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Glenn Jones

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Biography

While he's never been as commanding an r&b/urban vocalist as he was in his gospel days, Glenn Jones has nevertheless managed a successful switch from spiritual to secular material. Norman Connors helped Jones make the move in 1980, featuring him on a song for his LP Take It To The Limit. Jones later toured with Connors, and also sang on C'mon DJ. He signed with RCA in 1983, and issued a mini-album, which garnered a Top 30 r&b single in "I Am Somebody." The next LP, The Awakening, was produced by Leon Sylvers and gave Jones his first genuine smash, the number three r&b hit "Show Me." Jones' duet with Dionne Warwick was the theme song for the 1984 television series Finder of Lost Loves. He also sang "Talk Me into It," which was featured in the film Is That A Riot?. Jones left RCA for Jive in 1987, and enjoyed another big hit with "We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)," which reached number two r&b in 1987. He recorded for Jive until 1992, moving to Atlantic for Here I Go Again On My Own; Here I Am followed two years later, with So Wrong, It's Right appearing in 1998. ~ Ron Wynn, Rovi

Top Tracks

Total plays on Last.fm over the last 6 months
  1. A Snapshot of Mom, Scotland, 1957 - (8:03)  -  904 plays
  2. The Great Pacific Northwest - (4:57)  -  896 plays
  3. The Great Swamp Way Rout - (2:50)  -  791 plays
  4. Of Its Own Kind - (7:25)  -  777 plays
  5. Anchor Chain Blues - (5:31)  -  666 plays
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