Joya Sherrill | |
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Born |
Bayonne, New Jersey, United States | August 20, 1924
Died | June 28, 2010
Great Neck, New York, United States | (aged 85)
Education | Wilberforce University |
Occupation(s) | Jazz vocalist and children's television show host |
Joya Sherrill (August 20, 1924 – June 28, 2010) was an American jazz vocalist and children's television show host.
Sherrill was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, on August 20, 1924. [1] Her first ambition was to become a writer: [1] she was the editor of her school paper. [2] She had a sister, Alice. [1]
Sherrill began her career with Duke Ellington in July 1942 when she was 17 years old. After a period at Wilberforce University, she rejoined in 1944 and remained with Ellington until 1946, when she left to marry Richard Guilmenot. [1] Ellington considered her one of his favorite singers. [3] "I never really left the band. I did recordings and special occasions. Duke would call me for jobs once a year at least," Sherrill told John S. Wilson in 1979. [2] Sherrill also performed with Ellingtonians Ray Nance and Rex Stewart for many years. [3] She worked with Ellington on the television broadcast of A Drum Is a Woman (1957), and toured the USSR with Benny Goodman in 1962. [1] The 1965 album Joya Sherrill Sings Duke features Ellingtonians performing in support. [4]
From 1970, Sherrill hosted a children's television show, Time for Joya, later called Joya's Fun School. [1] This was recorded for a few years, but was rerun until 1982. [1] In the mid-1970s, she accompanied her husband when he went to Iran for his work. [2] There, she had her own television program, which was broadcast live. [2] She returned to singing in New York near the end of that decade. [2]
Her husband died in 1989; [1] they had a son and a daughter. [2] Sherrill died from leukemia at home in Great Neck, New York, on June 28, 2010. [3]
Joya Sherrill | |
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Born |
Bayonne, New Jersey, United States | August 20, 1924
Died | June 28, 2010
Great Neck, New York, United States | (aged 85)
Education | Wilberforce University |
Occupation(s) | Jazz vocalist and children's television show host |
Joya Sherrill (August 20, 1924 – June 28, 2010) was an American jazz vocalist and children's television show host.
Sherrill was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, on August 20, 1924. [1] Her first ambition was to become a writer: [1] she was the editor of her school paper. [2] She had a sister, Alice. [1]
Sherrill began her career with Duke Ellington in July 1942 when she was 17 years old. After a period at Wilberforce University, she rejoined in 1944 and remained with Ellington until 1946, when she left to marry Richard Guilmenot. [1] Ellington considered her one of his favorite singers. [3] "I never really left the band. I did recordings and special occasions. Duke would call me for jobs once a year at least," Sherrill told John S. Wilson in 1979. [2] Sherrill also performed with Ellingtonians Ray Nance and Rex Stewart for many years. [3] She worked with Ellington on the television broadcast of A Drum Is a Woman (1957), and toured the USSR with Benny Goodman in 1962. [1] The 1965 album Joya Sherrill Sings Duke features Ellingtonians performing in support. [4]
From 1970, Sherrill hosted a children's television show, Time for Joya, later called Joya's Fun School. [1] This was recorded for a few years, but was rerun until 1982. [1] In the mid-1970s, she accompanied her husband when he went to Iran for his work. [2] There, she had her own television program, which was broadcast live. [2] She returned to singing in New York near the end of that decade. [2]
Her husband died in 1989; [1] they had a son and a daughter. [2] Sherrill died from leukemia at home in Great Neck, New York, on June 28, 2010. [3]