Ruby Wilson has been played on NTS in shows including NTS Guide to…, featured first on 3 August 2021. Songs played include I'll Be Right Here (When You Return).

Ruby Wilson (February 29, 1948 – August 12, 2016) was an American blues and gospel singer and actress. She was known as "The Queen of Beale Street" as she sang in clubs on Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee, for over 40 years. She also had a successful touring and recording career, and appeared in a number of films.

Wilson was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the youngest in a family of six children. Her mother was a maid,…