Women hold up half the sky...

Ruby Turner, real name Francella Ruby Turner, is an Anglo-Jamaican singer, who started her artistic career playing luxury backing vocals for groups such as UB40 and other Culture Club.

She released her first solo single "Every soul" in 1983 but it went completely unnoticed. It took her another three years and 1986 to finally be rewarded for her efforts when she signed with the Jive Records label.

Label with which she released her first album "Women hold up half the sky", album which will be a hit and from which 6 hits will be extracted, including 2 top hits, just that. Starting with the enormous single "If you’re ready (Come go with me)", single which will remain as the highest ranked of all his discography. Another notorious success still taken from the same album, his luxury cover in 1987 of Etta James' "Id rather go blind" from 1968.

On the album side, it was in 1988 that she had her biggest success with "The Motown songbook", an album which mainly produced the title "Signed, sealed, delivered I'm yours".

She enjoyed a last notable success in 1990 with the title "It’s gonna be alright", the flagship single from the album "Paradise" released a year earlier in 1989.

The adventure will continue thereafter but in a much more confidential way...

To discover or rediscover.

Discography (among others ...) :

If you’re ready (Come go with me) 1986
I’m in love 1986
Bye baby 1986
I’d rather go blind 1987
In my life (It's better to be in love) 1987
Signed, sealed, delivered I’m yours 1988
What becomes of the broken hearted 1988
It’s gonna be alright 1990
Paradise 1990
It’s a crying shame 1990
The other side 1991
The vibe is right 1991
Rumours 1991
Stay with me baby 1994
Living for the city 1994
Never gonna ever give you up 1995
Walk on by 1995
You were never mine 1998
We got it going on 1998
Chinese whispers 2000
Can't tear myself away 2005
So amazing 2005
Ain't cried in a long time 2005
You can't do that 2007
Guilty 2007
The informer 2008
I went by 2008
I'm travelling on 2009
Leaves in the wind 2011
Mighty hard time (A prayer) 2014
Putting you first 2014
Peace in the valley 2015
Deeper in love 2017
That's my desire 2018
Won't give you my heart to break 2020
Love was here 2020

Clips :

1986 ... after a first title which will not have given much, the singer signs with this second title one of the biggest successes of all her discography. An ideal start of career as we say. HU-GE !

1986 ... a great year 1986 with a plethora of titles and quality on every level. She confirms here all the good that one could think of her and we await the continuation with impatience

1986 ... three titles classified in this year 1986, a score to say the least flattering. And given what is on the horizon, the sequel should be of the same caliber !

1987 ... the year 1987 started again on the same bases as the previous year. Only small difference, the singer goes here in Intimist mode, area in which we had not yet seen her venture. A perfectly successful bet as they say !

1987 ... even if the year 1987 will not have quite the same level of success as the year 1986, what the singer delivers is far from being without interest, it is clear !

1988 ... a year 1988 which starts off on the hats of wheel thanks to this luxury cover of the title of Stevie Wonder dating from 1970. Of course, the copy is not worth the original but its adaptation version 80s largely holds the road !

1988 ... duo of shock but especially of charm particularly effective on a title which works my faith very well once again. A dynamic of success that does not weaken an iota and that will continue for some time ...

1990 ... after an empty year 1989, she is back in great shape at the start of the new decade. A decade that starts off with a bang with this enormous title which allows her to add a new star to its prize list, just that !

1990 ... the beginning of the decade which saw her align hit after hit and which saw her above all maintain herself in the leading pack with obvious ease. Pretty good sign all that !

1990 ... a year 1990 which sees her especially aligning hit on hit in the United States whereas until then, her main successes had taken place on the old Continent. Not sure that it lasts but what is taken is no longer to be taken ...

1991 ... a great adventure in the USA which continues with this title. As much as the 1980s saw her as a prophet in her country, the 1990s saw her succeed far from home. Astonishing paradox ...

1991 ... a Dance title very much in tune with the times and which however will not even be classified. Sometimes it is better not to try to understand ...

1991 ... a very Dance year in 1991 which saw her align a quality title with a quality title. The success flees her desperately on the old Continent, which is not the case in the USA once again...

1994 ... big air gap of 3 years and here she comes back to us with this luxury cover of the title of Lorraine Ellison dating from 1966. A rather successful copy which shows that in the field of the Intimist, the singer has talent to spare, that's clear !

1994 ... an excellent Dance track which allows her to show that she is still there and in dazzling form, almost 10 years after her debut. Not sure that it will last very long ...

1995 ... a last year of existence placed once again under the sign of Dance. She is far from being ridiculous but the competition is already light years ahead and she will never be able to close the gap again ...

1995...end of the adventure at the highest level but surely not end of the adventure period. She certainly does not intend to give up like that...

1998...a magnificent title which literally floats and which quite simply feels good. Time is then suspended as if by magic...

1998...we're not going to lie to each other, the best years are now behind her, but what she continues to offer is far from deserving. We take it anyway !

2000...she will only exist from this new decade through various and varied collaborations. But she is still and always there in any case...

2005...which doesn't prevent her from riding solo, but it will be less often the case. A career that lasts, that lasts, that lasts in any case...

2005...even if success is becoming more and more rare, that does not prevent her from continuing to believe in it a little bit. Who would blame her...

2005...the only thing we can possibly blame herfor is not having been able to reinvent herself in this new decade. Staying in your comfort zone is counterproductive to say the least...

2007...and it's definitely not the kind of sound that appeals to younger generations. Everyone pursues his career as his sees fit, but it would have been interesting for her to try to evolve a little...

2007...only the Intimist titles are, to say the least, timeless and can reach a wider audience. In her case, unfortunately, this will not change anything...

2008...we cannot say that her new titles are devoid of interest but it is clear that they are now only of interest to her basic fans. And there are still a few...

2008...once again full of finesse and lightness. We love these moments of pure sweetness that are just waiting to be appreciated at their fair value...

2009...it will be more complicated for this kind of title to reach a large audience once again. Afterwards, it is her who leads her career as she sees fit...

2011 ... she is still starting her 4th decade of career here, which is not nothing ! Who would have thought when she started in 1980 that she would still be there 30 years later, not many people, that's for sure...

2014...nothing discourages her, neither the weight of the years nor the lack of success in the Charts. As long as she takes pleasure in doing what she does, she will continue the adventure at all costs...

2014...and in principle she's absolutely right because in music everything is always possible as long as you believe in it. But often unfortunately the return to the front of the stage remains most illusory...

2015 ... she will have multiplied the collaborations with Jools Holland but that will have confined them in a musical register of the most restricted inevitably ...

2017...ah, here she is finally in Dance mode, 2000s version. Too bad she didn't come sooner because everything would have been possible then...

2018... what is certain is that she will not let go until the end. On the other hand, going from ultra Dance to pure and hard jazz is not what we do best...

2020...and another decade to add to a career that already has a few ! She tells herself that any new musical experience is good to take and it doesn't matter if there is success or not...