Gloria Jones (born 19 October 1945, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American sin… Read Full Bio ↴Gloria Jones (born 19 October 1945, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American singer. She first recorded the 1964 northern soul classic Tainted Love, later a hit for the British synth-pop duo Soft Cell in 1981.
Gloria Jones was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 7, where she first started singing. Gloria's first taste of fame came at the age of 14, when, while still at school, she formed with Frankie Kahrl and Billy Preston the successful gospel group the Cogic Singers. Although she remained with the group for some four years, she soon found herself drawn into the Los Angeles pop scene.
In 1964, Gloria Jones, in her late-teens, was discovered by hit songwriter Ed Cobb. Signing with Cobb's Greengrass Productions, Gloria recorded her first hit record, "Heartbeat Pts 1 & 2," which Cobb wrote and produced. She toured the country, performing on several American TV shows, footage of which still exists. One memorable performance occurred at a Rock and Soul show in Disneyland in the summer of 1965. "Heartbeat" became a classic rhythm and blues tune which later was recorded by Dusty Springfield, Spencer Davis and many other artists who attempted to capture the Gloria Jones sound.
By then, Gloria had gone on to record other songs for Uptown records, a subsidiary of Capitol/EMI. Included among these tunes was another Cobb written song, "Tainted Love". In fact the group, Soft Cell, whose version of "Tainted Love" reached #1 worldwide, originally heard Gloria sing this classic years before in Northern England. So strong was Gloria's following there that she was proclaimed the "Northern Queen of Soul." Gloria also recorded an LP for the Uptown label entitled Come Go With Me which was released in 1966.
Gloria studied piano, and acquired an advanced classical degree primarily in the works of Bach. In 1968, Gloria joined the cast of Catch My Soul, a Rock and Soul version of the play, Othello, which included cast members Jerry Lee Louis, The Blossoms, and Dr. John. During the summer of 1968, she performed in a play called Revolution, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. 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 wrote for such artists as Gladys Knight & the Pips, Commodores, The Four Tops and The Jackson 5. As Jones was also initially a singer for the label, protocol demanded a pseudonym, so for some of her earlier co-writes she used the name LaVerne Ware.
Songs that Gloria worked on during this period include The Supremes' "Have I Lost You" (writer), Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross "My Mistake" (writer), Junior Walker's "I Ain't Goin' Nowhere" (writer/producer) and the Four Top's "Just Seven Numbers" (writer). The most fondly remembered song that Gloria penned was Gladys Knight and the Pips "If I Were Your Woman", which was nominated for a Grammy award in 1971. However, Gloria left Motown at the end of 1972, subsequent to the release of her much acclaimed album Share My Love.
Gloria first met Marc Bolan of T. Rex in 1969 while performing in Hair (Los Angeles cast). The late Jobriath invited the cast to a party in Hollywood for Marc. While touring in Europe, Marc and Gloria met for the second time at the Speakeasy in London. In 1972, she was recommended by Warner Brothers Bob Regere to sing backing vocals behind T. Rex at the Winterland in San Francisco. Their mutual interest in all kinds of music brought them closer together, in mixing the various sounds of Rock and Soul. This went on to influence the likes of Boy George, Marc Almond, and so many others to take their sound into the eighties.
Soon after joining T. Rex, Gloria and Marc became romantically involved. Together, they had a son, Rolan Bolan (Rolan Seymour Feld Bolan, 26.09.1975). She sang backing vocals and played clavinet with T. Rex from 1973 to 1977. Gloria released an album in 1976, called Vixen, featuring several songs written by Marc Bolan, as he also was the producer, this album also featured a re-working of 'Tainted Love"- several of these tracks date back to the then unreleased 'Sister Pat Hall" album from sessions as far back as 1973. In 1977, Gloria worked with the group Gonzales, producing several of their singles, and also penning the disco smash, 'I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet' for the group. She toured the UK with Gonzales, first on the Bob Marley tour, and then with Osibisa.
