Sharon Jones (singer)

Sharon Lafaye Jones ( born May 4, 1956 in Augusta, Georgia, United States) is an American soul and funk singer. Notoriety she gained mainly from 2002 through the publication of several albums with the " Dap - Kings " ( " Sharon Jones & the Dap - Kings ").

Biography

As a child, Sharon Jones sang in the church choir gospel songs. They took an early interest for the music of James Brown, who grew up in Augusta. In Teenager, she moved with her ​​family to Brooklyn, where they hoped a record deal. Instead, she sang in the choir accompaniment for others and worked as a prison guard.

In 1996, she fell to Gabriel Roth and Philippe Lehman, the operators of the record label Desco Records. Sharon Jones was one of the accompanying singers with recordings of the band " Soul Providers ". In Desco Jones released several singles. 2000 Desco has been set.

In 2002, Gabriel Roth with Neal Sugarman (The Sugarman Three) the label Daptone Records with the house band " The Dap - Kings ", which emerged primarily from the " Soul Providers ". With this band in the background Sharon Jones made ​​several albums ( " Sharon Jones & the Dap - Kings "), which were increasingly successful. In 2013, a cholangiocarcinoma was diagnosed with Sharon Jones. Because of this cancer, the singer had to cancel both the release of her album "Give the People What They Want" as well as the planned tour in June of this year. After completion of chemotherapy, and shortly before the publication of the shifted album on January 14, 2014 Sharon Jones confirmed to return to the stage.

Discography

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)

Albums

  • Dap Dippin 'with Sharon Stone 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)

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