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43-398: (Redirected from Ya Ya ) Ya-ya may refer to: "Ya Ya" (Beyoncé song) , a 2024 song by Beyoncé from her album Cowboy Carter "Ya Ya" (Lee Dorsey song) , a 1961 song by Lee Dorsey, covered by Dalida, Petula Clark and others A trombone technique of Tricky Sam Nanton Ya! Ya! , a 1964 album by saxophonist Budd Johnson Ya-Ya ,

86-575: A demo record to be made, but Martell originally declined his offers thinking he was a "kook". However, after much encouragement, Martell accepted his proposal and Rayner became her manager. With the recent country music success of Charley Pride , Rayner believed Martell could be accepted within the same industry. "I figured that if I could find a colored girl that could sing country and western, I'd really have something," he told Ebony in 1970. She then flew to Nashville where she met producer Shelby Singleton . With Rayner present as well, Martell recorded

129-509: A better living, she became a bus driver for her home region's school district. She also continued to perform in a band on weekends where they entertained functions such as family reunions, weddings and fraternity celebrations. While many residents of her local area were not aware of her former success, co-workers at her school building did. In one high school assembly, a principal spoke of her earlier work: "Others study about black history. We have black history right here in our own school." In

172-598: A black country artist was often challenging. She remembered being taunted by white audiences, who often shouted racial slurs while she was performing. "You're gonna run into hecklers, and I did...You felt pretty awful," she told Rolling Stone . As Martell's country music career progressed "the taunting lessened but never entirely went away", according to Rolling Stone . The name-calling continued to cause her professional conflict, but Martell continued performing nonetheless. She also ran into other professional conflicts. In May 1970, Rayner sued her because he believed he deserved

215-479: A black performer in Nashville. In 2024, Martell appeared on Beyoncé 's country-focused eighth studio album Cowboy Carter . She made two spoken-word appearances on the tracks "Spaghettii" and "The Linda Martell Show". On Instagram , Martell commented, "I am proud that @beyonce is exploring her country music roots. What she is doing is beautiful, and I’m honored to be a part of it. It’s Beyoncé, after all!" At

258-466: A demo record. She also met with Singleton who convinced her to record as a country singer. Martell was surprised at the decision. "I was a little bit shocked! I was mostly doing pop. But he said, 'You gotta go country'," she told Rolling Stone in 2020. On May 15, 1969, Martell signed a management contract with Rayner and signed with Singleton's Plantation record label the next day. The Plantation nameplate (whose name derived from slave plantations in

301-551: A higher commission. Singleton helped bring attention away from the lawsuit. Singleton also informed Martell that he would not be promoting her as heavily because he found that label-peer Jeannie C. Riley was selling more records. Martell then left her contract with Plantation and cut several tunes for a different label. Singleton found out and threatened to sue the company. "He blackballed me...It ruined my reputation in country music," she recalled in 2020. After several more years of limited success, Martell ultimately chose to retire from

344-417: A little piece of one of my records in a Beyoncé song is very meaningful to me because I love her. She represents what is great about today’s music and I’m delighted to be a tiny part of it. This may be the best sample of “Boots” yet!" "Ya Ya" traverses several genres, including psychedelic soul , rock and roll , funk , and roots rock . The song is preceded by the interlude "The Linda Martell Show" on

387-495: A multi-genre song spanning across rock and roll , psychedelic soul , funk , and roots rock , "Ya Ya" focuses on Beyoncé's family history within the US in the context of economic, racial and social inequality. The song was widely lauded by critics as the best track on Cowboy Carter , with particular praise for its high-energy production and Beyoncé's wide-ranging vocal performance. The song is nominated for Best Americana Performance at

430-443: A series of novels by Rebecca Wells A 1994 album ( Ya Ya ) and song ("Le Yaya") by French Canadian pop star Mitsou Ya Ya (film) , a 2013 Tamil language film "Ya Ya", a song by Yeat, from the album Up 2 Me See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Ya-ya Yaya (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

