Ruby Hill (singer)

Ruby Hill Turner (1922 – 2004) was an American singer who starred in the 1946 Broadway production St. Louis Woman.

She performed the hit songs "Come Rain or Come Shine"[1] and Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home[2] for more than 100 showings.

[4] The young singer who was a reportedly a high school student in Richmond, Virginia before being discovered and cast in the show[5] was fired in a reorganization, but Pearl Bailey led the St Louis Woman cast in a promised strike unless Hill was rehired.

She left show business for 5 years, performing some smaller venues, eventually relating that her management was trying to shape her into a Lena Horne cast.

[7][8] A film adaption of St. Louis Woman entered into production with Hill reprising her role, but was eventually scrapped.