Joyce Cobb

Joyce Cobb (born June 2, 1945 in Okmulgee ) is an American singer of rhythm & blues and jazz .

Cobb first sang in her grandmother's gospel choir in Nashville and studied social work at Central State University in Dayton, Ohio , before moving to Memphis, Tennessee to pursue a career as a singer. In 1976 she was under contract with the soul label Stax Records and then had a top 40 hit with "Dig the Gold". For RCA she recorded the album Good To Me , which reached number 7 on the charts. She toured internationally with Muddy Waters , Al Jarreau , The Temptations , Otis Clay and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra . In Memphis, she appeared in her own nightclub from 1992, but also in theater productions such as Ain't Misbehavin ' . She also has her own radio show there. She also wrote shows like Beale Street Saturday Night , with which she was successful. In 2010 she toured Europe with the Michael Jefry Stevens Trio.

Cobb was named Best Female Singer (The Recording Academy / NARAS) and received the WC Handy Heritage Award (2007) and the United Music Heritage Music Pioneer Award (2000). The Grand Valley State University awarded her an honorary doctorate .

Discographic notes

• Beale Street Saturday Night (1996)
• Joyce Cobb with the Michael Jefry Stevens Trio

Web links

• Joyce Cobb at Allmusic (English)
• Joyce Cobb at Discogs (English)

literature

• Miriam DeCosta-Willis: Notable Black Memphians. Cambria Press, Amherst NY 2008, ISBN 978-1-60497-505-5 , pp. 90-92.
• Joyce Cobb: Deeply rooted in blues, jazz and gospel. In: Jazz Podium . 10, 2010, p. 9.