Ruby Wilson Note
by Donna Greene
Title
Ruby Wilson Note
Artist
Donna Greene
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Photograph - Digital Photography
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Singer Ruby Wilson, who would come to be known as the “Queen of Beale Street”, was born in Texas. She moved to Memphis Tennessee and started her professional singing career when she was sixteen years old. Fellow musician B.B. King is her godfather, and Wilson has been one of the house staples at B.B. King’s Blues Club in Memphis, Tennessee.
Wilson has recorded more than ten albums and has performed with other artists such as B.B. King, Isaac Hayes, and Ray Charles. She has had roles in several movies, including The Chamber, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Cookie’s Fortune, and Black Snake Moan, and her music was included in some of their soundtracks. She was also one of the blues musicians included in the documentary film Delta Rising, alongside other blues artists such as Willie Nelson, Chris Cotton, and Morgan Freeman.
Ruby Wilson, better known as The Queen of Beale Street, has performed for many years at B.B. King’s night club as well as at numerous festivals and events. Born in Texas, she has been singing since age 16. She moved to Chicago and then Memphis where she has been thrilling audiences with a raw and lively form of vintage blues for decades. Over the years she has performed with such artists as Ray Charles, Danny Thomas, B.B. King, The Four Tops, and Willie Nelson. She has performed at the White House and before royalty in Europe. She has also had cameo roles in nine motion pictures filmed around the Memphis area including Cookie’s Fortune and Black Snake Moan. She suffered a stroke in January 2009, but is making a recovery.
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May 27th, 2013
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