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Josephine Armstead (born October 8, 1944), also known as "Joshie" Jo Armstead, is an American soul singer and songwriter. Armstead began her career singing backing vocals for blues musician Bobby "Blue" Bland before becoming an Ikette in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in the early 1960s.
15. Juli 2016 · Singer and songwriter Joshie Jo Armstead was born on October 8, 1944 in Yazoo City, Mississippi to Wilton Armstead and Rosie Lee Armstead. As a youth, she sang in the church choir and was introduced to blues music by her grandfather. Armstead’s first performance was with Bobby “Blue” Bland in Mississippi, before joining a local ...
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I know you were in the Ikettes with Robbie Montgomery and Jessie Smith, but who was in the initial lineup with you? When I got with the group, it was Eloise Hester and Delores Johnson. It’s Delores doing the lead on “I’m Blue (The Gong Gong Song)” (1961). Eloise, Tina, and myself are singing background. “I’m Blue” was written from one gig to the ot...
What do you attribute to the fact that it’s been adopted by all of those bands? I think it’s the structure. What Valerie was doing has a lot to do with that, in terms of musicians liking that song. There’s a lot there. It’s a funky song. I hear it a little bit slower. I hear it more like John Mayer’s version, which is different. Not too long after ...
What led to your role in Melvin’s Don’t Play Us Cheap!(1972)? I think we exchanged numbers. He asked me to come in for the audition and I got the role. Melvin shot the film of Don’t Play Us Cheap!first. That was his way of rehearsing for the play … and his way of making a dollar work! He had found an abandoned convent in Santa Fe that was like a do...
You sang for some amazing producers, including Burt Bacharach. I’d love to know how you became a featured vocalist on one of his solo albums, Futures(1977). Burt heard a commercial that I had done for CARE, [sings]“Send your dollars now to CARE and there’ll be one less hungry child in the world. Tomorrow …” He called. He told me that he’d heard tha...
30. Apr. 2021 · / 30 April 2021. “When I found out that music could get me out of Mississippi, it became my life,” says Joshie Jo Armstead. Exactly 60 years ago, with only two dollars spending money, Armstead...
Quick Reference. B. Josephine Armstead, 8 October 1944, Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA. A former member of the Ikettes, she sang on the 1962 US Top 20 pop hit ‘I’m Blue (The Gong-Gong ... From: Armstead 'Joshie' Jo in Encyclopedia of Popular Music » Subjects: Music. Related content in Oxford Reference. Reference entries. Armstead 'Joshie' Jo.
A soul music evergreen who's been in the music business since her late teens working as a backing vocalist, solo singer, songwriter, and record and publishing company owner, you name it she's done it.… Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1970s - 1980s. Born. October 8, 1944 in Yazoo City, MS. Genre. Pop/Rock. Also Known As.
Josephine Armstead (born October 8, 1944), also known as "Joshie" Jo Armstead, is an American soul singer and songwriter. Armstead began her career singing backing vocals for blues musician Bobby "Blue" Bland before becoming an Ikette in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in the early 1960s.
