Ruby Murray

Ruby Florence Murray (29 March 1935 – 17 December 1996) was a Northern Irish singer from Belfast. One of the most popular performers in Britain and Ireland in the 1950s, she scored ten hits in the UK Singles Chart between 1954 and 1959, including a no. 1 with Softly, Softly. She also made pop chart history in March 1955 by having five hits in the Top Twenty in a single week. New Musical Express named her Britain's favourite female singer of 1955. Frank Sinatra told her that he was her "greatest fan".

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