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This is in the way of a question in respect to the facts as put forward in this article, and it is the first time I have ever had any input into Wikipedia, so please forgive me if I go wrong. The official Salena Jones website <www.salenajones.com> says that she changed her name from Joan Shaw to Salena Jones when she moved to the UK in 1965. By implication then, she is the same singer who recorder Evil Gal's Daughters Blues in 1954 under the name of Joan Shaw. This Wikipedia article gives her date of birth as 1944, and I can state quite categorically that there is no way that the singer on that title is only 10 years old. Likewise this Wikipedia article says she made her first recording He Knows how to Hucklebuck in 1949. At five years old???? Unless there is a completely different singer who went by the name of Joan Shaw I do not see how the 1944 birth date could be correct. Could someone please clarify this? Jemako39 ( talk) 11:12, 19 April 2014 (UTC)jemako39
Further investigation of reliable sources is required! Ghmyrtle ( talk) 14:48, 29 December 2015 (UTC)"A resident of England since 1965, Selena Jones [sic] was a familiar figure on UK TV during the late 1960s and 1970s but few knew that the personable American jazz singer had started her recording career as far back as 1949 under her real name, Joan Shaw. Born Joan Elizabeth Shaw in Newport News, Virginia, in 1930 [sic] to an unmarried chorus girl, the young singer made her recording debut for Savoy in Detroit, aged 19 with Paul Williams' band (although she doesn't recall the circumstances and claims to have been just 11 at the time!), going on to make most of her early recordings in New York City for Abbey and Regal (1951), Coral (1952), Gem (1953), Decca and Jaguar (1954)."
All of that is consistent with a birth date of around 1930... not 1944. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 15:15, 29 December 2015 (UTC)"...She was born in Newport News, Virginia... Her uncle, known as Bootsie Swan, was a celebrated comedian, singer and dancer in vaudeville some years ago.... Joan began singing in amateur programs around town from the time she was 13. Within a couple of years she had graduated to local night clubs, and soon she had her first fling in New York, trying out in the amateur hour at the Apollo Theater. Soon after, in 1948, she was hired as band vocalist with a group led by Paul Williams.... After a year or so of this situation... Joan decided to try to make it as a single. My personal recollection of her goes back to around 1952, when she was part of a show at a place called Snookie's...."
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This is in the way of a question in respect to the facts as put forward in this article, and it is the first time I have ever had any input into Wikipedia, so please forgive me if I go wrong. The official Salena Jones website <www.salenajones.com> says that she changed her name from Joan Shaw to Salena Jones when she moved to the UK in 1965. By implication then, she is the same singer who recorder Evil Gal's Daughters Blues in 1954 under the name of Joan Shaw. This Wikipedia article gives her date of birth as 1944, and I can state quite categorically that there is no way that the singer on that title is only 10 years old. Likewise this Wikipedia article says she made her first recording He Knows how to Hucklebuck in 1949. At five years old???? Unless there is a completely different singer who went by the name of Joan Shaw I do not see how the 1944 birth date could be correct. Could someone please clarify this? Jemako39 ( talk) 11:12, 19 April 2014 (UTC)jemako39
Further investigation of reliable sources is required! Ghmyrtle ( talk) 14:48, 29 December 2015 (UTC)"A resident of England since 1965, Selena Jones [sic] was a familiar figure on UK TV during the late 1960s and 1970s but few knew that the personable American jazz singer had started her recording career as far back as 1949 under her real name, Joan Shaw. Born Joan Elizabeth Shaw in Newport News, Virginia, in 1930 [sic] to an unmarried chorus girl, the young singer made her recording debut for Savoy in Detroit, aged 19 with Paul Williams' band (although she doesn't recall the circumstances and claims to have been just 11 at the time!), going on to make most of her early recordings in New York City for Abbey and Regal (1951), Coral (1952), Gem (1953), Decca and Jaguar (1954)."
All of that is consistent with a birth date of around 1930... not 1944. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 15:15, 29 December 2015 (UTC)"...She was born in Newport News, Virginia... Her uncle, known as Bootsie Swan, was a celebrated comedian, singer and dancer in vaudeville some years ago.... Joan began singing in amateur programs around town from the time she was 13. Within a couple of years she had graduated to local night clubs, and soon she had her first fling in New York, trying out in the amateur hour at the Apollo Theater. Soon after, in 1948, she was hired as band vocalist with a group led by Paul Williams.... After a year or so of this situation... Joan decided to try to make it as a single. My personal recollection of her goes back to around 1952, when she was part of a show at a place called Snookie's...."
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