Jo Armstead

Soul singer, label owner, composer, producer, and actress, who often went by the nickname Joshie Armstead. Born October 8, 1944 in Yazoo City, Mississippi. In the early 1960's she was a member of the [a81138] Revue as one of the original Ikettes. From 1964-1967 she was part of a songwriting team with [a268165] and [a268169], co-writing songs such as '[m=209392]' and 'I Don't Need No Doctor' by [a30552]. Founded [a895760] (also known as Giant Productions) with her husband [a895768] in 1967. The production team both leased records to larger firms and put out records on their own labels [l71299], [l597720], and [l470641]. Their best successes were productions leased to other labels, most notably with [a549509], [a372577], and [a757550].

Mother of [a=Chandra Armstead].