Joya Sherrill (August 20, 1924 – June 28, 2010) was an American jazz vocalist and children's television show host.

After a period at Wilberforce University, she rejoined in 1944 and remained with Ellington until 1946, when she left to marry Richard Guilmenot.

Duke would call me for jobs once a year at least," Sherrill told John S. Wilson in 1979.

[3] She worked with Ellington on the television broadcast of A Drum Is a Woman (1957), and toured the USSR with Benny Goodman in 1962.

[1] The 1965 album Joya Sherrill Sings Duke features Ellingtonians performing in support.