HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICK JONES
Mick Jones is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who is best known as co-founder and lead guitarist of the rock band, Foreigner. With worldwide sales topping 80 million records, some of their most popular hits include songs like “Feels Like the First Time”, “Cold as Ice”, “Urgent”, “I Want to Know What Love Is”, and today’s song choice (that can be listened to by clicking on the provided link).
Throughout Foreigner’s career, there were several lineup changes, but Mick Jones remained a constant and integral part of the band. In 2013, Foreigner was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
On this very day, December 27th 1944, Michael Leslie Jones was born in Hampshire, England. In celebration of his birthday, exactly 80 years ago today, I’ve chosen a track that cracked the Top 10 on the Canadian and American music charts. Taken from the album, “Double Vision”, here’s Foreigner, featuring today’s birthday boy, MICK JONES (on guitar), with “HOT BLOODED”….