English blues-folk singer from Durham, UK, married at Motown's producer Jeffrey Bowen. When Bowen followed songwriters Holland/Dozier/Holland over to their own Invictus label in 1970, Ruth Copeland was one of the first signing and became the label's first white perfomer with the vocal group New Play. In collaboration with Edith Wayne and future P-Funk producer Ron Dumbar, Ruth Copeland wrote the single's debut "Music box". New Play broke soon, Ruth struck up a partnership with George Clinton and was a massively influential force on Parliament's debut album "Oemium" released in 1971 (Copeland was co-producer and wrote the two songs "Little old country boy" and "The silent boatmen" and two songs that the band released as singles in 1971 and 1972 (Come in out of the rain and Breakdown). Clinton and part of Parliament were the musicians that recorded the first two solo album of Ruth Copeland "Self portrait" released in 1970 and "I am what I am" released in 1971.
Ruth Copeland - vocals, backing vocals.
Eddie Hazel, Ron Bykowski, Ray Monette - guitars.
Billy Bass Nelson, Dawn Hatcher - bass.
Bernie Worrell,Dave Case - organ.
Tiki Fulwood - drums.
Bernie Worrell - piano.
The medal.
Cryin' has made me stronger.
Hare Krishna.
Suburban family lament.
Play with fire.
Don't you wish you had (what you had when you had it?).
Gimme shelter.