473-498: A social media post encouraging Americans to vote. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Linda Martell Linda Martell (born Thelma Bynem ; June 4, 1941) is an American singer. She became the first commercially successful black female artist in the country music field and the first to play the Grand Ole Opry . As one of the first African-American country performers, Martell helped influence

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516-576: A solo act, Martell was discovered singing country music on an air force base. This led to an introduction to producer Shelby Singleton , who signed her to his Nashville label in 1969. The same year, the label released her country cover of " Color Him Father ". The song became a top 25 single on the Billboard charts and her debut album followed in 1970. Martell made several appearances on country music television programs and released two more singles with Plantation. She also made her first appearance on

559-487: A topic of conversation in 2020 after country artist Rissi Palmer named her Apple Music podcast after Martell's 1970 album, Color Me Country . She also supports the underrepresented voices of BIPOC artists in country music through the Color Me Country™ Artist Grant Fund . In 2021, a GoFundMe campaign was launched by Martell's granddaughter to create a documentary about her career and struggles as

602-723: The Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Its follow-up was Martell's interpretation of " Before the Next Teardrop Falls ", which was later covered by Freddy Fender . Martell's version reached number 33 on the Billboard country chart in 1970. In August 1970, her debut album was released on Plantation Records titled Color Me Country . The record reached number 40 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album

645-508: The Grand Ole Opry radio broadcast after Rayner played her recent record for an official at the company. With her Opry debut, she became the first black female artist to play the show and eventually performed there a total of 12 times. In the American south, she was marketed as the "First Female Negro Country Artist" and was put on package shows with country artists Waylon Jennings and Hank Snow . Martell later recalled that performing as

688-465: The 67th Annual Grammy Awards "Spaghettii" received a nomination for Best Melodic Rap Performance , becoming Martell first nomination at the ceremony. Martell's musical artistry combined elements of country, gospel, and R&B music. Writers at Ebony magazine characterized her voice as having "gutsy, emotional soul", while also having a "background that is rich in gospel and rhythm and blues". Martell herself drew similar connections when discussing

731-427: The 67th Annual Grammy Awards . "Ya Ya" was written by Beyoncé, The-Dream , Jay-Z , Arlo Parks , Cadenza, Harry Edwards, and Klara Mkhatshwa Munk-Hansen, and produced by Beyoncé and The-Dream . The song interpolates Nancy Sinatra 's " These Boots Are Made for Walkin' " (1966) and The Beach Boys ' " Good Vibrations " (1966). Nancy Sinatra commented on the interpolation following the song's release, writing: "To have

774-520: The Grand Ole Opry during this time. She later performed there 12 times. Following a series of business conflicts with her manager (Duke Raymer) and producer, Martell left her recording contract. She then retired from the country music industry in 1974 following a lack of success. Over the next several decades, she lived in various states and continued performing music. To make a living, she worked in public education and returned to South Carolina in

817-608: The 1990s. In 2021, the CMT Music Awards honored Martell with the Equal Play Award. In March 2024, Martell was featured on two tracks of Beyoncé 's eighth studio album Cowboy Carter , including " Spaghettii ", which generated her first Grammy Awards nomination. Thelma Bynem was born June 4, 1941 as one of five children born to Clarence and Willie May Bynem in Leesville, South Carolina . Her father

860-517: The American south) was disliked by Martell. However, she felt she had no choice but to go along with it. Soon after her signing, Singleton found material for Martell to record for the label. Among the first records he found was " Color Him Father ", a then-recent pop song by The Winstons . She recorded the song (and ten other tracks) in one 12-hour work session. The song was issued as Martell's first Plantation single in July 1969. It climbed to number 22 on

903-544: The Anglos, Fire Records released "A Little Tear (Was Falling from My Eyes)" the same year. The single was unsuccessful. The group performed regularly. They also sang backup vocals for R&B performers, such as The Drifters and Jimmy Hughes . Linda Martell and the Anglos (sometimes credited as "The Angelos") released several more singles on the Vee-Jay label, such as "Lonely Hours". David Browne of Rolling Stone called

