Linda Jones was an American soul singer. She started in her family's gospel group the Jones Singers at the age of six. Her first recording was "Lonely Teardrops" under the name Linda Lane, on Cub Records in 1963, and she had unsuccessful singles on Atco Records in 1964 and Blue Cat Records the following year. She signed with Warner Bros. Records subsidiary Loma Records in 1967 and released the biggest of several hits, "Hypnotized".

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  • Linda Jones was an American soul singer. She started in her family's gospel group the Jones Singers at the age of six. Her first recording was "Lonely Teardrops" under the name Linda Lane, on Cub Records in 1963, and she had unsuccessful singles on Atco Records in 1964 and Blue Cat Records the following year. She signed with Warner Bros. Records subsidiary Loma Records in 1967 and released the biggest of several hits, "Hypnotized". Soon after her career took off, however, she was diagnosed with diabetes and died in 1972 at age 27 after she collapsed backstage at the Apollo Theater. Terry Jones, Linda's daughter, gives the following account of her last days:
  • Linda Jones war eine US-amerikanische Soul-Sängerin. Ihr größter Hit war "Hypnotized", der 1967 in den USA Platz 4 der Black Singles Charts und Platz 21 der Popcharts erreichte. Bis 1972 hatte sie acht Hits in den Black-Music-Charts, von denen vier auch in die Hot 100 kamen. Erfolgreich waren auch die Alben "Hypnotized" und "Your Precious Love". Ihre Version des Jerry-Butler-Klassikers "For Your Precious Love" wurde für den Soundtrack des Films Ali in einer fast identischen Version von der Sängerin Truth Hurts aufgenommen. Linda Jones war für ihre besonders emotionale Art zu singen bekannt. Linda Jones war zeitweise wie Ike und Tina Turner bei der Plattenfirm Loma Records unter Vertrag. Linda Jones starb 1972 mit nur 28 Jahren an Diabetes.
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  • Linda Jones was an American soul singer. She started in her family's gospel group the Jones Singers at the age of six. Her first recording was "Lonely Teardrops" under the name Linda Lane, on Cub Records in 1963, and she had unsuccessful singles on Atco Records in 1964 and Blue Cat Records the following year. She signed with Warner Bros. Records subsidiary Loma Records in 1967 and released the biggest of several hits, "Hypnotized".
  • Linda Jones war eine US-amerikanische Soul-Sängerin. Ihr größter Hit war "Hypnotized", der 1967 in den USA Platz 4 der Black Singles Charts und Platz 21 der Popcharts erreichte. Bis 1972 hatte sie acht Hits in den Black-Music-Charts, von denen vier auch in die Hot 100 kamen. Erfolgreich waren auch die Alben "Hypnotized" und "Your Precious Love".
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