ARTIST PROFILE: Jack Jones
Posted by Radiocafé on 18 Jan 2008 at 1:14 pm |
Category: 2. Vocal Gems
Ask anyone for a list of the truly great male singers, and the reply inevitably includes Sinatra, Bennett, and Crosby. Vic Damone, Bobby Darrin, Nat King Cole and the other Rat-Pack members are also likely to be named. But those who really know their singers will include Jack Jones somewhere up the top of this list.
It’s easy to see why. This is a man who has performed to sell-out audiences for best part of half a century. He has released dozen upon dozen of fantastic albums. He has recorded infamous theme tunes… Continue reading
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I had a look in HMV the other day, and there’s a brand new “80s soul weekender” CD out. I have a few of these collections already. On taking a look at the track listings, it all seemed just a little too familiar. Rufus and Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody. Yes, great tune, certainly a classic, but doesn’t it feature on every 80s soul CD ever made? Candi Staton – Young Hearts. Maybe just a tad overplayed? Earth Wind & Fire – Boogie Wonderland. Haven’t we had that one a few times… 
Alyson Williams is one of many of today’s great singers who learned her craft surrounded by the very best. Her musical roots stem from some of the finest soul music ever made, having sung with all time greats such as Melba Moore, Curtis Hairston and Bobby Brown.
Imagine if your musical résumé included the following: performed with Duke Ellington; sang lead vocals for Earth Wind & Fire and Norman Connors; signed by Motown; sang a duet with Glenn Jones; produced by Gamble and Huff. It’s no understatement to say that Jean Carne deserves to be ranked up there with the greatest female soul singers of all time. 
Ask anyone who knows their soul ”what is your favourite female group of all time”, and don’t be surprised if they answer “The Jones Girls”.
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