Ruby Turner - wikipedia Ruby Turner Ruby Turner Turner performing live at GuilFest, in 2012 Background information ( 1958 - 06 - 22 ) 22 June 1958 ( age 59 ) Montego Bay, Jamaica Origin Birmingham, England, United Kingdom Genres R&B pop soul Occupation ( s ) Singer songwriter actress Instruments Vocals Years active 1983 -- present Labels Jive Indigo Associated acts Alexis Korner Culture Club Bryan Ferry UB40 Steve Winwood Jools Holland Mick Jagger Lulu Yazz Maxi Priest Boz Burrell Bobby Tench Jonathan Butler The Four Tops The Temptations Jimmy Ruffin Stan Webb Steel Pulse Zoot Money Website Official website Francella Ruby Turner MBE ( born 22 June 1958 ) is a British Jamaican R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and actress. In a music career spanning more than 30 years, Turner is best known for her albums and single releases in Europe and North America. She is also known for her work as a session backing vocalist, artists she has worked with include Bryan Ferry, UB40, Steel Pulse, Steve Winwood, Jools Holland, and Mick Jagger. She has written songs that have been covered by artists including Lulu, Yazz and Maxi Priest. Turner achieved the rare feat, for a British singer, of reaching no. 1 on the US R&B chart, with `` It 's Gonna Be Alright '' in February 1990. Between 1986 and 1995, eight of her singles appeared in the UK Singles Chart with `` I 'd Rather Go Blind '' being the most successful, reaching no. 24 in 1987. Turner performed at the Birmingham Heart Beat 86 concert, which featured George Harrison ; and also sang on BBC Television 's Jools ' Annual Hootenanny, from 2007 to 2016 inclusive. She has also appeared as an actress on stage, film and television. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early years 1.2 Music career 1.3 Acting 2 Personal life 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 3.2 Singles 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Biography Early years Ruby Turner was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and moved at the age of nine with her family to Handsworth, Birmingham, England, in 1967. Turner came from a musical family as her grandfather sang the lead in one of Jamaica 's gospel groups. In the early 1980s, she worked with blues musician Alexis Korner, and in 1983 she recorded with UB40. In the mid-1980s, Turner 's major break came when she was asked to sing with Culture Club at the height of their popularity. She received an offer of a solo recording contract soon afterward and signed to Jive Records, part of the Zomba Group. Music career Turner achieved her solo recording contract with Jive Records after singing backing vocals on Culture Club 's From Luxury to Heartache. She released four albums and a `` Best of '' Compilation Album over the next few years. Her first solo album Women Hold Up Half the Sky, was released in 1986 to critical acclaim and produced hit singles such as a cover version of the Staple Singers song `` If You 're Ready ( Come Go with Me ) '', a duet with Jonathan Butler, and the Etta James standard `` I 'd Rather Go Blind ''. In March 1987, Turner sang on the Ferry Aid single, `` Let It Be ''. Around this time she also released the album, The Motown Songbook, on which she performed with Motown and others including the Four Tops, the Temptations and Jimmy Ruffin. In 1988, Turner appeared on Corey Hart 's album, Young Man Running on the duet `` Spot You in a Coalmine ''. Turner achieved a no. 1 R&B chart success in the US in February 1990 with `` It 's Gonna Be Alright '', becoming one of the few British artists to top that chart. Four other US R&B chart entries followed in 1990 and 1991, including `` Paradise '' from the movie Dancin ' thru the Dark. In 1998, she recorded the album, Call Me by My Name, with British rhythm and blues veterans Boz Burrell, Zoot Money, Bobby Tench, and Stan Webb. On New Year 's Eve 1999, she sang the National Anthem for Queen Elizabeth II, Prime minister Tony Blair and other dignitaries at the opening of the Millennium Dome, in London. Turner sang backing vocals on Mick Jagger 's 2001 album, Goddess in the Doorway, and