Joy from Sammy and Joya
Usually I don’t title the episode exactly the same as the album I’m featuring, but this one was just too good not to use. Yes, we will hear the artist I think is the greatest showman who ever lived, but this record is really about Joya.
She is not widely known today, despite her significant contributions, because of a combination of historical and social factors that often affected women and African American artists in jazz.
But the gang at the Design Label teamed her up in 1957 with a fast rising star in Davis Jr to introduce her solo recordings to the world.
So, get ready to hear a voice that brought joy when I saw him on stage and a voice that brought joy when I heard this record in Volume 245: Sammy Jumps With Joya.
For more information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it.
Credits and copyrights
Sammy Davis Jr., Joya Sherrill – Sammy Jumps With Joya
Label: Design Records – DLP 22
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Released: 1957
Genre: Jazz
We will hear 7 of the 10 songs from this album.
Sammy Davis Jr. backed by Orchestra under the direction of Morton Stevens – The Gypsy In My Soul
Recorded in February 1953
written by Clay Boland and Moe Jaffe
Joya Sherrill – Baby Me
written by Lou Handman, Archie Gottler, Harry Harris
Joya Sherrill – Easy Street
written by Alan Rankin Jones
Joya Sherrill – Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
written by Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
Joya Sherrill – Thou Swell
written by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Joya Sherrill – The End Of A Love Affair
written by Edward Redding
Sammy Davis Jr. – Chloe
written by Gus Kahn, Charles N. Daniels
This was also recorded in 1957
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
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