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Joan Shaw
12+ albums
Rock and Rollrockabilly50s rnb
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Salena Jones (born Joan Elizabeth Shaw, January 29, 1944 in Newport News, Virginia) is an American jazz and cabaret singer. Born Joan Shaw in Newport News, Virginia, she is a direct descendant of Crazy Horse, the Indian Sioux warrior. Frustrated by the racism in her home country, Joan moved to England in 1965 and changed her name to Salena Jones. Jones said, "I loved Sarah Vaughan so much and adored Lena Horne's elegance; I put them together as ‘Salena.’ It looked good. And I kept Joan in ‘Jones.’” And that's how Salena Jones was born." Jones began singing in church, school and began club work at the age of fifteen. After winning a talent contest in New York's Apollo Theater, singing "September Song". She began making demonstration records for Peggy Lee and Lena Horne, acquired her own contract. Her first disc was 1949's "He Knows How to Hucklebuck", with the Paul Williams Orchestra—and she toured and sang throughout the 1950s with Louis Armstrong, Arthur Prysock, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Big Maybelle—sharing bills with fellow Newport News natives the The Five Keys as well as LaVern Baker, before touring in Spain (1965) and Britain (1966), where she appeared for an extended season at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. Since then she has appeared at most leading concert halls and clubs in Europe, Africa, South America and Asia, and appeared regularly on radio and TV, with her own series in the United Kingdom. Since visiting Japan for the first time (1978) she appeared there a
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Rockin' n' Rollin' With Santa Claus (Compiled By Mark Lamarr)
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Tiny Topsy And Friends
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Swing Time Sisters 1947-1952
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Jaguar Records - Lost & Found
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Rhythm & Blues 200-06
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Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
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In Person
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Music From and Inspired By The Motion Picture 'Devil In A Blue Dress'
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The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll
Swing Time Sisters
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Festive Roots: Jazz, Blues & R'n'B in a Christmas Style
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Joan Shaw: A Retrospective (1947-1964). Sings for Swingers / In Person