Joyce Carr

Here's a forgotten singer doing some great interpretations of some great standards that should be heard more often !.....so folks spread the word !!

Artist Biography by Bruce Eder

Joyce Carr abandoned her studies at the University of Montana at the age of 19 to become a successful pop vocalist. After testing the waters of performing in Montana, she left her home state for New York, where she intended to pursue a career in musical comedy. Instead, she ended up in Washington, D.C., where she soon began singing in a local club, where she was seen by other musicians. Word of mouth began to spread about the 20-year-old, who soon found herself a winner on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout television show. From there, it was on to entertaining President Eisenhower at the White House, and a six-year engagement at the King Cole Room in D.C., where she became a top attraction for foreign dignitaries visiting the city. After that establishment was sold, she moved on to other top venues in the city. She cut albums for Seeco and appeared on television, as well as performing with orchestras in concert. Then, in the mid-'60s, Carr left music.... At the end of the '70s, after a decade away from performing, she returned to music, singing at Charlie Byrd's club in Georgetown. She also resumed recording in 1981 with Joyce Carr on the Audiophile label, accompanied by Bob Vigoda, Jay Leonhart, Bill Gibson, and Dick Thomas........Love kept Joyce Carr from travelling, so she sang at the same nightclub in Washington, DC for more than twenty years. Her phrasing and delivery of the lyrics put her among the best cabaret singers of the 20th century. Ellis Larkin, the famous New York pianist (Little Carnegie Tavern) accompanies her on half the tunes, Bob Vigoda the rest.

 1. I Wish You Love

2. Every Time

3. Skylark

4. I'm Glad There Is You

5. It Never Entered My Mind

6. I Get Along Without You Very Well

7. As Children Do

8. Yesterday

9. The Folks Who Live On The Hill

10. Here's That Rainy Day

11. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

12. You Don't know What Love Is

13. Make The Man Love Me

14. Talk To The Trees

15. My Future Just Passed

16. Most Gentleman Don't Like Love

17. Rolling Road

18. I Got it Bad

19. Hi Lili Hi Lo

20. Little Girl Blue

21. Sad Sad Sad

22. I Know What The Score Is

23. They All Laughed

24. When All The World Is Young