Joyce Cobb
| Joyce Cobb | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Joyce Renee Cobb |
| Born |
June 2, 1945 Okmulgee, Oklahoma 
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| Genres | Jazz, blues, R&B, folk, gospel, Traditional pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Labels |
Truth Stax Cream RCA Polydor Select-O-Hits Archer Records |
Joyce Cobb (born June 2, 1945 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma) is an American singer specializing in jazz and R&B. She is closely associated with traditional blues and jazz artists, most specifically being in the style and lineage of Memphis Minnie, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan. She has a wide ranging career as an award-winning solo artist and vocalist, having charted several country, pop, and R&B singles in the 1970s and early 1980s later recording as an adept jazz vocalist.
Joyce Cobb was born on June 2, 1945 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma and first sang in her grandmother's church. In 1955 her family moved to Nashville, Tennessee, when her father was hired at Tennessee State University as the head of the Health and physical education department. Her parents owned a large record collection of music that was influential on her at a young age. Her first vocal training during that time was at Cathedral of the Incarnation, during grade and high school this mainly consisted of singing requiems and pontifical high masses. She sang in the girls glee club and choir during that time also; Cobb had 14 years of private piano training. From 1963 to 1967 she attended Central State University and acquired an undergraduate degree in Social Welfare.
Her professional music career started in Dayton, Ohio singing with different blues and jazz bands. While pursuing a master's degree at Wright State University in social work by day, she was singing in clubs at night. She was offered a road gig singing in duo with Bill Temme for Ramada Inn hotels and quit pursuing a vocation as a social worker to become a professional singer and songwriter. Between 1969 and 1971 Cobb was on Ramada Inn's Midwest circuit for entertainment, performing in duo under the title Joyce and William [Temme] Duo both singing and playing guitars.
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