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Jo Armstead (Josephine Armstead) was born on 8 October, 1944 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S., is an American soul singer and songwriter (born 1944). Discover Jo Armstead's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

Popular As Josephine Armstead
Occupation Singer, songwriter, actress
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 8 October 1944
Birthday 8 October
Birthplace Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1944

Josephine Armstead (born October 8, 1944), also known as "Joshie" Jo Armstead, is an American soul singer and songwriter.

Armstead was born to Wilton and Rosie Armstead in Yazoo City, Mississippi on October 8, 1944.

She started singing in the church in which her mother was a minister.

After her grandfather introduced her to blues music, she also began singing in juke joints and at dances, and first sang in a club as part of Bobby "Blue" Bland's band.

She joined a local band, Little Melvin & The Downbeats, as a teenager.

1960

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.

In 1960, Armstead along with Eloise Hester and Delores Johnson became The Ikettes as part of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.

She had been recommended to Ike Turner by her sister Velma Dishman who was his ex-wife.

As an Ikette, Armstead recorded the single "I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)" which peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 on the R&B chart.

1962

In 1962, Armstead settled in New York City and recorded under the name Dina Johnson, by her own account a pseudonym to avoid being tracked down by Turner.

However, she recalled her time as an Ikette fondly: "It was the greatest but you had to be young to travel the Chitlin' Circuit as they called it. We weren’t flying and we didn’t stay in 5-star hotels. It was really rough. You really had to be young but it was fun and we joked and laughed a lot."

She added, "I have the utmost respect for Ike Turner as an artist and what he created."

After her tenure as an Ikette, Armstead recorded advertising jingles and sang back-up for such musicians as James Brown, Walter Jackson and B.B. King, before a chance meeting with Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson.

1966

They began writing songs together, one of the first results being "Let's Go Get Stoned", which became an R&B chart no. 1 hit for Ray Charles in 1966.

Its follow-up "I Don't Need No Doctor" was also a hit.

The trio of writers also had success with songs for Chuck Jackson, Maxine Brown and Tina Britt.

Armstead also wrote or co-wrote hits for other artists, including "Cry Like a Baby" by Aretha Franklin, "Casonova" by Ruby Andrews, "Jealous Kind of Fella" by Garland Green, "Come On Sock It to Me" by Syl Johnson, and "Drop By My Place" by Carl Carlton.

1967

After Ashford and Simpson joined Motown, Armstead moved to Chicago in 1967 with her husband, record producer Mel Collins, and formed Giant Productions.

The Giant label released her single "I Feel An Urge Coming On" which, although not successful at the time, later became a favorite with Northern soul audiences in the UK.

1968

She also had some success as a solo singer, her biggest hit being "A Stone Good Lover" in 1968.

As a songwriter, Armstead teamed up with Ashford & Simpson.

The trio wrote hits for various artists, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Tina Britt, Ronnie Milsap, and Syl Johnson.

Two of her follow-up records, "A Stone Good Lover" and "I've Been Turned On", both made the R&B chart in 1968.

Armstead returned to New York after her marriage deteriorated and continued as a singer and writer of commercials.

1970

In the 1970s, Armstead appeared in the Broadway musicals Don't Play Us Cheap and Seesaw.

In the early 1970s, she signed to the Gospel Truth label, an offshoot of Stax, and recorded several singles as Joshie Jo Armstead, of which the most successful was "Stumblin' Blocks, Steppin' Stones" in 1974.

She also sang as a backing singer for Stax.

After Stax Records collapsed, Armstead continued to write songs through her own publishing company, and also worked as a fashion designer.

1971

She was a backing vocalist on Bob Dylan's 1971 single "George Jackson", and sang backing vocals on Roberta Flack's album Quiet Fire (1971).

1972

Armstead had a role in the 1972 Broadway production of Melvin Van Peebles' musical, Don't Play Us Cheap, and its 1973 film adaptation.

1977

She provided vocals for four titles on the 1977 Burt Bacharach LP Futures.

1980

In the 1980s, after returning to Chicago, Armstead had a spell managing a boxer, Alfonso Ratliff.

1990

She recorded for her own Prairie Rose Records in the 1990s.

2006

Armstead was a 2006 STAR (Special Thanks And Recognition) honoree, awarded by the Metro New York Chapter of the Jackson State University Alumni Association.

A version of Armstead's song "I Feel An Urge Coming On," performed by Nick Waterhouse, has been used in the television soundtracks of CW shows Riverdale and Black Lightning.