First time hearing Gloria Jones "Tainted Love" reaction

[@kurtadams3021]

Classic soul at its finest 💖

[@supersonicsoulsupreme1414]

A Northern Soul Classic ✌️

[@JohnWilson-po2uk]

Gloria Jones is great friend of mine. She co-wrote “If I were your Woman “ by Gladys Knight & The Pips. She was married to Mark Bolan of T-Rex. I heard from her a couple of weeks ago. She’s doing fine. ❤

[@Dabridge4009]

wow!! reall?!! that is wonderful....I hope she doesn't get upset I reacted to this....I love her original version....Peace to her and you Mr. Wilson...I can't believe nobody told her it was a hit in Europe....

[@JohnWilson-po2uk]

@@Dabridge4009 Yes .. She’s really a sweet person. Very unsung. I will tell her to go to your channel and see your reaction. Better yet.. I’ll copy your reaction and send it too her. 🎶

[@ujimajame4601]

Great story. She wrote a number of songs at Motown (occasionally under the name Lavern Ware) The Supremes' "Have I Lost You", Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross's "My Mistake (Was to Love You)", Junior Walker's "I Ain't Goin' Nowhere" (which she also produced) and the Four Tops' "Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)" as well as Gladys Knight and the Pips' "If I Were Your Woman", which was nominated for a Grammy in 1971. In 1970, she provided backing vocals on Ry Cooder's eponymous first album. She also recorded an albumof her own for Motown. In 1969, she met Marc Bolan of T. Rex while performing in Hair (Los Angeles cast). While touring in Europe, Bolan and Jones met for the second time at the Speakeasy in London. In 1972, she was recommended by Warner Brothers' Bob Regehr to sing backing vocals behind T. Rex at Winterland in San Francisco. Soon after joining T. Rex, Jones and Bolan became romantically involved. They had a son, Rolan Bolan in 1975. She sang backing vocals and played clavinet with T. Rex from 1973 to 1977. Her rendition of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" appears as a bonus track on T. Rex's album Bolan's Zip Gun. Jones released an album in 1976, called 'Vixen', which featured several songs written by Bolan, and he also was the producer for the album. In 1977, she also worked with the group Gonzalez, producing several of their singles, and also penning the disco hit, "Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" for them. She toured the UK with Gonzalez, first on the Bob Marley tour, and then with Osibisa. If you think her not being told she had a hit record was something, in September of that year, she was drove of a car that struck a tree near Barnes Common, killing Marc Bolan at 4 a.m. on the way back to Bolan's Richmond property. They had been returning from an evening at a restaurant in Mayfair where they had both been drinking wine. She was found by her brother Richard with her foot trapped beneath the clutch by the engine. He was found unconscious in the passenger seat, which had been dislodged and landed in the rear of the vehicle. He was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene on the arrival of paramedics. She was wearing a seat belt and survived the crash but was critically injured. She sustained a broken jaw in the crash and was sent directly to the hospital in London for treatment, fighting for her life while in critical condition. When she recovered sufficiently to leave hospital, she was informed that Bolan's fans had looted most of their possessions from their house. She was later scheduled to appear in court in London on charges of being unfit to drive and of driving a car in a dangerous condition. However, she left the UK with her son and returned to the Los Angeles before the court date, so the Coroner's Court recorded a verdict of accidental death.

[@supersonicsoulsupreme1414]

Thanks for the info

[@claudiaminorhall3257]

Those kids jumping and throwing down. Again I don’t remember the song cause it was before my time to remember it. Clap 👏🏽 to Marc. Condolences to her and her children for the lost.

[@pattiwalker4370]

Thx Bro D. She was an original with a hot R&B time. Yet the 😢song was covered by another group who made it famous, then later shared stage w her. Real soul music history. Appreciate U.

[@JohnWilson-po2uk]

My young brother.. I can tell you we artists have always been taken advantage of..

[@horacerobinson7149]

Thanks for reacting to this one my brotha

[@JohnWilson-po2uk]

This is 60s R&B..🎶

[@channelthree9424]

I’ve heard the cover. Like many of us we didn’t know it was a cover. Back then, information wasn’t as easy to come by as it is now.

[@rayd635]

You taught me something which I appreciate. I was unaware that she performed "Tainted Love" first. She had a hit during the disco era in 1979, "Bring on the Love". If you can add it to your long list of songs to check out I think you will like it.

[@Dabridge4009]

peace Ray will do....Thank you and thanks for watching...

[@shannonk.moorer9158]

Its Motown. My introduction to this song was cover by Soft Cell. The original is superb.

[@MalcolmBaumgart]

It ain't Motown, cut for the Champion label but penned by Ed Cobb who wrote the first two Brenda Holloway 45s for Motown.

[@Dabridge4009]

yes it is....I like what she did....

[@channelthree9424]

Gloria’s version is considered soul and pop according to Wikipedia.

[@MalcolmBaumgart]

Song was NEVER issued. in UK but later enjoyed underground fame as an import.

[@Dabridge4009]

Ahh ok....

[@rbailey3309]

For many year the industry stole a lot from Blk artists who are considered to be iconic today. They were swindled because they did not know how the business worked and they trusted wt producers and did not understand that the needed attorneys to protect them. Artists today know better and are not subjected to the industry mistreatment.

[@channelthree9424]

Unless it was in her contract, it wouldn’t matter if Gloria knew her song was number one in England or not. She wouldn’t be entitled to royalties. Royalties usually goes to the writer of the song. It all depends on the contract you signed. An example of how important it is to have royalties in your contract, look at Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball. I love Lucy was very successful and was filmed in front of a live audience. Back then, reruns were basically unheard of. When the show was ending, Desi and Lucy did not sign any contracts for royalties because they figured no one would want to watch the same show again if they saw it once. At least one of the writers, Jess Oppenheimer, did sign a contract to receive royalties from the show when it went into syndication. Desi and Lucy did not receive a single dime from the show being in syndication and nothing from merchandising either because they relinquished all rights to royalties from the show. 70 years later, the show is still being aired. Despite not receiving any royalties from I Love Lucy being in syndication or I Love Lucy merchandising, Desi and Lucy, were still successful as they owned their own recording studio by the name of Desilu. You mentioned TLC and Toni Braxton. All these artists that get very little from their hard work goes back to the contracts they signed. Some artists have sued their record labels and were able to get more money out of them, but that doesn’t always happen. From what I understand several artists from the early Motown days sued Motown and won.

[@channelthree9424]

The entertainment industry, whether acting or music, has always been cutthroat and dog eat dog. The music industry, especially is cutthroat and it doesn’t matter the race of artists. Even the Chicks (formally known as the Dixie Chicks) said that they make most of their money from live performances and not from records. That goes for all artists.