Sharon Jones (singer)

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Sharon Jones (2010)
Sharon Jones (2010)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
100 Days, 100 Nights (& the Dap-Kings)
  US 194 10/20/2007 (1 week)
I Learned the Hard Way (& the Dap-Kings)
  DE 69 04/23/2010 (1 week)
  AT 34 04/23/2010 (2 weeks)
  US 15th 04/24/2010 (9 weeks)
Give the People What They Want (& the Dap-Kings)
  DE 79 31/01/2014 (1 week)
  AT 47 31/01/2014 (1 week)
  US 22nd 02/01/2014 (7 weeks)
It's a Holiday Soul Party (& the Dap-Kings)
  US 185 02/01/2016 (1 week)
Soul of a Woman (& the Dap-Kings)
  US 106 09.12.2017 (1 week)

Sharon Jones Lafaye (* 4. May 1956 in Augusta . Georgia ; † 18th November 2016 in Cooperstown , New York ) was an American Soul - and radio - singer . She gained notoriety above all from 2002 through the release of several albums with the "Dap-Kings" ("Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings").

biography

As a child, Sharon Jones sang gospel songs in the church choir . She took an early interest in the music of James Brown , who had also grown up in Augusta. As a teenager, she moved with her family to Brooklyn , where she was hoping for a recording deal. Instead, she sang in the accompanying choir for others and worked, among other things, as a prison guard.

In 1996 she caught the eye of Gabriel Roth and Philippe Lehman , the operators of the music label Desco Records . Sharon Jones was one of the accompanists when the band "Soul Providers" recorded. At Desco, Jones released several singles. In 2000 Desco was discontinued.

In 2002 Gabriel Roth founded the label Daptone Records with Neal Sugarman ( The Sugarman Three ) with the house band “The Dap-Kings”, which essentially emerged from the “Soul Providers”. With this band in the background, Sharon Jones recorded several albums ("Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings"), which were increasingly successful.

In 2013, Sharon Jones was diagnosed with biliary tract cancer. Because of this cancer, the singer had to cancel both the release of her album "Give the People What They Want" and the planned tour in June of that year. After finishing chemotherapy and shortly before the postponed album was released on January 14, 2014, Sharon Jones confirmed that she would return to the stage. The stage comeback was also seen in the 2015 film Miss Sharon Jones! documented.

Sharon Jones died of pancreatic cancer on November 18, 2016 .

Discography

Albums

  • Dap Dippin 'with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (2002, Daptone DAP-001)
  • Naturally (2005, Daptone DAP-004)
  • 100 Days, 100 Nights (2007, Daptone DAP-012)
  • I Learned It the Hard Way (2010, Daptone DAP-019)
  • Soul Time! (2011, Daptone DAP-024)
  • Give the People What They Want (2014, Daptone DAP-032)
  • It's a Holiday Soul Party (2015, Daptone DAP-037)
  • Soul of a Woman (2017, Daptone DAP-050)

Desco singles

  • Damn It's Hot / Damn It's Hot Part 2 (1996, Desco DS-1004)
  • Bump & Touch / Hook & Sling Funky Superfly (1997, Desco DS-1005)
  • You Better Think Twice / I Got the Feeling (1998, Desco DS-1010)

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: Germany - Austria - USA
  2. ↑ Sharon Jones at Allmusic (English)
  3. ↑ Sharon Jones: Tour cancellation and album stop due to serious illness . Rolling Stone , June 3, 2013, accessed November 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ John Luas: Sharon Jones - Keep It going . Interview in hhv.de ​​mag, January 14, 2014, accessed on November 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ Sharon Jones, Soul Singer With Dap-Kings, Dies at 60 , accessed November 20, 2016.

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personal data
SURNAME Jones, Sharon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jones, Sharon Lafaye (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soul and funk singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 4th 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Augusta , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH 18th November 2016
Place of death Cooperstown , New York