Joy of Cooking was an American music ensemble formed in 1967 in Berkeley, California. The band, led by guitarist Terry Garthwaite and pianist Toni Brown, both sharing lead vocals, was a rare example of a rock band fronted by women. Associated with the hippie culture, Joy of Cooking's music combined rock & roll with folk, blues, and jazz. Their first album, Joy Of Cooking, was released in 1971 on Capitol Records, followed by Closer To The Ground later that same year. In 1972, they released their third studio album, Castles. The band's only hit single, "Brownsville", reached number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1971. Joy of Cooking disbanded in 1973, with a fourth album, Same Old Song And Dance, remaining unreleased until its inclusion on the anthology disc American Originals in 1993. Posthumous releases include the compilation Back to Your Heart in 2007 and the live album Curiosities From The San Francisco Underground Volume One in 2016. Toni Brown died on August 8, 2022.
