i beleive that joan and bob were actually dating. they also preformed alot together, i beleive bob and her did a show in washington Dc under president regan for some kind of event. its kinda crazy how much bob dylans music influenced people and still does today and to think over 40 years ago when he was popular

Ruth brown actually didn’t stay with Atlantic her whole life she was signed to a few

like…

Albums
1957: Rock & Roll (Atlantic)
1959: Late Date with Ruth Brown (Atlantic)
1959: Miss Rhythm (Atlantic)
1962: Along Comes Ruth (Philips Records)
1962: Gospel Time (Philips Records)
1964: Ruth Brown ’65 (Mainstream)
1968: The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Featuring Miss Ruth Brown (Solid State)
1969: Black Is Brown and Brown Is Beautiful (Skye Records)
1972: The Real Ruth Brown (Cobblestone Records)
1978: You Don’t Know Me (Dobre Records)
1989: Blues on Broadway (Fantasy Records)
1991: Fine and Mellow (Fantasy Records)
1993: The Songs of My Life (Fantasy Records)
1997: R+B=Ruth Brown (Bullseye Blues)
1999: A Good Day for the Blues (Bullseye Blues)
2006: Rockin’ in Rhythm – The Best of Ruth Brown (compilation, Atlantic/Rhino)
2006: Jukebox Hits (compilation, Acrobat)
2007: The Definitive Soul Collection (2-CD compilation, Atlantic/Rhino)

she has been with a lot of different ones including cobblestone, the sound guy at cobblestone, broke away and started his own company called cobble sound which is actually the record company I record at so that’s cool

but later on in her life she went back to Atlanta as seen in 2006 and on till she passed away.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Brown