="left"|"One More Time"<br><small>b/w "When I Get You Baby"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left" rowspan="2"|''Miss Rhythm'' |- | align="left"|"Show Me"<br><small>b/w "I Hope We Meet (On the Road Someday)"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"|"A New Love"<br><small>b/w "Look Me Up"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|Non-album tracks |- | rowspan="5"|1958 || align="left"|"Just Too Much<br><small>b/w "Book of Lies"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left" rowspan="3"|''Miss Rhythm'' |- | align="left"| "[[This Little Girl's Gone Rockin']]" / || style="text-align:center;"|7 || style="text-align:center;"|24 |- | align="left"| "Why Me" || style="text-align:center;"|17 || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"|"(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean"<br><small>b/w "I'll Step Aside" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left" rowspan="2"|(these are re-makes) |- | align="left"|"5-10-15 Hours"<br><small>b/w "Itty Bitty Girl" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- |rowspan="4"|1959 || align="left"|"[[I Don't Know (Ruth Brown song)|I Don't Know]]"<br><small>b/w "Papa Daddy" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|5 || style="text-align:center;"|64 || align="left"|''The Best of Ruth Brown'' |- | align="left"| "[[Jack of Diamonds (song)|Jack O'Diamonds]]"<br><small>b/w "I Can't Hear a Word You Say"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|23 || style="text-align:center;"|96 || align="left"|''Miss Rhythm'' |- | align="left"| "Don't Deceive Me"<br><small>b/w "I Burned Your Letter"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|10 || style="text-align:center;"|62 || align="left" rowspan="2"|Non-album tracks |- | align="left"|"What I Wouldn't Give"<br><small>b/w "The Door Is Still Open"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | rowspan="2"|1960 || align="left"| "Taking Care of Business"<br><small>b/w "Honey Boy" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|''The Best of Ruth Brown'' |- | align="left"|"Sure 'Nuff"<br><small>b/w "Here He Comes"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left" rowspan="3"|Non-album tracks |- | rowspan="2"| 1961 || align="left"|"Anyone But You"<br><small>b/w "It Tears Me All to Pieces"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"|"Walkin' and Talkin'"<br><small>b/w "Hoopa-Loopa-Doopa"<br>(shown as by "Venus")</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- |rowspan="3"|1962 || align="left"|"Shake a Hand"<br><small>b/w "Say It Again" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|97 || align="left" rowspan="2"|''Along Comes Ruth'' |- | align="left"|"Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean"<br><small>b/w "Hold My Hand" (non-album track)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|99 |- | align="left"|"He Tells Me with His Eyes"<br><small>b/w "If You Don't Tell Nobody"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left" rowspan="4"|Non-album tracks |- | 1963 || align="left"|"Secret Love"<br><small>b/w "Time After Time"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | rowspan="3"|1964 || align="left"|"What Happened to You"<br><small>b/w "Yes Sir That's My Baby"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"|"I Love Him and I Know It"<br><small>b/w "Come a Little Closer"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β |- | align="left"|"Hurry On Down"<br><small>b/w "On the Good Ship Lollipop"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|''Ruth Brown '65'' |- | 1968 || align="left"|"You're a Stone Groovy Thing"<br><small>b/w "Someday (I Know, I Know)</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|Non-album tracks |- | 1969 || align="left"|"Yesterday"<br><small>b/w "Try Me and See"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|''Black Is Brown and Brown Is Beautiful'' |- | 1989 || align="left"|"If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It"<br><small>b/w "Good Morning Heartache"</small> || style="text-align:center;"|β || style="text-align:center;"|β || align="left"|''Blues on Broadway'' |}
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