Sharon Jones

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Sharon Lafaye Jones (May 4, 1956-November 18, 2016) was an American soul and funk performer.

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New York, was the lead singer.

Jones came late in life, releasing her first album when she was 40 years old.

Jones was nominated for her first Grammy in 2014 for Give the People What They Want.

Early life

Jones was born in Augusta, Georgia, the niece of Ella Mae Price Jones and Charlie Jones, who lived in the South Carolina town of North Augusta. Jones was the youngest of six children; her siblings were Dora, Charles, Ike, Willa, and Henry. Jones' mother raised her deceased sister's four children as well as her own. As a young child, Sharon and the family immigrated to New York City. She and her brothers would often imitate James Brown's singing and dancing as children. Brown, who was also from Augusta, was somehow familiar to her mother.

Jones grew up in Brooklyn, New York, in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn in 1975. She attended Brooklyn College.

Personal life

She lived with her mother in Queens' Far Rockaway neighborhood for many years.

Jones had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer and had undergone surgery, causing her to postpone the unveiling of her group's fifth album, Give the People What They Want. Jones' diagnosis was later upgraded to stage II pancreatic cancer, for which she underwent liver transplantation and chemotherapy. For a time she was bald, and she did not wear wigs for the first time.

Jones revealed that her cancer had returned and that she would be doing chemotherapy again during the screening of her documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015. She had a stroke while watching the 2016 presidential election results and another the next day. During the first part of her hospital stay, Jones remained alert and lucid, with the news of Donald Trump's victory being responsible for her stroke.

Jones died in Cooperstown, New York, at the age of 60.

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Career

During the early 1970s, Jones was a regular gospel singer in church and was often supported by local funk bands. Session work progressed with backing vocals, often credited to Lafaye Jones, but in the absence of a recording deal as a solo artist, she spent many years as a Rikers Island and as an armoured car guard for Wells Fargo until retiring in 1996 as a soul and deep funk legend Lee Fields.

Gabriel Roth and Philippe Lehman, then the owner of the now-defunct French record label Pure Records, were arranged the session. Jones was the only one of three musicians called to the session to attend. Roth and Lehman were elated by her appearance and release of "Switchblade," a solo track with Jones, after she had performed all of the backing parts herself. "The Landlord" and this track were included on Soul Providers' album Soul Tequila, which was released by Lehman on Pure circa 1996. The Soul Providers, a line of the Brooklyn bands Antibalas and the Mighty Imperials, later formed the Dap-Kings, who became Jones' regular backing band.

Lehman and Roth founded Desco Records, a Brooklyn-based record that has since been defunct. Soul Tequila was re-released as Gimme the Paw, which dropped "The Landlord" but kept "Switchblade" instead. Jones recorded and released three 45-rpm singles for Desco: "Damn It's Hot" part 1 (a medley cover of Eddie Bo and Bobby Williams' "Bump N Touch") and "You Better Think Twice" part 1 (a James Brown cover) backed by "I Got the Feeling." The singles attracted some attention among 45 soul and funk enthusiasts, particularly because some collectors may have mistakenly believed them to be originals from the early seventies because they were not dated. These singles were also released on a compilation CD called the Desco Funk 45' Collection, which featured tracks from several other artists in the Desco stable. Desco had a solid following among enthusiasts. Desco continued to produce 45-rpm singles and also released LPs by Lee Fields, the Sugarman 3, the Daktaris, and the Mighty Imperials, as well as a more limited collection of funk 45s. The Mighty Imperials album was the last to be released on the Desco label, and Lehman and Roth parted ways in 2000. Lehman founded Soul Fire Records, which has since been defunct. Roth continued to perform Daptone Records with the saxophonist Neal Sugarman of Sugarman 3.

Daptone Records' first release, which came as a result of Desco Records' success, was a full-length album by Sharon Jones. From the former Soul Providers and the Mighty Imperials, a new band, the Dap-Kings, was formed. Some of the musicians went on to record for Lehman's Soul Fire, while others formed the Budos Band, an Afro-beat band. From the original Soul Providers, Roth (also known as Bosco Mann) on bass, guitarist, and organist Earl Maxton, trumpet player Anda Szilagyi, and organist Earl Maxton, to the present The Dap-Kings.

The band "Shapne" and Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings brought the album Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, which attracted immediate interest and adoration from enthusiasts, DJs, and collectors. Naturally (2005), 100 Days, 100 Nights (2007), and I Learned the Hard Way (2010) are three of many of soul and funk's revivals of soul and funk, with three more albums under their belt.

Jones discussed her contribution to the Daptone Label, an independent firm, in an interview with Billboard in 2015. She cited artistic liberty and the band's contribution to the group.

Jones appeared in Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker's 2007 film The Great Debaters, in which she played Lila, a juke joint singer. "That's What My Baby Likes" by Lucille Bogan is included in the film, as well as additional songs from the 1930s are included in the film's soundtrack. Miss Sharon Jones!, directed by Barbara Kopple, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015.

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