Ruby Glover

Growing up in East Baltimore, Glover inherited her talents from her mother, Inez Edwards Bell, who was also a performer during the 1920s and 1930s.^[3] At the age of six, Ruby began singing at funerals for family members,^[4] and her career had begun by the time she entered Dunbar High School, where she sang with a sextet during the 1940s. She began singing at dances and talent contests, and became a local favorite in Pennsylvania Avenue's jazz clubs.^[5]

She took a break later on to focus on her family, raising five children.^[4] She returned to jazz during the 1960s. Throughout her life, she never forgot Baltimore and the importance of giving back. She taught jazz history at Sojourner-Douglass College and voice at Towson University, as well as starting the Billie Holiday Vocal Competition to encourage young artists.^[3][6]

Glover suffered a stroke on stage while performing at the East Baltimore's Creative Alliance on October 19, 2007, and died the following day, at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, aged 77.^[3]

• Ruby Glover obituary, marchfh.com
• "ALL THAT JAZZ RUBY GLOVER AT ANDIE MUSIK PART TWO", via YouTube.