Brownian Motion Posted July 9, 2010 Report Posted July 9, 2010 Joya Sherrill, who 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, died on June 28 at her home in Great Neck, N.Y. She was 85. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/arts/music/09sherrill.html?hpw Quote
tranemonk Posted July 9, 2010 Report Posted July 9, 2010 In the day and age of LeBron James's spectacle.. May Joya and all the other REAL African-American pioneers RIP.... Quote
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