Background
Ruby Stackhouse was born in Hollandale, Mississippi, on March 12, 1947.
Ruby Stackhouse was born in Hollandale, Mississippi, on March 12, 1947.
She moved to Chicago around 1953, and there attended Hyde Park High School.
Her best known songs include "Casonova (Your Playing Days Are Over)" (1967), "You Made A Believer (Out Of Maine)" (1969), and "Everybody Saw You" (1970). Around her senior year in high school she started singing with a vocal group called the Vondells. Andrews made her debut on the Kelmac label, recording with the Vondells although the record was released as by Ruby Stackhouse.
Her third release for the label was her biggest seller, "Casonova (Your Playing Days Are Over)" in 1967.
A crossover hit, the song went to number 9 in the Rhythm & Blues charts and number 51 in the popular charts. The song, co-written and produced by Joshie Jo Armstead, featured a typical Chicago-style mid-tempo arrangement, but was recorded and arranged by Mike Terry in Detroit.
Some later reissues of the track used the (historically correct) spelling "Casanova". Follow-ups included "You Can Run (But You Can"t Hide)", "You Made a Believer (Out of Maine)" (no 18 on the Rhythm & Blues chart and no 96 on the popular chart in 1969), "Everybody Saw You" (no 34 Rhythm & Blues in 1970) and "You Ole Boo You".
Andrews" releases on Zodiac were produced and written by the team of Fred Bridges, Robert Eaton and Richard Knight, who also performed as the vocal group Brothers Of Soul.
Andrews later cut some bluesy material for Ichiban, with producer Swamp Dogg. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Records Limited Liability Company. = Compilations.