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946-520: The Nashville music industry. After leaving Nashville, Martell remained active in other sectors of music. For about two decades, she sang in small clubs in different parts of the United States. This included California , Florida and New York City . In these different places, Martell held various jobs, including entertaining on a cruise ship and opening a record shop. In 1991, she returned to South Carolina to be closer to her children. To make

989-556: The US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 33 on the UK Official Singles Charts . "Ya Ya" received widespread acclaim from music critics, with several publications declaring it the best song on Cowboy Carter , including Rolling Stone , Billboard , Stereogum , USA Today , Elle , Slant , and The Daily Beast . Many music critics praised Beyoncé's vocal performance on

1032-411: The album, in which Linda Martell (the first Black woman to achieve commercial success in the country genre) introduces the song as a "tune that stretches across a range of genres, and that’s what makes it a unique listening experience". Lyrically, the song explores Beyoncé's family's struggles in the context of American economic, racial and social inequalities, and promotes defiance, freedom and joy in

1075-483: The careers of future Nashville artists of color. Born and raised in South Carolina, Martell listened to country, gospel and R&B music. In her teens, she formed a singing trio with her family titled Linda Martell and the Anglos. During the 1960s, the group recorded a handful of R&B singles and sang alongside other black performers. However, the group had little success and soon parted ways. Performing as

1118-537: The face of adversity. The song also evokes the Chitlin’ Circuit , which were a collection of venues that embraced and employed Black musicians during the Jim Crow era. "Ya Ya" features as the twentieth track on Beyoncé's eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter , which was released on 29 March 2024, through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records . After the release of the album, Ya Ya" debuted at number 39 on

1161-406: The industry, including Kane Brown and Mickey Guyton . In 2020, Guyton recalled searching on the internet for "black women country singers" and was surprised to find Martell's music. "I didn't even know she existed...I felt really bad when I discovered that I didn’t know," she recounted. Brown reflected similarly: "Color was a thing back then. It's still a thing today, but it was worse back then. She

1204-548: The mid 2000s, Martell retired from her public school career and last performed publicly in 2011 with her band, Eazzy. In January 2014, the Swedish TV program entitled Jills veranda – Nashville (translated as Jill's Porch – Nashville ) documented the search for and interview of Martell. The show's hosts traveled to South Carolina to meet Martell, discuss her music and why she abandoned her recording career. The hosts also performed with Martell on some of her songs. She became

1247-427: The song "simmering, forlorn girl-group pop". The group parted ways after her cousin got married. Her sister left the group soon after and Martell was a solo act for the first time in her career. For several years, she continued singing R&B music. While singing on a South Carolina air force base, Martell was heard singing country songs by Nashville furniture salesman William "Duke" Rayner. He offered to arrange for

1290-507: The song's structure to Tina Turner 's 1960s revue performances, which NME 's Jenessa Williams said was a "full-circle moment" that Beyoncé has been "building up to for years". Other publications likened Beyoncé's delivery on the track to that of Chuck Berry , Betty Davis , Elvis Presley , James Brown , Billy Preston , Little Richard , Koko Taylor , and Big Mama Thornton . Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone described this as "fantasy-fulfillment", whereby Beyoncé transforms into

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1376-489: The track "paints a picture of Beyoncé's ideal America" as an inclusive, joyous hoedown . At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards the song was nominated for Best Americana Performance , becoming Beyoncé's first nomination in the category. On July 27, 2024, NBC released a video in which Beyoncé performs a new version of "Ya Ya" as she introduces Team USA for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Michelle Obama quoted "Ya Ya" in

1419-568: The track", described the chorus as "irresistible" with its "cheeky directives", and concluded: "The thought of Beyoncé performing it live is so thrilling, I’m not sure I’d be able to handle it." Critics also praised the "high-energy", "playful", "passionate", and "unapologetically brash" nature of the track. Rolling Stone lauded "Ya Ya" as the "sonically adventurous and combustible peak of Cowboy Carter ", in which Beyoncé evokes her musical inspirations to present her "wide-open idea of American music". Several critics compared Beyoncé's delivery and

