Ruby Starr (November 30, 1949 - January 14, 1995) was born Constance Henrie… Read Full Bio ↴Ruby Starr (November 30, 1949 - January 14, 1995) was born Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak in Toledo, Ohio. Starr started performing at the age of nine under the stage name Connie Little and was later billed as Ruby Jones during the 1960s. In 1971 she was signed to Curtom Records and recorded her first album, Ruby Jones. Shortly after that album's release, Black Oak Arkansas lead vocalist Jim "Dandy" Mangrum saw Starr singing in an Evansville, Indiana, club and convinced her to join his band. At this point she assumed the stage name of Ruby Starr.
Starr toured with the band for several years at the height of their success and was featured in their Top 30 single "Jim Dandy". In 1974 she began touring on her own again as Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost (members: Gary Levin, Marius Penczner, David Mayo and Joel Williams) and released a self-titled album in 1975 on Capitol Records. Her second album, Scene Stealer, also on Capitol Records was released in 1976. During this time she continued to open for Black Oak Arkansas and other acts such as Black Sabbath and Edgar Winter. Starr also toured with Blackfoot from 1977 to 1978. Her third and last album for Capitol, Smoky Places was released in 1977.
By the dawn of the 1980s, Starr had formed a new band called Grey Star. They issued a pair of recordings which included 1981's Grey Star and 1983's Telephone Sex. Star formed her final group, Henrietta Kahn, in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s, Starr was diagnosed with cancer. She died at home in Toledo in January of 1995.
After her death, several archival releases that featured Starr were issued, including the live Black Oak Arkansas recording, Live On The King Biscuit Flower Hour 1976, and a reissue of Ruby Starr's debut album, retitled as Stone Junkie.
Starr toured with the band for several years at the height of their success and was featured in their Top 30 single "Jim Dandy". In 1974 she began touring on her own again as Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost (members: Gary Levin, Marius Penczner, David Mayo and Joel Williams) and released a self-titled album in 1975 on Capitol Records. Her second album, Scene Stealer, also on Capitol Records was released in 1976. During this time she continued to open for Black Oak Arkansas and other acts such as Black Sabbath and Edgar Winter. Starr also toured with Blackfoot from 1977 to 1978. Her third and last album for Capitol, Smoky Places was released in 1977.
By the dawn of the 1980s, Starr had formed a new band called Grey Star. They issued a pair of recordings which included 1981's Grey Star and 1983's Telephone Sex. Star formed her final group, Henrietta Kahn, in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s, Starr was diagnosed with cancer. She died at home in Toledo in January of 1995.
After her death, several archival releases that featured Starr were issued, including the live Black Oak Arkansas recording, Live On The King Biscuit Flower Hour 1976, and a reissue of Ruby Starr's debut album, retitled as Stone Junkie.
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@channelsixtysix066
Why was this amazing lady never given the recognition she deserved? Compare that America to the one we see now. I prefer the old one.
@jimedwards6945
I played a few club shows in front of her, and she was always a real friendly headliner, unlike many these days. I got her a cocktail after we finished our set, she said “Thanks there sugar, you had a great set” and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I went back to our backstage area and told my guys about it, and they just busted a gut laughing at me. She was the real deal !
@Suldog29
One of those people who should have had a HUGE success. She was the total package - great pipes, amazing sexual energy. Thanks for posting this!
@KevinOshea-wt2ps
What a great singer ruby was she should have been more famous
@HOLLYWEIRDROXX
Ruby's years with Jim dandy shows in her stage moves and expressions...she learned from the original.... RIP Ruby
@xScooterAZx
These people are old friends of mine. Ruby and Grey Ghost. I used to travel to their shows all the time,and Ruby would always look out in the audience until she found me and my friends. After the show we would go backstage and visit with them. I had such aa crush on Marius Penczner. XD
She and Black Oak Arkansas,another great band would send me Christmas cards every year.
I loved both bands so much.They were all great people. They used to own a town called Oakdale,Arkansas. I still have post cards and all those Christmas cards.
(Jim Dandy,the lead singer of Black Oak gave me a hug once,and almost squished the life out of me! Hehe,.he gave great hugs).
I miss Ruby. She's long gone from this world.She was a tiny fireball,full of life. Her hair was huge too! Just like her personality.
Sorry,this just triggered my memories.
Hey,does anyone remember The Starwood nightclub,in LA? They used to play there a lot,and I worked there for a long time.That's where I met her.
@SlickArmor
Boy how time flies huh?
@user-dc1dr9kr8x
Thanks babe.. love the memories....love em
@Chrysblu3
met her in a bar in Wisconsin Rapids, WI I was 18,,,in 1979, told her how wonderful I thought she was! had her poster's plastered all over my walls growing up from cream magazine, she look me up and down, and said So? turned and walked away. I was crushed.
@randalroe1929
I thot u were going to say u railed her right there on the bar