She was the driver of the car, an Austin Mini, that crashed and killed Marc Bolan on 16 September 1977. Gloria nearly died in the accident, and was in the hospital for several days afterwards. She did not learn of Marc's death until the day of his funeral. When she was well enough to leave the hospital, she soon found that Bolan's fans had looted what was left of hers and Marc's possessions, and since she and Marc were not legally married, she was not entitled to any inheritance, except for 10,000 GBP which Marc left her in his will, drafted in 1973.
Having lost her possessions, Jones and her son quickly moved back to Los Angeles where they stayed with Gloria's family.
In 1978, Gloria released the album Windstorm, which was a dedication to the memory of Marc Bolan. On the back cover, it is written "Special Dedication in memory of my son's father, the late Marc Bolan, whom we miss very much." Her single 'Bring On The Love' was a success on American R&B charts.
Gloria stayed in the music business for several years after, releasing an album produced by Ed Cobb, titled Reunited in 1981. She also collaborated again with Billy Preston and other Cogic Singers for a 1984 reunion album The Cogic's.
Gloria has since worked as a musical supervisor for films and is presently living in Sierra Leone, where she is building The Marc Bolan School Of Music And Film.
Gloria Jones was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 7, where she first started singing. Gloria's first taste of fame came at the age of 14, when, while still at school, she formed with Frankie Kahrl and Billy Preston the successful gospel group the Cogic Singers. Although she remained with the group for some four years, she soon found herself drawn into the Los Angeles pop scene.
In 1964, Gloria Jones, in her late-teens, was discovered by hit songwriter Ed Cobb. Signing with Cobb's Greengrass Productions, Gloria recorded her first hit record, "Heartbeat Pts 1 & 2," which Cobb wrote and produced. She toured the country, performing on several American TV shows, footage of which still exists. One memorable performance occurred at a Rock and Soul show in Disneyland in the summer of 1965. "Heartbeat" became a classic rhythm and blues tune which later was recorded by Dusty Springfield, Spencer Davis and many other artists who attempted to capture the Gloria Jones sound.
By then, Gloria had gone on to record other songs for Uptown records, a subsidiary of Capitol/EMI. Included among these tunes was another Cobb written song, "Tainted Love". In fact the group, Soft Cell, whose version of "Tainted Love" reached #1 worldwide, originally heard Gloria sing this classic years before in Northern England. So strong was Gloria's following there that she was proclaimed the "Northern Queen of Soul." Gloria also recorded an LP for the Uptown label entitled Come Go With Me which was released in 1966.
Gloria studied piano, and acquired an advanced classical degree primarily in the works of Bach. In 1968, Gloria joined the cast of Catch My Soul, a Rock and Soul version of the play, Othello, which included cast members Jerry Lee Louis, The Blossoms, and Dr. John. During the summer of 1968, she performed in a play called Revolution, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. 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 wrote for such artists as Gladys Knight & the Pips, Commodores, The Four Tops and The Jackson 5. As Jones was also initially a singer for the label, protocol demanded a pseudonym, so for some of her earlier co-writes she used the name LaVerne Ware.
Songs that Gloria worked on during this period include The Supremes' "Have I Lost You" (writer), Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross "My Mistake" (writer), Junior Walker's "I Ain't Goin' Nowhere" (writer/producer) and the Four Top's "Just Seven Numbers" (writer). The most fondly remembered song that Gloria penned was Gladys Knight and the Pips "If I Were Your Woman", which was nominated for a Grammy award in 1971. However, Gloria left Motown at the end of 1972, subsequent to the release of her much acclaimed album Share My Love.
Gloria first met Marc Bolan of T. Rex in 1969 while performing in Hair (Los Angeles cast). The late Jobriath invited the cast to a party in Hollywood for Marc. While touring in Europe, Marc and Gloria met for the second time at the Speakeasy in London. In 1972, she was recommended by Warner Brothers Bob Regere to sing backing vocals behind T. Rex at the Winterland in San Francisco. Their mutual interest in all kinds of music brought them closer together, in mixing the various sounds of Rock and Soul. This went on to influence the likes of Boy George, Marc Almond, and so many others to take their sound into the eighties.
