Have a Good Time (Ruth Brown album)

Have a Good Time is a live album by the American R&B singer Ruth Brown, released in 1988.^[1][2] Her first album for Fantasy Records, it was a factor in Brown's late 1980s career resurgence.^[3][4]

Have a Good Time
Live album by Ruth Brown
Released	1988
Venue	Cinegrill
Genre	R&B
Producer	Ralph Jungheim
Ruth Brown chronology
Sweet Baby of Mine (1987) Have a Good Time (1988) Blues on Broadway (1989)

Production

Produced by Ralph Jungheim, the album was recorded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's Cinegrill.^[5][6][7] Charles Williams, Red Holloway, and Bobby Forrester were members of Ruth's backing band.^[8] "5-10-15 Hours", "Have a Good Time", "Teardrops from My Eyes", and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" are remakes of four of Brown's Atlantic hits.^[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD	[11]
MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide	[12]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]

The St. Petersburg Times thought that "the sheer giddiness that drove '5-10-15 Hours' or '(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean' in the originals (almost 40 years old!) has been replaced by someone who knows everything worth knowing about phrasing, rhythm and life its ownself."^[13] The Philadelphia Inquirer called Have a Good Time "a great album: history without the history books," writing that Brown "tailors mighty vocal wails to the intimate environment of a jazz session, all the while playing off the charged, fiercely rhythmic accompaniment of organist Bobby Forrester."^[5]

AllMusic wrote that "Brown is assisted by a fine quintet ... for fresh remakes of some of her hits, along with some newer material."^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You"
2.	"You Won't Let Me Go"
3.	"5-10-15 Hours"
4.	"Have a Good Time"
5.	"Teardrops from My Eyes"
6.	"Always on My Mind"
7.	"Yes Sir, That's My Baby"
8.	"When I Fall in Love"
9.	"(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean"
10.	"What a Wonderful World"

Personnel

• Ruth Brown – vocals
• Charles Williams – alto sax
• Red Holloway – tenor sax
• Bobby Forrester – organ
• Bill Williams – guitar
• Clarence Bean – drums
• Ralph Jungheim – producer
• John Eargle – engineer