Ruth brown the voice biography of william

She's the 20-year-old soul singing sensation who’s Sir Tom Jones’ best hope for victory in hit talent contest The Voice UK.

But while Ruth Brown’s emotional performances might bring the Valleys star to tears each week, she’s not the first woman with that name that’s made a huge impression on him.

Dubbed ‘The Queen of Soul’, the ‘other’ Ruth Brown in Jones’ life was a Grammy Award-winning R&B artist from Virginia he’d idolised for years before the pair got introduced and became close friends backstage at a Las Vegas concert venue in 2004.

“I’m in no doubt that Tom sees a lot of ‘old’ Ruth in this young girl on that BBC TV show – you’ve only got to look at how he reacts to her,” says Ellen Sterling, the California-based journalist responsible for bringing the two veteran stars together in Jones’ dressing room at the MGM Grand on Sunset Strip.

“I got the chance to interview Ruth in Vegas eight years ago.

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