Jimmy Jones
- MatchJimmy Jones
- 100%Gene Pitney
- 94%The Drifters
- 93%Bobby Vee
- 88%Brian Hyland
- 88%Johnny Tillotson
- 81%Jimmy Clanton
- 80%Freddy Cannon
- 79%Johnny Preston
- 73%The Diamonds
- 72%Jackie Wilson
Biography
2 June 1937, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Some sources state 1942 as his year of birth. Jones, who had spent a long apprenticeship singing in R&B doo-wop groups, became a rock n roll star in the early 60s singing Handy Man and other hits with a dramatic and piercingly high falsetto. He began his career as a tap dancer, and in 1955 joined a vocal group, the Sparks Of Rhythm. In 1956 Jones formed his own group, the Savoys, which were renamed the Pretenders in 1956. With... Read more