Ruby Turner

Ruby Turner was born on 22 June 1958(66 years old) in Jamaica. Ruby Turner is Soul Singer, Zodiac sign - Cancer. More detail about Ruby Turner given below.

Ruby Turner Timeline

• 1967
  

  Ruby Turner was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and moved at the age of nine with her family to Handsworth, Birmingham, England, in 1967.

• 1986
  

  Turner achieved her solo recording contract with Jive Records after singing backing vocals on Culture Clubu0027s 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 Youu0027re Ready (Come Go with Me)", a duet with Jonathan Butler, and the Etta James standard "Iu0027d Rather Go Blind".

• 1987
  

  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 Hartu0027s album, Young Man Running on the duet "Spot You in a Coalmine".

• 1990
  

  Turner achieved a no. 1 R&B chart success in the US in February 1990 with "Itu0027s 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 Dancinu0027 thru the Dark.

• 1998
  

  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 Yearu0027s Eve 1999, she sang the National Anthem for Queen Elizabeth II, who was accompanied by Prime minister Tony Blair and other dignitaries at the opening of the Millennium Dome, in London.

• 2001
  

  Turner sang backing vocals on Mick Jaggeru0027s 2001 album, Goddess in the Doorway, and performed "Nobody But You" on the 2002 album Jools Hollandu0027s 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 Steveu0027s 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, Iu0027m 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.

• 2006
  

  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.

• 2009
  

  On 28 October 2009 Turner was presented with a BASCA Gold Badge Award in recognition of her unique contribution to music.Her parents are separated and her father lives in the US. Her mother Violetta lives near Turner and sang on her 2009 album Iu0027m Travelling On.

• 2011
  

  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.

• 2012
  

  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.

• 2016
  

  Turner was awarded an MBE in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music.