performed `` Nobody But You '' on the 2002 album Jools Holland 's Big Band Rhythm & Blues. In 2007, Turner presented a documentary Shout Sister Shout about Sister Rosetta Tharpe for BBC Radio 2. She sang on Seasick Steve 's album, I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left ( 2008 ). In September 2009, Turner released her first gospel music album, I 'm Travelling On. Her rendition of `` Jesus on the Mainline '' appears on a compilation CD that accompanied the book British Black Gospel by Steve Alexander Smith. On 4 June 2012, Turner was one of the performers at the Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace in London, where she joined Jools Holland on stage. Turner was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire ( MBE ) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music. Acting As an actress, Turner has appeared in productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, Carmen Jones, and Fame. She has also appeared in One Love, by Kwame Davies, at the London 's Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. She appeared in a successful run in the London West End production of the musical Simply Heavenly, which was nominated for ' Outstanding Musical ' at the 2005 Laurence Olivier Awards. Turner has appeared in a number of films, including Love Actually ( 2003 ), Reggae Britannia ( 2011 ) and Famous Fred ( 1996 ). In 2006 Turner made an appearance in Little Britain Abroad, where she played the Sheriff Judy. On 12 October 2007, she appeared as a guest star ( as herself ) in the BBC One soap opera Doctors. The episode title was entitled `` Raising The Roof ''. In 2009, Turner appeared in the BBC drama Hotel Babylon. In 2011, Turner narrated the BBC Four documentary Reggae Britannia, which chronicled the history of British reggae music. In 2012, Turner, along with Ralph Allwood and Manvinder Rattan, was a judge on the BBC Two series The Choir : Sing While You Work. In 2013, Turner was a guest judge on the BBC Songs of Praise gospel choir competition. In 2015, it was announced that she would appear as Mrs. Blip in the made - for - TV movie The Land of Sometimes. Personal life Turner has been engaged twice, but not married and has said `` Many women I know, must have a man in their life... They seem programmed to find a man and must get married. Marriage is a priority for them. Not for me. I am not built that way. '' Her parents are separated and her father lives in the US. Her mother Violetta lives near Turner and sang on her 2009 album I 'm Travelling On. Discography Albums Year Title UK Albums Chart US Billboard 200 1986 Women Hold Up Half the Sky 47 - 1986 Ruby Turner Live at Glastonbury - - 1988 The Motown Songbook 22 - Paradise 74 194 1991 The Other Side - - The Best of Ruby Turner ( compilation ) - - 1993 Responsible - - 1993 With Love ( compilation ) - - 1994 Restless Moods - - 1995 The Best of Ruby Turner ( compilation ) - - Guilty - - 1998 Call Me by My Name - - Live in Bristol - - 2005 So Amazing - - 2007 Live at Ronnie Scott 's ( double live album ) - - 2008 The Informer ( Jools Holland ) - - 2009 I 'm Travelling On - - 2014 All That I Am - - 2015 Jools & Ruby ( with Jools Holland ) 39 - Singles Year Single Peak chart positions Album UK NZ US R&B `` Every Soul '' - - - single only 1986 `` If You 're Ready ( Come Go with Me ) '' ( feat. Jonathan Butler ) 30 58 Women Hold Up Half The Sky `` I 'm in Love '' 61 9 - `` Bye Baby '' 52 10 - `` I 'd Rather Go Blind '' 24 21 - `` I 'm in Love '' ( UK re-issue ) 57 - - `` In My Life ( It 's Better To Be In Love ) '' ( UK only ) 95 - - 1988 `` Signed, Sealed, Delivered I 'm Yours '' 77 8 - The Motown Song Book `` What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted '' ( feat. Jimmy Ruffin ) 87 41 - `` Nowhere To Run ( Nowhere To Hide ) '' ( US only ) - - - `` Soul Jet ( Baby I Need Your Loving ) '' - - - `` It 's Gonna Be Alright '' 57 39 Paradise `` Paradise '' ( feat. Ecstasy of Whodini ) - 36 22 `` It 's a Crying Shame '' - - 29 1991 `` The Other Side '' ( US only ) - - 34 The Other Side `` The Vibe Is Right '' ( UK / Europe only ) - - - `` Rumours '' - - 80 1994 `` Stay with Me Baby '' 39 - - Restless Moods `` Living For The City '' 92 28 - 1995 `` Never Ever Gonna Give You Up '' - - - `` Change '' - - - `` The Club Diamonds EP '' 84 - - `` -- '' denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. See also R&B number - one hits of 1990 ( USA ) List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart List of performers on Top of the Pops References ^ Jump up to : Eder, Bruce. `` Ruby Turner Biography ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2014. ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 569. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Film & TV Database HEART BEAT 86 ( 1986 ) ''. BFI. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2014. Jump up ^ `` Ruby Turner Discography ''. discogs. 22 June 1958. Retrieved 28 January 2014. Jump up ^ http://www.rubyturner.com/biography Jump up ^ `` Ferry Aid ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015. ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 454. ^ Jump up to : `` Ruby Turner Awards ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2014. ^ Jump up to : Lewis, Pete ( April 2008 ). `` Ruby Turner : Ruby, Ruby, Ruby ''. Blues & Soul. Jump up ^ Richie Unterberger ( 8 January 2002 ). `` Jools Holland 's Big Band Rhythm & Blues - Jools Holland Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2014. ^ Jump up to : `` Ruby Turner biography ''. Rubyturner.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009. Jump up ^ `` British Black Gospel : The Foundations of This Vibrant UK Sound : Amazon.co.uk : Noel Robinson, Steve Alexander Smith : Books ''. Amazon.com. Retrieved 22 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` The Queen 's Diamond Jubilee Concert '', Joolsholland.com, retrieved 9 September 2015 Jump up ^ `` No. 61608 ''. The London Gazette ( Supplement ). 11 June 2016. p. B24. Jump up ^ Waistell, Joe ( 25 December 2006 ). `` Little Britain : Little Britain Abroad ( 1 ) Episode Summary ''. Tv.com. Retrieved 21 May 2011. Jump up ^ `` Ruby Turner, Film and TV credits ''. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 10 January 2009. Jump up ^ Butcher, David ( September 2012 ). `` The Choir : Sing While You Work : Series 1 Episode 5 ''. Radio Times. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 13 November 2013. Jump up ^ `` Ruby Turner : Biography ''. Rubyturner.com. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` Ruby Turner : Fame 's Not the Turner Prize '', Bluesandsoul.com, retrieved 9 September 2015 Jump up ^ Hung, Steffen. `` Ruby Turner - New Zealand Chart ''. charts.org.nz. Retrieved 8 December 2013. Jump up ^ `` Ruby Turner - US R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ''. billboard.com. Retrieved 25 December 2015. External links Official website ( 1 ) / Official YouTube Channel ) Ruby Turner interview by Pete Lewis, Blues & Soul, July 2009 Ruby Turner on IMDb Ruby Turner at Allmusic An interview with Ruby Turner at Soul Express in December 2014 VIAF : 76503580 LCCN : n92044978 ISNI : 0000 0000 7245 8142 GND : 134543440 BNF : cb13932762q ( data ) MusicBrainz : feb799ee - 51fc - 4ef9 - a66d - 59407461bf84 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ruby_Turner&oldid=800014265 '' Categories : 1958 births Living people Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom British female singers British soul singers British film actresses British stage actresses British television actresses British songwriters Black British singers People from Montego Bay Musicians from Birmingham, West Midlands Members of the Order of the British Empire Hidden categories : Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y Use British English from May 2011 Use dmy dates from September 2015 Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from May 2016 Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Galego Edit links This page was last edited on 11 September 2017, at 03 : 51. 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Question: soul singer who dueted with jools holland on 2015 album
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