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Gloria Richetta Jones (born October 19, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter who first found success in the United Kingdom, being recognized there as "The Queen of Northern Soul". [1] She recorded the 1965 hit song " Tainted Love " and has worked in multiple genres as a Motown songwriter and recording artist, backing vocalist, and as a ...
Marc Bolan and his girlfriend Gloria Jones spent the evening of 15 September 1977 drinking at the Speakeasy and then dining at Morton's club on Berkeley Square, in Mayfair, Central London. [25]
Owing to the new-found underground popularity of the song, Jones re-recorded "Tainted Love" in 1976 and released it as a single, but it also failed to chart. This version was released on her album Vixen and was produced by her boyfriend Marc Bolan. [9] In 2014, NME ranked it number 305 in their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [10]
Gloria Jones with her and Marc Bolan's son Rolan in 2014. Bolan and Gloria Jones were in a committed romantic relationship from 1973 until his death in September 1977. [42] The couple had a son together in September 1975 and the three of them lived together for nearly two years until Bolan's death.
Marc Bolan of T-Rex was so impressed by Gloria's talents that they joined forces. As early as 1974, their innovative fusion of new wave and soul generated a sound which is still a current musical trend. Gloria Jones and all of T-Rex's fans lost Marc Bolan when he was killed in a car crash in late 1977. In his honor, Gloria Jones, who survived ...
Windstorm is the fourth studio album released by Gloria Jones in 1978. The album was a dedication to Marc Bolan, who died in a car crash in London on September 16, 1977, as on the rear cover, is written: "Special Dedication in memory of my son's father, the late Marc Bolan, whom we miss very much."
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After the chart failure of "Memorabilia", Phonogram Records allowed Soft Cell to record a second and final single in an attempt to score a chart success. The band opted to record a cover version of "Tainted Love", an obscure 1965 northern soul track originally released by Gloria Jones (the girlfriend of Marc Bolan at the time of his death) and written by Ed Cobb of the Four Preps.