R.I.P. JIMMY JONES!
Jimmy Jones was an American singer-songwriter who was born in Birmingham, Alabama on June 2nd, 1930. He was well known for singing in a soulful falsetto tone modeled after greats like Clyde McPhatter and Sam Cooke. His songs often blended a mix of R&B, Pop and Doo-Wop, as shown in his single, “Good Timing” which was a #1 hit in the U.K.
On this very day, August 2nd 2012, Jimmy Jones died in Aberdeen, North Carolina (at 82 years of age). In memory of his passing, I’ve chosen a song that exemplifies the sound of the early 1960s. If you’d like to have a listen, please feel free to click on the attached link. Released in December 1959, here’s the late, JIMMY JONES, with “HANDY MAN”….