Ruby Murray (person)

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Ruby Murray was a popular Northern Irish singer of the 1950s, best known for her string of UK chart hits and distinctive warm vocal style.

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Ruby Murray (person) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
television performer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950 ⓘ
burialPlace Torquay Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath liver cancer ⓘ
countryOfBirth Northern Ireland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath England ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1935-03-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1996-12-17 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Northern Irish ⓘ
familyName Murray ⓘ
genre easy listening ⓘ
traditional pop music ⓘ
givenName Ruby ⓘ
hasChild Julie Burgess ⓘ
hasCulturalReference her name became Cockney rhyming slang for "curry" ⓘ
hasFanBase Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
influenced later British female pop singers ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
name Ruby Murray ⓘ
notableAchievement had five singles in the UK Top 20 at the same time in 1955 ⓘ
was one of the most popular UK female singers of the 1950s ⓘ
notablePerformance Royal Variety Performance ⓘ
notableWork Evermore ⓘ
Happy Days and Lonely Nights ⓘ
Heartbeat ⓘ
If Anyone Finds This, I Love You ⓘ
Let Me Go, Lover! ⓘ
linked to: "Let Me Go, Lover!"

Softly, Softly ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
performedOn BBC television ⓘ
radio ⓘ
placeOfBirth Belfast ⓘ
placeOfDeath Torquay ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
HMV ⓘ
linked to: HMV Group
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Belfast ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Bernard Burgess ⓘ
spouseOccupation singer ⓘ
vocalType warm vocal style ⓘ

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Ruby Murray (slang) → hasLiteralReferent → Ruby Murray (person) ⓘ
subject linked to: "Ruby Murray" meaning "curry"