The Joystrings (originally credited as The Joy Strings) were a 1960s British Christian music group led by classically trained keyboard player and singer Joy Webb, who was an officer in the Salvation Army.^[1]

After appearing on Cliff Michelmore's BBC Tonight television show, they were given a recording contract by EMI Records.^[1] In 1964, they became the first Salvation Army pop group to achieve chart success with "It's An Open Secret" and "A Starry Night".^[1] 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.

They also recorded a version of "O Little Town of Bethlehem," using the music of The Animals' "The House of the Rising Sun" - an unusual blending.^[2]

In September 2013, 50 years after the Joystrings' formation, group member Sylvia Dalziel published her memoir, The Joystrings: The Story of the Salvation Army Pop Group.^[3]

Wycliffe Noble died on 1 April 2017, at the age of 91.^[4] Joy Webb died on 1 October 2023, at the age of 91.^[5]

• Gilliard, A.J. (1967). Joy and the Joystrings: The Salvation Army's 'Pop Group'. Lutterworth Press.

• Joy Webb (2000). Bridge of Songs. The Salvation Army. ISBN 085412683X

• Sylvia Dalziel (2013). The Joystrings. The Salvation Army. ISBN 0854129065