Samantha Jones (singer)
Jean Owen ( born November 17, 1943 in Liverpool, England), known by the stage name Samantha Jones, is an English singer. She had her biggest solo success in the early 1970s in Belgium and the Netherlands, where she won several awards. Bruce Eder on Allmusic compares with Dusty Springfield and Darlene Love.
Life and work
Jean Owen began her musical career in 1961 in the singing group " The Vernons Girls" who had several hits in the early 1960. In 1964 she appeared as Samatha Jones solo appearance. Her single " Do not Come Any Closer" from 1965 was covered in the same year by Françoise Hardy under the French title " Ce n'est pas un rêve ". In 1967, Samantha Jones with "The Real Me" and " Where Are the Men " on the soundtrack of the film The Revenge of Fu Manchu involved. The title "Surrounded By A Ray Of Sunshine" (1967 ) later experienced a renaissance in the Northern Soul club scene. Their first album, Call It Samantha was published only in 1968 in the United States.
The second album, A Girl Named Sam (1969 ) was produced by Mark Wirtz. With the title "Today ( Without You ) " won Samantha Jones in October 1969 the Grand Prix RTL and went into the Belgian and Dutch charts. The following year, she won with her version of My Way, the music festival in Belgium Knokke -Heist. "My Way" became a hit in Holland and appeared nearly two decades later (1988 ) on the album World Stars - 28 Greatest Artists Of The World.
In Germany Samantha Jones appeared in the disco broadcast on 5 June 1971. By the time they earned a reputation as a revue singer and occurred mainly on cruise ships. The mid-1980s she began working as a producer of music shows.