Soon after joining T. Rex, Gloria and Marc became romantically involved. Together, they had a son, Rolan Bolan (Rolan Seymour Feld Bolan, 26.09.1975). She sang backing vocals and played clavinet with T. Rex from 1973 to 1977. Gloria released an album in 1976, called Vixen, featuring several songs written by Marc Bolan, as he also was the producer, this album also featured a re-working of 'Tainted Love"- several of these tracks date back to the then unreleased 'Sister Pat Hall" album from sessions as far back as 1973. In 1977, Gloria worked with the group Gonzales, producing several of their singles, and also penning the disco smash, 'I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet' for the group. She toured the UK with Gonzales, first on the Bob Marley tour, and then with Osibisa.
She was the driver of the car, an Austin Mini, that crashed and killed Marc Bolan on 16 September 1977. Gloria nearly died in the accident, and was in the hospital for several days afterwards. She did not learn of Marc's death until the day of his funeral. When she was well enough to leave the hospital, she soon found that Bolan's fans had looted what was left of hers and Marc's possessions, and since she and Marc were not legally married, she was not entitled to any inheritance, except for 10,000 GBP which Marc left her in his will, drafted in 1973.
Having lost her possessions, Jones and her son quickly moved back to Los Angeles where they stayed with Gloria's family.
In 1978, Gloria released the album Windstorm, which was a dedication to the memory of Marc Bolan. On the back cover, it is written "Special Dedication in memory of my son's father, the late Marc Bolan, whom we miss very much." Her single 'Bring On The Love' was a success on American R&B charts.
Gloria stayed in the music business for several years after, releasing an album produced by Ed Cobb, titled Reunited in 1981. She also collaborated again with Billy Preston and other Cogic Singers for a 1984 reunion album The Cogic's.
Gloria has since worked as a musical supervisor for films and is presently living in Sierra Leone, where she is building The Marc Bolan School Of Music And Film.
Tell Me Now
Gloria Jones Lyrics
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40 Below Summer where is the answer and where is the game and where is…
:Wumpscut: Sag es dass Du willst Dass Du mein Verlangen stillst…
Anna S I wish I knew that there were many other answers…
Armand Joubert Tell me now You better tell me now Baby, tell me now If…
Astera I've been look up the big of tree's Splaying, splay rain…
Beenie Man Yes, iyah Some gal a move like dem a killa But dem…
Bellefire I know it's all over, but I think of you…
BOOGIE T.RIO 30, you a fool for this one I think you tried…
Brave Girls 감정을 누른 다음 걸음을 잠시 멈춰 고개를 빼 들어 너를 마주해 한 치 앞을…
Buddy Holly Tell me how to keep your love You know how I…
C&S Tell me what you want from me Tell me what you…
Cats Tell me what are we gonna do now Is there any…
Charles Ramirez & J. Nandez 暗い街に 生まれ 祈る事といえば いつか見た青空へ 飛び立つことだけ サイコロの目に俺が出たのか 長距離電話のベルが鳴る…
Charles Ramirez and J. Nandez Your so irresistible, (Irresistible) Why lie can I get to…
Chronixx Give thanks to Rastafari See another day Thanks to Rastafari…
Copycattz I can read it from you eyes You blew your cover,…
Cub Were you gonna tell me? Tell me Or were you just…
Dan Winter & Ryan T Count the white lines on the highway Wishing you were by…
Daniel Johnston You′ll never know dear, the tears that I cry I don't…
Demis Roussos TELL ME NOW Pardon me if i disturb you for a…
Destiny Why don't you just admit it 'Cause I don't need your…
Dingo Tell me now The cool wind from the desert Swings the door…
DJ D-Kent Tell me Ey who's got it all figured out Tell me Who's got…
Eden's Bridge Was it a case of mistaken identity A shot in the…
