Paul Jones (singer)

Paul Jones ( born February 24, 1942 in Portsmouth, Hampshire as Paul Pond ) is a British singer, actor and harmonica player.

Jones became well known in the sixties as a singer of the pop group Manfred Mann. After his departure in 1966, he pursued a solo career as a singer temporarily. In Britain, he scored with High Time, which came in at number 4 of the singles charts in 1966, and I've Been A Bad Bad Boy, 1967 at No. 5, two hits. He also worked in film and musical productions such as 1967 in the British film privilege and was heard with Alexis Korner at Rockpalast (The Party Album, 1978). Since the 80s, Paul Jones singer of the blues band, since 1991 member of The Manfred, a band made ​​up of former members of the former Manfred Mann band. This includes Mike d'Abo, who once replaced him as a singer with Manfred Mann, and with whom he occasionally occurs to this day together.

2005 Jones was heard on the album Piece by Piece by British singer Katie Melua, 2009 on the album sessions the band Nick Vernier. In 2007 published two DVDs with Dave Kelly and Paul Jones. ( An Evening with Paul Jones & Dave Kelly [live ] Vol.1 & Vol.2 )