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Sharon Jones
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 69
Top works
- Walking the talk
- Harvest Season : Legacy
- Quemar Después de Escribir (Edición Oficial Flores)/ Burn after Writing (Oficial Flowers Edition)
- It's Just That Simple!: Understanding Universal Energy : (What Is It?)
- Oh Is That What Tht Means?
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Film & TV
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Sharon Lafaye Jones (May 4, 1956 – November 18, 2016) was an American soul and funk singer. She was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New York. Jones experienced breakthrough success relatively late in life, releasing her first record when she was 40 years old. In 2014, Jones was nominated for her first Grammy, in the category Best R&B Album,…
Known for
- Living on Soul2017
- Marvel's Luke Cage — Sharon Jones2016
- Mavis! — Self2015
- Miss Sharon Jones! — Self2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Musical Guest2015
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Musical Guest2014
- The Wolf of Wall Street — Wedding Singer #12013
- Queen City — Sharon LaDay2013
- Death and Taxes — Self2010
- Conan — Self - Musical Guest2010
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- 44,440
- Total plays
- 200,573
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Sharon Jones (Sharon Lafaye Jones, May 4, 1956 – November 18, 2016) was an American soul and funk singer. She was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New York. Jones experienced breakthrough success relatively late in life, releasing her first record when she was 40 years old. In 2014, Jones was nominated for her first Grammy, in the category Best R&B Album, for Give the People What They Want. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sharon+Jones">R
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sharon
- Family name
- Jones
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Augusta
- Place of death
- Cooperstown
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Daptone Records
- Official website
- www.sharonjonesandthedapkings.com
- Image
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings @ Pori Jazz 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sharon Jones
- date of birth
- 1956-05-04
- Commons gallery
- Sharon Jones
- date of death
- 2016-11-18
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- location of formation
- New York City
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1996-00-00
- social media followers
- 24718
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