| LC control no. | no 92014666 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sherrill, Joya, 1927-2010 |
| Variant(s) | Guilmenot, Joya, 1927-2010 |
| Birth date | [1924-08-20,1927-08-20] |
| Death date | 2010-06-28 |
| Place of birth | Bayonne (N.J.) |
| Place of death | Great Neck (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Music |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Composers Jazz musicians |
| Found in | Ellington, D. My people [SR] 1970: labels (Joya Sherrill, vocalist) Feather, L. Encyc. of jazz (Sherrill, Joya; b. 8/20/27, Bayonne, N.J.; singer, songwriter) New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Sherrill (Guilmenot), Joya; b. Aug. 20, 1927, Bayonne, NJ; singer) New York times WWW site, July 9, 2010 (in obituary published July 8: Joya Sherrill; b. Aug. 20, 1924, Bayonne, N.J.; d. June 28, Great Neck, N.Y., aged 85; sang with Duke Ellington as a teenager, toured the Soviet Union with Benny Goodman, and was one of the first African-American performers to host a children's television show) |
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