"Ruth's first big hit, and a well-deserved one. All it took was a little bit of speed: the soulfulness and (potential) emotional richness have now been enriched with an upbeat, danceable rhythm. This ain't rock'n'roll, but it sure is just as powerful. The melody is generic blues, for sure, but it's dang catchy; and besides, we're not talking advances in songwriting here, we're taking it all in context, and the context is gritty, unlike so much of that other stuff we'd been sitting through. When Ruth makes a pause and the brass section soars up for the instrumental passage, it's kick-ass time all the way, with Budd Johnson's tenor sax the most prominent voice in the crowd. And you can just see the woman strutting her stuff - "Miss Rhythm" indeed!"