Glenn Jones
, (born 1962, Jacksonville, Florida), is an American R&B/soul singer.
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Career
He started his career as a
gospel singer and has since, managed a successful move into the R&B field. He got his start in R&B in 1980 when
Norman Connors featured Jones on a track on his
album,
Take It To The Limit
.
Jones toured with Connors and in 1983, signed a deal with
RCA. In the same year, he issued a five track mini-album
Everybody Loves A Winner
that had the top 30 R&B single, "I Am Somebody." His first full-length album,
Finesse
, was released in 1984 and established Jones as a force in the industry. The
single "Show Me," reached #3 on the R&B charts. The second single, "Bring Back Your Love" reached #18 on the R&B charts.
His last album for RCA was
Take It From Me
which came out in 1986. The title track for the album was featured in the
movie,
Youngblood
.
Moving to
Jive in 1987, Jones scored a big hit with "We've Only Just Begun" which reached #2 on the
Billboard R&B chart. The track was the lead single off his album,
Glenn Jones
, released in 1987.
In 1992, Jones moved to
Atlantic Records. During the same year, Jones released the album,
Here I Go Again.
It
"Here I Go Again", which was his only single to reach #1 on the R&B charts. His album
Here I Am
was released in 1994 and had a minor hit with "Round and Round" which reached #24 on the R&B charts.
Since then, Jones released the album
It's Time
in 1998 and
Feels Good
(Peak Records) in 2002, neither of which were very successful on the charts. A radio friendly track from the latter "Feels Good", the romantic wedding song "From Now On", with jazz/soul song stylist Ms.Regina Belle, got some
radio airplay.
In 2006, Jones released
Forever: Timeless R&B Classics
.
Discography
Albums
As part of the Modulations:
- 1978: With a Made up Mind
(Savoy)
As Glenn Jones and the Modulations:
- 1980: Feel the Fire
(Savoy)
As Glenn Jones:
- 1983: Everybody Loves a Winner
(EP) (RCA)
- 1984: Finesse
(RCA) - R&B #18
- 1986: Take It From Me
(RCA) - R&B #45
- 1987: Glenn Jones
(Jive) - US #94, R&B #16
- 1990: All For You
(Jive) - R&B #27
- 1992: Here I Go Again
(Atlantic) - R&B #22
- 1992: The Best of Glenn Jones
(Jive)
- 1994: Here I Am
(Atlantic) - R&B #39
- 1998: Greatest Hits: Giving Myself to You
(Razor & Tie)
- 1998: It's Time
(SAR) - R&B #51
- 2002: Feels Good
(Peak) - R&B #88
- 2006: Forever: Timeless R&B Classic
(Shanachie) - R&B #49
Singles
- 1983: "I Am Somebody" - R&B #30
- 1983: "Keep On Doin'" - R&B #51
- 1984: "Show Me" - R&B #3
- 1985: "Bring Back Your Love" - R&B #18
- 1985: "Everlasting Love" - R&B #85
- 1986: "Giving Myself to You" - R&B #19
- 1986: "Stay" - R&B #69 (from the Take It From Me
album)
- 1987: "Oh Girl" - R&B #38
- 1987: "We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)" - US #66, R&B #2
- 1988: "Living in the Limelight" - R&B #34
- 1990: "Can We Try Again" - R&B #47
- 1990: "Stay" - R&B #6 (from the All for You
album)
- 1992: "Good Thang" - R&B #60
- 1992: "Here I Go Again", - R&B #1
- 1992: "I've Been Searchin' (Nobody Like You)" - R&B #8
- 1994: "Here I Am" - R&B #68
- 1994: "Round and Round" - R&B #24
- 1998: "Let It Rain" - R&B #65
- 1999: "Baby Come Home" - R&B #80