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The Jones Girls



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Valerie, Shirley, and Brenda Jones spent more than ten years in the music business before they tasted success of their own. During that time, however, their voices graced the records and stage performances of dozens of established stars, including Diana Ross and Betty Everett.

The daughters of Detroit-based gospel singer Mary Francis Jones, Valerie, Shirley, and Brenda Jones spent years singing on other artists' recording sessions in Detroit, and later in Los Angeles. The trio first tried making their own records for the tiny Fortune label in Detroit during the '60s with no success. They moved to Hot Wax-Invictus, the company formed by Holland-Dozier-Holland, during the later part of the decade, but sales of those records weren't much more encouraging.

It was during this period that session work came to dominate their activities -- the Jones Girls were in heavy demand to sing on other artists' singles. In 1973, they were signed to the Curtom Records subsidiary imprint Gemigo, a label that was originally organized as an outlet for Leroy Hutson's activities as a producer and arranger. "If You Don't Love Me No More," their debut single, wasn't especially popular, but it led to a follow-up record, "Will You Be There," that proved extremely important. The single never sold but its arranger, Gil Askey, who was working for Diana Ross, recommended the Jones Girls as backup singers for her on tour for a series of engagements that lasted two years and brought them some valuable exposure. Ironically enough, Curtom was sitting on an entire LP cut by the trio that never got released. One of the songs off of the album, "Hey Lucinda," was issued as a single, but it did less good for the Jones Girls than it did for Betty Everett, who later recorded her vocals over their backing track for her version of the song, which did chart.

Their performances with Diana Ross opened up many doors, however, including a contract with Philadelphia International Records at the end of the '70s. The trio cut four LPs in their three years with the label, enjoying a string of hits around them including "You're Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else," "Better Things to Do," "Nights Over Egypt," and "I Just Love the Man." They later left Philadelphia International for an offer from RCA, but their sales at the new label were poor. The trio never recaptured the moment they had at the end of the '70s and the beginning of the '80s. Shirley Jones, who was the first of the trio to record singly, with an entire album for Philadelphia International, has continued to carve out a separate career.



-- by Bruce Eder, All Music Guide


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The Jones Girls1979The Jones Girls
At Peace With Woman1980At Peace With Woman
Get as Much Love as You Can1982Get as Much Love as You Can
On Target1983On Target
Keep It Coming1984Keep It Coming
Coming Back1992Coming Back
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1979 The Jones Girls

01. This Feeling's Killing Me
02. You Made Me Love You
03. Show Love Today
04. You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else
05. Life Goes On
06. Who Can I Run To
07. We're A Melody
08. I'm At Your Mercy


1980 At Peace With Woman

01. This Feeling's Killing Me
02. You Made Me Love You
03. Show Love Today
04. You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else
05. Life Goes On
06. Who Can I Run To?
07. We're A Melody
08. I'm At Your Mercy
09. Children Of The Night
10. Let's Celebrate (Sittin' On Top Of The World)
11. Dance Turned Into A Romance
12. I Close My Eyes
13. At Peace With Woman
14. When I'm Gone
15. I Just Love The Man
16. Back In The Day
17. Eternally (Bonus Track)



1982 Get as Much Love as You Can

01. (I Found) That Man of Mine
02. Get as Much Love as You Can
03. Nights Over Egypt song review
04. Love Don't Ever Say Goodbye
05. ASAP
06. Let's Be Friends First
07. The World Will Sing Our Song
08. You're Breakin' My Heart


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1983 On Target

01. Let's Hit It (dialogue)
02. On Target
03. 2 Win U Back
04. Baby I'm Yours
05. Knockin'
06. I Can Make A Difference
07. What A Fool
08. Curious
09. I'm A Woman Here
10. On Target (reprise)
11. On Target (instrumental)



1984 Keep It Coming

01. Keep It Coming
02. Won't Let You Take It Back
03. Why You Wanna Do That to Me
04. You Can't Have My Love
05. Better Things to Do
06. Love Is Comin' Atcha
07. Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah song review
08. Right Stuff


1992 Coming Back

01. Coming Back
02. When a Woman's in Love
03. Sweet Ecstasy
04. Tell Me Why
05. Where Is Your Love
06. Getting on With My Own Life
07. You Threw Your Love Away
09. Free
10. Merry-Go-Round
11. Could Have Been Right
12. All I Want


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