Faroe5 Tell me now Tell me how What am I doing? I don’t want…
fly Dime ma baby Cuando te volveré a ver Me tienes girando Pensa…
Fly & Sasha Fashion Tell me about it Don't you hold it just tell me…
G.na(지나) Neo eobsido naneun gwaenchantago Neo eobsido naneun jaljinae…
G.NA지나 (Gina Jane Choi지나 제인 최) Baby, come here tell me just how you like it I'll…
Gloria Tells Tell me now Tell me something Cause i don′t know it's gonna…
Gufs The Fear me now I'm crawling back to you Understand your decen…
Hanna Pakarinen Lately, I've spent too many days dead on the ground Lately,…
Hans Zimmer Long ago your name A shadow in my dreams The mild brave…
Hans Zimmer & Moya Brennan Long ago, Your name a shadow, In my dreams, the white, Brav…
Humane It could have been a story It could have been a…
Jāmin From apple trees to wardrobes The Shire lands to Mordor A wo…
Jean-Luc Le Ténia Verse 1 Don't know if you know that I know you're…
Kiss & The Tells Did you know I had a secret But I can’t hide…
LOOΠΔ 이달의 소녀 감정을 누른 다음 걸음을 잠시 멈춰 고개를 빼 들어 너를 마주해 한 치 앞을…
Lord Of Lords 'Til I feel it, yeah 'Til I feel it, yeah yeah 'Til…
Marcia Griffiths I'd like to kiss you once more Just to hold you…
Mary Hopkin If you want me here to stay Before I give my…
Mazzy Star (Batman Forever soundtrack) Tell me now Three days of spiri…
MiC LOWRY I feel the tension rising Even though you′ve been trying to…
Miss B. Haven It's ok, I'll do what I want If I choose,…
mixtapes & meltdowns Tell me why I'm waiting for someone To come and give…
Modern Romance Verse 1 When I wrote this song, I thought of how…
Moodyy Went through some shit I don't want to live again Divided…
Moya Brennan Long Ago, Your name a shadow, in my dreams, the white bra…
Orly Vardy Tell Me Now Why'd you leave me I got to know…
Paramore I can't call you a stranger But I can't call you I…
Pino Daniele Tell me now now now Si sì bbouno o si sì…
Ryan T Count the white lines on the highway Wishing you were by…
Sal Houdini 1) Tell me now baby what mistake that I made? Tell me…
Sara Phillips From the top of the world Baby we slipped and I've never…
Sash! With a little bit of love (a huh a hu-aah…
Sash! Featuring CA$H N**** step back Got the step back Make them step back I migh…
Shane Minor You never close your eyes when you kiss me We…
Sheila and The Kit Man you're a project Tired of messing with you And I…
The Crickets Tell me how to keep your love You know how I…
The Gufs Catch me I'm falling I'm spinning out of control Over you Ma…
The Rescue We take all of our goodness And we pack it all…
V.A.(Studio One) If you think you're ready Let the games begin Just roll th…
Various Artists You ain't got no kind of feeling inside I got something…
Vespucci & Jones George Jones & Melba Montgomery Have you ever come home tir…
We Came As Romans Stuck at a fork in the road, which way should…
Yeng Constantino I love to hurt you baby I love to see you…
Zimmer Hans Long ago your name A shadow in my dreams The wild brave…
Zoe Brush Let's take it slow Just one day at at time It's always…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Gloria Jones:
#194. Tainted Love Sometimes I feel I've got to Run away I've got to Get…
*Tainted Love Sometimes I feel I've got to Run away I've got to Get…
- Tainted Love Sometimes I feel I've got to Run away I've got to Get…
13. Tainted Love Sometimes I feel I've got to Run away I've got to Get…
Go Now We've already said goodbye Since you gotta go, oh you better…
Heartbeat HEARTBEAT A fell you heartbeat you fell heartbeat dipen time…
High Beautiful dawn - lights up the shore for me. There is…
Tainted Love Sometimes I feel I've got to Run away I've got to Get…
Tainted Love (1976 Recording) Sometimes I feel I've got to Run away, I've got to Get…
What You Want You don't know what love is 'Til you've learned the meaning…
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