Thelma Jones Discography of CDs

Thelma Jones albums Later renamed Salty Tears after the album's most successful track, Jones' style of singing lies between southern and urban soul. In the vein of Dorothy Moore's "Misty Blue," Jones' "Salty Tears" paved the same path and initially gave indications of charting as high as Moore's classic before unexplainably dropping from contention. Two similar ballads, "Stay Awhile With Me" and "Lonely Enough to Try Anything," sung in Jones' controlled alto, follow a similar and less exciting pattern as "Salty." An attempt at something familiar, the Miracles' "I Second That ...

Thelma Jones music CDs Aside from her 2006 album, Law of Old, this 21-track compilation contains virtually everything Thelma Jones recorded as a solo artist, including 1967-1968 singles for the Barry label; all the tracks from her 1978 Columbia LP; and a couple non-LP Columbia cuts from the same era. Jones is most known for issuing the original version of "The House That Jack Built" (included here), covered for a hit by Aretha Franklin, who frankly gave it a superior, more memorable interpretation. While this anthology shows Jones to be a solid ...

Thelma Jones discography Former gospel vocalist Thelma Jones moved to R&B when she recorded the original version of "The House That Jack Built." It was covered by Aretha Franklin some years later. Her following realease was "Salty Tears," a great tearful ballad that put Thelma on the pop charts. The self titled album "Thelma Jones" was originally recorded for Columbia in 1978 (re-released in 2005), and contains Smokey Robinson's "I Second That Emotion". In 1987 Barry Records released the single "Never Leave Me." She has followed up with several more recordings, ...