Gloria Jones
Musician
Positively radio active :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Dave Hoekstra...and her father was a teacher. Lemmons is a fan of late-'60s soul, and the film includes Stax material, the long version of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" and even Gloria Jones' "Tainted Love." You don't hear much Motown in "Talk... In this article: Kasi Lemmons, Talk to Me, Dewey Hughes, Johnny Carson, Wol-am, Washington, D.C., Don Cheadle, Chicago, and Motown |
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Guardian Unlimited | November 08, 2008
Luke Bainbridge visits Detroit on the 50th anniversary of Motown
After leaving Reeves, I meet Gloria Jones at the Foxtown Grille. Jones was coined the 'queen of northern soul' after her 1965 classic 'Tainted Love', later covered by Soft Cell. She joined Motown in 1968 as a singer and songwriter, penning...
In this article: Motown Records, Detroit, Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, Henry Ford, Marvin Gaye, Four Tops, and God
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Tainted Love
...Bolton, and later, at Wigan Casino. Due to the newfound underground popularity of the song, Jones re-recorded "Tainted Love" in 1976 and released it as a single, but this version also failed to chart. The vocal-and-synth duo Soft Cell had...
In this article: Tainted Love, Soft Cell, Northern soul, Marc Almond, UK, United States, and Ed Cobb
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The Fader | April 03, 2009
Q+A/Audio: Gloria Jones, Tainted Love
...outfit T.Rex, Jones was never a household name even though her legacy is essential to rock 'n roll. But she seems mostly okay with that. Confident in collaboration and contribution, comfortable with her role in the history of music,...
In this article: Marc Bolan, Dog, T.Rex, Share My Love, Tainted Love, Stevie Wonder, Europe, and Motown
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Share My Love
...was not promoted, as Gloria decided instead to work with Marc Bolan and T. Rex. In a 2002 interview, conducted by James Ellis, Gloria was quoted: "I had just finished recording an album called Share My Love for Motown and the manager...
In this article: Marc Bolan, Share My Love, Motown, T. Rex, Bette Midler, and Germany
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Pam Sawyer
...are singles such as "Love Child ", "Love Hangover" and "My Mistake (Was to Love You)". One of her regular writing partners was Gloria Jones. Sawyer has also written for many non-Motown artists, including The O'Jays and Patti LaBelle &...
In this article: Pam Sawyer, My Mistake, Love Child, Love Hangover, Patti LaBelle, The O'Jays, Motown Records, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson
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Northern soul
...three northern soul hits, often at the request of his listeners. Photograph of the original release (left) and a resissue copy (right) of Gloria Jones' Tainted Love In the book Last Night A DJ Saved My Life: the history of the DJ, the...
In this article: Northern soul, Wigan Casino, Twisted Wheel, United Kingdom, and Motown Records
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Gloria Jones
That winter, she joined the Los Angeles cast of ''Hair '', the musical . Eventually, she was to meet Pam Sawyer, who asked her to write for Motown Records. Jones and Sawyer were amongst the second string of writers at Motown, but still...
In this article: Gloria Richetta Jones, Marc Bolan, Ed Cobb, Los Angeles, T. Rex, Tainted Love, Motown Records, Pam Sawyer, Billy Preston, and Windstorm
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Gloria Jones (born Gloria Richetta Jones, 19 October 1945, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American singer and songwriter. She recorded the 1964 northern soul song, "Tainted Love", later a hit for the British synth-pop duo, Soft Cell.
- Instrument Played:
- Piano, vocals, clavinet
- Record Label:
- Uptown, Minit, Motown, EMI
- Associated With:
- Marc Bolan, T.Rex
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