[1] Among the many top musicians with whom she had shared the stage were Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt, Keter Betts, Andy Ennis, Charles Covington, Carlos Johnson, Whit Williams, Dennis Chambers, and Mickey Fields.

[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.

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.