Will Jones
Will "Dub" Jones (born May 14, 1928 in Shreveport , Louisiana , † January 16, 2000 in Long Beach , California ) was a rhythm and blues and doo wop singer of the 1950s.
After his military service, Jones moved to Los Angeles , where he initially joined the Soul Seekers with Ted Taylor and Lloyd McCraw . At the end of the 1940s, the three formed their own band with Aaron Collins , which initially made recordings for RPM under the name The Cadets . In individual cases, such as the single Hands Across the Table , they expanded their name to Will Jones & the Cadets. The band's biggest hit was The Jacks : Stranded in the Jungle , released on Modern Records , stayed in the charts for several weeks. On the side, Jones helped Jesse Belvin on recordings and played in a group called The Joneses.
In 1958 Jones moved to New York City to join the Coasters , whose former bass singer Bobby Nunn had stayed in LA. Jones' vocals can be heard on Yakety Yak , Charlie Brown and Poison Ivy , among others . In the 1960s he left the band again.
Later he sang with Cora Washington in the duo Cora & Dub and was a guest musician on recordings of the Trammps . In 1980 he started a band called The World Famous Coasters with Billy Guy and then returned to LA, where he worked again with Lloyd McCraw. Jones died on January 16, 2000 in Long Beach, California.
literature
- Steve Propes, Galen Gart: LA R&B Vocal Groups 1945–1965 . 1st edition. Nickel Publications, Milford 2001, ISBN 0-936433-18-3 , The Jacks / Cadets, pp. 89-99 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jones, Will |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jones, Dub (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American R&B and Doo Wop singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shreveport , Louisiana, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 2000 |
| Place of death | Long Beach, California , USA |