5-10-15 Hours

5-10-15 Hours was a rhythm and blues song written by Rudy Toombs in 1952 for Ruth Brown and became another Rudy Toombs' #1 R&B hit for Brown.cite book
first= Arnold| last= Shaw| year= 1978| title= Honkers and Shouters| edition=| publisher=Macmillan Publishing Company| location= New York| pages= pp 406-407| id= ISBN 0-02-061740-2] The song, smooth, sophisticated blues shouting at its best, has a touch of suppliance more characteristic of the vocal qualities of popular singers than of the blues. The recording features a tenor sax sole by Willis Jackson.cite book
first=Charlie| last=Gillett | year= 1996| title= The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll
edition= (2nd Ed.)| publisher= Da Capo Press| location=New York, N.Y.| pages= p. 130
id= ISBN 0-306-80683-5]

When Brown was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, her induction said that 'her best work was to be found on such red-hot mid-Fifties R&B sides as "5-10-15 Hours"'. [cite web
url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/ruth-brown|title=Ruth Brown|publisher=www.rockhall.com
accessdate=2008-03-05]

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