{"id":1074,"date":"2024-04-01T18:21:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T18:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2024-04-01T18:21:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T18:21:59","slug":"happy-birthday-to-shirley-jones-of-the-jones-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=1074","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday to Shirley Jones of the Jones Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"clear\">Happy birthday to Shirley Jones of the Jones Girls, born September 22, 1953.If one of the missions of Soul Tracks is to highlight great artists who haven\u2019t received their \u201cprops,\u201d we\u2019d need to look no further than this trio of sisters from Detroit. For during a half decade between 1979 and 1984, Shirley, Valorie and Brenda Jones created some of the most glorious Soul music around.Born and raised in Detroit in a gospel singing family, the Jones Girls spent the better part of the 60s and 70s as sought-after backing vocalists, first regionally and then on a national basis. Their attempts to break through as a singing group on a number of smaller labels (including a brief stint at Curtis Mayfield\u2019s Curtom label) failed, and they seemed destined to spend their careers harmonizing behind bigger artists. However, while serving as Diana Ross\u2019s backing group during a mid-70s tour, the girls were \u201cdiscovered\u201d by Kenny Gamble and were signed to Gamble &amp; Huff\u2019s Philadelphia International Records.They came out smoking on PIR with their eponymous debut album and the infectious dance single \u201cYou Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else,\u201d which stormed the pop, soul and dance charts. They followed with the beautiful ballad, \u201cWe\u2019re A Melody,\u201d a prototypical Philly song with sophisticated arrangements wrapped around their wonderful harmonies.<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry themeform\">\n<div class=\"entry-inner\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/7MRCd5tmZ2iURu4elcBsuH?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Both drop dead gorgeous and talented, the Jones Girls were individually accomplished singers; but together, their voices were absolutely heavenly. And at PIR they found the perfect match in the melodic writing and lush production that Gamble &amp; Huff and Dexter Wansel\/Cynthia Biggs\u00a0provided them. Their second and third PIR albums were gems.\u00a0<em>At Peace With Woman<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Get As Much Love As You Can<\/em>\u00a0featured a number of now classic cuts, including the club favorite \u201cNights Over Egypt,\u201d the sassy \u201cI Just Love the Man\u201d and a timeless cover of the Stylistics\u2019 \u201cChildren of the Night.\u201dIn what would prove a career mistake, the Jones Girls left Philadelphia International for RCA Records in 1984, and couldn\u2019t recapture the magic. They retired the group in 1985 and lead singer Shirley Jones went solo, returning to PIR in 1986 for\u00a0<em>Always In The Mood<\/em>\u00a0and its #1 hit, \u201cDo You Get Enough Love.\u201d She continued to record sporadically over the next decade, and the group reunited from time to time for special concerts and issued a 1992 reunion album,\u00a0<em>Coming Back<\/em>, in Europe.The sisters spent much of the next decade raising their children, occasionally reuniting for shows (particularly in Europe) and providing guest vocal help to other artists.\u00a0 They released\u00a0<em>Best of the Jones Girls<\/em>\u00a0in 2000, a great sampler of their work on PIR and an essential purchase for lovers of sophisticated, well orchestrated soul music. Sadly, sister Valorie died the next year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/68VCCqeujyd3SqmYAWB0lZ?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Brenda Jones ultimately moved to Atlanta, where she sang frequently with her four-piece band, performing both Jazz and R&amp;B numbers, including several Jones Girls tunes.\u00a0 She later moved to New York after her children were grown, to have a more active performing and recording schedule. Brenda died tragically on April 4, 2017 after being hit by an automobile.Shirley Jones is based in Atlanta and has appeared in several stage plays and concerts in the US and Europe with such artists as Jean Carne, Glenn Jones and Cherelle.\u00a0 In 2010, after a long recording break, Shirley released the solo album,\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soultracks.com\/shirley-jones-feels-like-heaven-review\">Feels Like Heaven<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>She has continued to record successful singles since then, and also tours regularly, performing solo or with backing singers replicating the Jones Girls sound.Despite their relatively brief recording period on PIR, the Jones Girls\u2019 exquisite harmonies and engaging stage presence, combined with the uniformly excellent songs they received, created a powerful musical legacy that continues to this day. 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