Willie Cobbs

Willie C. Cobbs (July 15, 1932 – October 25, 2021) was an American blues singer, harmonica player and songwriter. He is best known for his song "You Don't Love Me".

Life and career Born in Smale, Monroe County, Arkansas, United States, where he occasionally performed in local clubs with Little Walter, Eddie Boyd, and others. He served in the National Guard in the early 1950s and then returned to Chicago, recording several singles on such labels as Ruler, a subsidiary of J.O.B. Records. Cover versions have been recorded by various artists, including John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers; James & Bobby Purify; Al Kooper and Stephen Stills; Booker T. & the M.G.'s; Junior Wells; Ike & Tina Turner; Albert King; Sonny & Cher; Jimmy Dawkins; Luther Allison; Dr. Feelgood; Gary Moore; the Allman Brothers Band; John P. Hammond; and R.L. Burnside.

Cobbs continued to record regularly and later released singles for various labels.

He returned to Arkansas in the 1970s and continued to perform and record for local labels, as well as running several nightclubs in Arkansas and Mississippi through the 1970s and 1980s. and appeared in the 1991 film Mississippi Masala performing the songs "Angel from Heaven" and "Sad Feelin'". After that, he made several more appearances in movies and television shows, including the 1992 TV movie Memphis with Cybill Shepherd.

Cobbs died in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on October 25, 2021, aged 89.