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Joya Sherrill

American jazz singer, songwriter and children's TV host. Born 20 August 1927 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. Died 28 June 2010 (82 years of age) in Great Neck, New York, USA. Sherrill is noted for her time with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the 1940's. In 1962, she participated in a band assembled by Benny Goodman that toured the Soviet Union. Sherrill originally aspired to be a writer. While she was still in high school, she wrote lyrics to his theme song, “Take the ‘A’ Train.” Her father, a prominent writer, arranged for Ellington to hear her performance of it while he was in town. Sherrill impressed Ellington, and he offered her a job when Ivie Anderson left his band in August 1942. She sang lead vocals on two Duke Ellington U.S. charted songs--"I'm Beginning to See the Light" (#6 overall, #4 R&B) and "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (#4 R&B), both in 1945. As a songwriter, she is best known for "(The) Kissing Bug", which has been covererd by more than 20 artists.

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• This Is Sheila / Sugar & Spice
• Duke's Place / Mood Indigo
• Joya Sherrill Sings Duke
• My People
• Goodbye Charlie
• Della Reese, Joya Sherrill And Others
• Katusha
• Sugar & Spice
• Little Bo Peep / Desdemona's Lament
• Sammy Davis Jr. Jumps With Joya Sherrill
• Sammy Jumps With Joya
• Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater / After What You Said Last Nite
• Come To Baby, Do! / The Wonder Of You
• Tell Ya What I'm Gonna Do / Royal Garden Blues
• The Newest Sound You Never Heard
• Halfway To Dawn (Sing A Song Of Strayhorn)
• The Original Bill Holman Big Band - Complete Recordings
• Jazz Vocal Unit
• The Treasury Shows Vol.17
• Lady In Jazz (Trio, Quartet, Quintet)
• The Treasury Shows Vol.16
• The Treasury Shows Vol.15
• The Complete Orchestral Suites
• Kissing Bug
• Bortimot Levende Musikk
• Carnegie Hall Concerts 1943-47
• Jazz For Lovers Vol.2
• The Treasury Shows Vol.14
• The Treasury Shows Vol.13
• La Chanteuse De L'Orchestre
• Kissing Bug
• You Will Be My Music
• 50 Jazz Masterpieces
• Freternity
• The Duke Box
• Jazz In The Charts 83/100 - I’m Always Chasing Rainbows (1946)
• The Treasury Shows Vol.11
• The Treasury Shows Vol.12
• Rockin' In Rhythm
• Take The 'A' Train
• 50 Jazz Masterpieces
• The Treasury Shows Vol. 9
• The Treasury Shows Vol.10
• Whatever Bubbles Up
• The Treasury Shows Vol. 7
• The Treasury Shows Vol.8
• Just In Time
• Duke's Singing Ladies
• The Treasury Shows Vol. 6
• The Treasury Shows Vol. 5

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