Who was Joy Lovejoy?

Not sure, but i have always thought her voice is very similar to the lead on the starlets... "Loving You Is Something New"Also on Chess records.

rob h.

OOhh don't know it stillsoulin...anyone got a sound clip, pretty please?

The otherside of 'In Orbit' is nice too in a not Northern Soul way. She must have made other recordings.

  Simon White said:

OOhh don't know it stillsoulin...anyone got a sound clip, pretty please?

The otherside of 'In Orbit' is nice too in a not Northern Soul way. She must have made other recordings.

Hi

I wonder If she will be one of those Artists, that kept changing names, or sang within a Group or Backing Singer role.

Surely this can't have been her only Record?

i think her husband was an antiques expert but i may be wrong

sorry but im bored stiff

moldie

  moldie said:

i think her husband was an antiques expert but i may be wrong

sorry but im bored stiff

moldie

Or mayby her grandson is now on Soccer AM

Barry Cooper

  BBB said:

Or mayby her grandson is now on Soccer AM

Barry Cooper

vocals sound very similar to fontella bass could be a pseudo name for her

  speedlimit said:

vocals sound very similar to fontella bass could be a pseudo name for her

Hi

Now that Is an Interesting Theory

  speedlimit said:

vocals sound very similar to fontella bass could be a pseudo name for her

Naaaahhh.

I'll eat my hat.

There was a blues singer,Ronnie Lovejoy I wonder if he was a relation?

Kev.

  good angel said:

There was a blues singer,Ronnie Lovejoy

Kev.

The late Ronnie Lovejoy... one of the greatest SOUL singers of the past 20 years!

I doubt very much if this Alabama boy was in any way related to Joy Lovejoy, as she was almost certainly a Chicago artist.

Sean

  Sean Hampsey said:

The late Ronnie Lovejoy... one of the greatest SOUL singers of the past 20 years!

I doubt very much if this Alabama boy was in any way related to Joy Lovejoy, as she was almost certainly a Chicago artist.

Sean

what does it matter where people live

im in the south but ive got a cousin in scotland

moldie

  moldie said:

what does it matter where people live

im in the south but ive got a cousin in scotland

moldie

If that's a serious question... then you are a good bit...no a lot closer... to Scotland living in the south (even if you live in Southampton) than Alabama is to Chicago.

And as hinted at earlier (apart from going into the natural demographics) Lovejoy is not a particularly uncommon Surname... especially in a country with a population of over 200 million. So I doubt very much if they were related... other than by the obvious historic, pre 1808 connection.

Sean

  Sean Hampsey said:

If that's a serious question... then you are a good bit...no a lot closer... to Scotland living in the south (even if you live in Southampton) than Alabama is to Chicago.

And as hinted at earlier (apart from going into the natural demographics) Lovejoy is not a particularly uncommon Surname... especially in a country with a population of over 200 million. So I doubt very much if they were related... other than by the obvious historic, pre 1808 connection.

Sean

well that explains everything then

moldie

  moldie said:

what does it matter where people live

im in the south but ive got a cousin in scotland

moldie

ive got an uncle in south africa....and weve got the same surname, its not lovejoy though

  soulman1964 said:

ive got an uncle in south africa....and weve got the same surname, its not lovejoy though

its not theopilis p wilderbeest is?

moldie

  moldie said:

its not theopilis p wilderbeest is?

moldie

didnt know you knew my uncle

  moldie said:

well that explains everything then

moldie

Yes... I think so too!

Sean

  Sean Hampsey said:

Yes... I think so too!

Sean

Joy Lovejoy ...... who she is / was , is a veritable mystery indeed .

" In Orbit " has one of the ballsiest intros ever of / on a record . I have loved the record from the first time I heard it ( no Sean , it was not on a wax cylinder ) , and I still do .

Since that first hearing , the quality of JL's vocals on " IO " ( and the agreeable b - side

" Oh Hum " ) wetted my appetite to know more of , and from JL .

My search ( like for so many others ) , despite countless attempts , has been a fruitless one . I have asked many esteemed figures ( including the late Dave Godin ) over the years if they knew anything of / about JL , but time and time again , the answer has been the same ...... nothing .

It would seem that " IO " and " OH " were the only known recordings to bear the name JL

- please someone prove me wrong !!

Now for the theories part ..... The question is was JL her real name or the pseudonym for another Chess artist - providing she was a Chess artist in the first place - ? but I doubt that it was a pseudonym , as the vocal styling / phrasing on the two sides is unlike other females in the Chess stable around the time ( believe me , for I have listened to many tracks trying to compare ) - Etta James , Mitty Collier , Koko Taylor ( though I could see KT doing it ) , Laura Lee , Sugar Pie DeSanto , Fontella Bass or Marlena Shaw .

If it was by a major female artist , and despite Chess considering " IO " being worthy to release , why was the artist given another name ?

Even though Chess was a Chicago based label , they were not averse to licensing material outside of Chicago for recording ( Etta James recorded the " Tell Mama " album at the Fame studios in Muscle Shoals , Alabama in 1967 ) . Despite the backing on the record bearing all the trademarks of being Chess' Chicago brass section , was " IO " recorded elswhere ?

It is more likely / possible that " JL " was a backing / session singer at Chess . There was a girl group - The Kolettes - on whom Chess released a recording ( " Who's That Guy " - Checker 1094 ) in 1964 ; Was " JL " one of The Kolettes ? there are vocal similarities , but " WTG " was recorded three years before " IO " .......

I hope I get to know the answer to " who is / was Joy Lovejoy " before I shuffle off this mortal coil .

Malc Burton

Edited November 19, 200618 yr by Malc Burton