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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