Sharon Jones (born May 4, 1956) is an American soul/funk singer and lead singer of Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, who are widely considered to be at the forefront of a revivalist movement that aims to recapture the feeling of soul and funk music as it was at its height in the late 1960s to mid 1970s. Despite trying to forge a career as a professional singer since an early age, it has only been in her middle age that Jones has experienced breakthrough success.

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  • Sharon Jones (born May 4, 1956) is an American soul/funk singer and lead singer of Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, who are widely considered to be at the forefront of a revivalist movement that aims to recapture the feeling of soul and funk music as it was at its height in the late 1960s to mid 1970s. Despite trying to forge a career as a professional singer since an early age, it has only been in her middle age that Jones has experienced breakthrough success.
  • Sharon Jones, cantante de soul y funk nacida en Augusta el 4 de Mayo de 1956. Comenzó su carrera a finales de los 90s, pero su grave y potente voz correspondía según muchos a tres décadas antes. Su sonido evoca a dos de las protegidas funk de James Brown; Marva Whitney y Lynn Collins. Nació en Georgia en 1958, y pasó su infancia entre Nueva York y el sur del país. Su prmiera demostración de talento la hizo en el coro de la iglesia, y con tan sólo 14 años tocaba el órgano cada domingo en "Queens' Universal Church of God". Durante algunos año hizo distintas grabaciones bajo el sobrenombre de "Miss Lafaye", trabajando principalmente en la discoteca funk de Nueva York Desco, donde se dio a conocer, y momento a partir del que cosechó temas como "Damn It's Hot", "Switchblade", "The Landlord", "You Better Think Twice" o una versión de The J.B. "I got the feelin'". Con la desaparición de Desco en 2001 grabó para la discográfica Daptone el single "Got a Thing on My Mind", acompañada de la banda The Dap Kings. En la primavera de 2002 lanzó su álbum de debut "Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings", en el que demuestra un sonido propio de la década de los 60s con el soul y el funk más puros. En 2008 grabó una versión en clave de reggae de la canción "How Long Do I Have To Wait For You", acompañada de los Dap-Kings y producida por el teclista Victor Axelrod "Ticklah" (Antibalas, Amy Winehouse, Easy Star All Stars, Boilers, etc.).
  • Sharon Jones est une chanteuse américaine de Soul. Elle est née le 4 mai 1956 à Augusta en Géorgie.
  • Sharon Jones é uma cantora estadunidense de soul/funk e vocalista da banda Sharon Jones and Dap-Kings. http://www. worlds-fair. net/sharon_jones/ http://www. daptonerecords. com/pages/stable_sharon. html http://www. rebirthcom. com/Sharon-Jones-discographie. php http://www. starpulse. com/Music/Jones,_Sharon/Biography/ Video-interview with Sharon Jones, recorded in Amsterdam, October 2007 (revu. nl) Sharon Jones no All Music Folha Online - Ex-carcereira, cantora Sharon Jones é redescoberta após "empurrãozinho" de Amy Winehouse Sharon Jones no site Rua de Baixo The Freakium - Sharon Jones - A Velha Nova Revelação do Soul/Funk
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  • Sharon Jones (born May 4, 1956) is an American soul/funk singer and lead singer of Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, who are widely considered to be at the forefront of a revivalist movement that aims to recapture the feeling of soul and funk music as it was at its height in the late 1960s to mid 1970s. Despite trying to forge a career as a professional singer since an early age, it has only been in her middle age that Jones has experienced breakthrough success.
  • Sharon Jones, cantante de soul y funk nacida en Augusta el 4 de Mayo de 1956. Comenzó su carrera a finales de los 90s, pero su grave y potente voz correspondía según muchos a tres décadas antes. Su sonido evoca a dos de las protegidas funk de James Brown; Marva Whitney y Lynn Collins. Nació en Georgia en 1958, y pasó su infancia entre Nueva York y el sur del país.
  • Sharon Jones est une chanteuse américaine de Soul. Elle est née le 4 mai 1956 à Augusta en Géorgie.
  • Sharon Jones é uma cantora estadunidense de soul/funk e vocalista da banda Sharon Jones and Dap-Kings. http://www. worlds-fair. net/sharon_jones/ http://www. daptonerecords. com/pages/stable_sharon. html http://www. rebirthcom. com/Sharon-Jones-discographie. php http://www. starpulse. com/Music/Jones,_Sharon/Biography/ Video-interview with Sharon Jones, recorded in Amsterdam, October 2007 (revu.
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