| Biography | The Joystrings (originally credited as The Joy Strings) were a 1960s UK Christian music group led by classically-trained keyboard player and singer Joy Webb, an officer (now retired) in The Salvation Army.
After appearing on Cliff Michelmore's BBC Tonight television show, they were given a recording contract by EMI Records. In 1964 they became the first Salvation Army pop group to achieve chart success with "It's An Open Secret" and "On A Starry Night". The main members through the years were Joy Webb (who wrote the group's first hit), Peter and Sylvia Dalziel, Bill Davidson and Wycliffe Noble. The group had a number of other singers drawn, at intervals, from cadets at The William Booth Memorial Training College, Denmark Hill in London.
In September 2013, 50 years after the Joystrings' formation, group member Sylvia Dalziel wrote about their existence in a book published by Shield Books. The book included an introduction by General John Larsson, a tribute from Sir Sir Cliff Richard, a full discography and many photographs never previously published. |