1462-559: The track, noting how Beyoncé explored her full range of vocal abilities, ranging from "girlish" and "bouncy" to "explosive" and "rampaging". Lauding "Ya Ya" as a "world-rocking tour de force", Kyle Denis of Billboard wrote that Beyoncé "pushes herself vocally in ways that she never has before", adding: "This might be the closest a studio recording has gotten to capturing just how bombastic Beyoncé’s live vocals are." Kevin Fallon of The Daily Beast likened Beyoncé's voice to "a flame torch on

1505-578: The type of performers she was raised on and that she has often cited in her work. Critics praised the lyrics of the song as inspiring "defiance", "resistance", "freedom" and "joy" in listeners. Billboard 's Kyle Denis characterized the song as an "ode to the incomparable energy and verve of the Black South", while The Independent 's Helen Brown described it as "Beyoncé's claim to life in America". In an article for Elle , Keyaira Kelly wrote that

1548-409: The way she approached recording "Color Him Father" in the studio. Writer David Browne commented that she delivered the song in a performance that was "a little bit country and a little bit R&B." When discussing her country style, Martell explained the storytelling aspect of the genre: "Country music tells a story...When you choose a song and you can feel it, that's what made me feel great about what I

1591-532: Was a sharecropper while her mother worked many hours at a chicken slaughterhouse . To avoid helping with sharecropping duties, Martell learned to make dinners for her family when she was seven years old. Her father was also a preacher , which inspired her earliest music. She sang gospel music at church and was also drawn to country music. Clarence Bynem regularly listened to the country music of Hank Williams on WLAC , based out of Nashville, Tennessee . "Until we got into our teens we knew country music and that

1634-418: Was given by Darius Rucker , Carrie Underwood , Rissi Palmer, Rhiannon Giddens , Jennifer Nettles and Mickey Guyton. Martell has been married twice. At age 19, she first wed drummer Clark Thompson. The couple had three children. In 1966, the pair separated and she later remarried business owner, Ted Jacobs. Jacobs also brought one child from his first marriage and the family lived in Nashville while Martell

1677-630: Was it," she told the Courier-Post in 1998. Martell, her sister and cousin then formed a singing trio, which they called The Anglos. The group performed R&B music and sang in areas around Columbia, South Carolina . Local DJ, Charles "Big Saul" Greene convinced her to change her name from Thelma Bynem to Linda Martell. "Your name is Linda Martell. You look like Linda. That fits you," Greene told her. In 1962, The Anglos took an eight-hour bus ride to Muscle Shoals, Alabama where they recorded their first R&B single. Re-named Linda Martell and

1720-589: Was reviewed favorably by Billboard in 1970, which found her country singing style to be authentic. In later years, AllMusic rated the record three and a half stars with similar commentary. Her final charting single was issued around the same time titled " Bad Case of the Blues ". With her new success, Martell was hired by booking agent, Hubert Long, who helped arrange several entertainment opportunities. She soon made television appearances on The Bill Anderson Show and Hee Haw in 1970. She also made her debut on

1763-415: Was signed to Plantation Records. She discussed her domestic life with Ebony magazine in 1970, explaining the challenges associated with being a traveling performer while also being a wife and mother. "I'm used to spending time with my family," she recalled. After leaving the country industry, Jacobs and Martell separated. Jacobs' business partner and Martell then started a romantic relationship. Together,

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1806-556: Was singing. I did a lot of country songs, and I loved every one of them. Because they just tell a story." Katie Moulton of the Oxford American also highlighted Martell's country intonation in an article. Moulton also compared her musical delivery to that of torch singers like Dusty Springfield and Dinah Washington . Martell was among country music's first black artists to have commercial success. Her career in country music helped inspire careers of other black artists in

1849-399: Was so brave." Fellow black country artist Rissi Palmer commented to NPR that by creating her 2020 podcast she was "paying homage to the foundation on which my house is built, and that is Linda Martell." Martell was honored with the Equal Play Award at the 2021 CMT Music Awards . It was given to recognize her work as a female black performer in country music. A tribute during the broadcast

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