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James Jones (June 2, 1930 [1] – August 2, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter who moved to New York City while a teenager. [2] According to Allmusic journalist Steve Huey, "best known for his 1960 R&B smash ' Handy Man ', Jones sang in a smooth yet soulful falsetto modeled on the likes of Clyde McPhatter and Sam Cooke ."
James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American cult leader and mass murderer who founded and led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978. In what Jones termed "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle planned and orchestrated a mass murder-suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978.
Jimmy Jones (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s; Jimmy Jones (tennis) (1912–1986), British tennis player and author; Horace A. Jones (1906–2001), known as Jimmy, U.S. Hall of Fame racehorse trainer; Melvin Nelson, American professional wrestler who competed as Jimmy Jones and Burrhead Jones
"Good Timin '" was a number-one single in the UK Singles Chart during 1960, written by Fred Tobias and Clint Ballard Jr., and performed by Jimmy Jones. [1] In the U.S., the follow-up to "Handy Man" went to number three on Billboard Hot 100 chart and number eight on the R&B chart. [2]
In 1983, Jones was presented with what is reported to have been the first gold disc for a comedy album, after his Live from the Talk of East Anglia (1981) achieved 100,000 sales. [6] He was the first stand-up comedian to release a video of his live shows, and in the early 1980s had three videos in the UK top ten . [ 4 ]
Jones was born in his maternal grandmother's home in Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, the only child of Thomas Jones, a police sergeant, and his wife Ellen (née Wilson). After education at Carrick Primary School and Lurgan Technical College, he served his apprenticeship as a mechanic, while making an impact as a footballer.
James Condia Jones (born April 20, 1964) is an American professional baseball coach, and former pitcher. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the San Diego Padres , New York Yankees , Houston Astros , and Montreal Expos , and two seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) with the Yomiuri Giants in 1994 and 1995 .
James Jones (born January 1, 1945) [1] is an American former professional basketball player who was a six-time All-Star in the American Basketball Association (ABA), one of only four players to be named an ABA All-Star six times in its nine-year history. A 6'4" guard born in Tallulah, Louisiana, Jones attended Grambling State University. [1]