Entertainment

Joyce Cobb

Joyce Cobb, a native of the South, began singing in her grandmother’s church and moved on to sing for radio and television, in clubs and at Opryland. Her big break came with a RCA Records release of “Good To Me” which remained on the charts for twenty-two weeks. Her exposure widened after opening for Taj Mahal, The Temptations, Ashford & Simpson, Muddy Waters, and Al Jarreau.

Since her arrival in Memphis, she has performed with the Memphis Symphony on numerous occasions and has been voted "Best Female Singer" on four different occasions by the Memphis chapter of the National Association of Recording Artists and Songwriters (NARAS). NARAS has also given Cobb the Premier Vocalist Award in 1986, 1988 and most recently, 1996. In April 1992, JOYCE COBB's on Beale Street opened to rave reviews -- she is the first woman to have a nightclub named in her honor. The Memphis Flyer Magazine recently voted her and her band the best in Memphis and the Beale Street Merchants association voted Cobb the "Best Female Entertainer in 1995."

Ruby Wilson

Ruby Wilson grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and started as a gospel singer at age five. She has traveled with gospel legend Shirley Ceasar and sang in Chicago with Ma-halia Jackson. She has been a hit with audiences around the country, in cities that include Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Philadelphia and New Orleans.

Ruby Wilson arrived on the Memphis music scene in 1976 where she has become a local blues diva. Wilson is one of Memphis' favorite performers and is known as the "Queen of Beale Street," playing regularly at B.B. King's Blues Club on Beale Street. Her music has been described by Commercial Appeal as having "the charisma of a preacher and the timing of a standup comic."