Glenn Jones (born September 27, 1962 in

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, Florida) is an American R&B/

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singer. He is best known for his songs "Show Me", "We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)" and "

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" which reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts in 1991/1992 as well as the track "I've Been Searching (Nobody Like You)".

Career

Jones started his career as a

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singer, working and recording with the Florida-based gospel group, the Modulations, before managing a successful move into the R&B field. He got his recording start in R&B in 1980 when

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featured the singer on a track, "Melancholy Fire" on his album, '' Take It to the Limit''. The song was released as a single, climbing to No. 20 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart. Jones toured with Connors, and in 1983 he signed a deal with

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. In the same year, he issued a five-track mini-album ''Everybody Loves a Winner'' that had the top 30 R&B single, "I Am Somebody". His first full-length album, ''

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'', was released in 1984. The single "Show Me," reached No. 3 on the R&B charts. The second single, "Bring Back Your Love" reached No. 18 on the R&B charts. He started recording for his third RCA album in 1985; ''Take It from Me'' was released the following year. The album's title track was featured in the movie, '' Youngblood''. Moving to Jive in 1987, Jones scored a hit with "We've Only Just Begun" which reached No. 2 on the ''

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'' magazine R&B chart. The track was the lead single from the album ''Glenn Jones'', released in 1987. His last album on Jive was ''All for You'' which peaked on the R&B album charts at No. 27. "Can We Try Again" and the title track were produced by a then-less well known producer by the name of

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. In 1991, Jones moved to

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. During the same year, Jones released the album, ''Here I Go Again.'' Its first single, "Here I Go Again", was his only single to reach No. 1 on the R&B charts. The second single, "I've Been Searchin' (Nobody Like You)" was also successful, peaking at No. 8 R&B. His album ''Here I Am'' was released in 1994 and had a minor hit with the ballad "Round and Round", which reached No. 24 on the R&B charts. In 1993, British girl group

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covered Jones's 1990 track "Stay" and released it as their debut single, reaching No. 4 in the UK and No. 19 in the US ''Billboard'' charts. Jones released the album ''It's Time'' in 1998 and ''Feels Good'' (

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) in 2002, neither of which were very successful on the charts.

Discography

Studio albums

With the Modulations

Compilations

Singles

Other charted songs

References

External links

Glenn Jones Myspace Page
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Glenn Jones 2012 Audio Interview at Soulinterviews.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Glenn 1962 births Living people American gospel singers American rhythm and blues singers American male singers Musicians from Jacksonville, Florida Atlantic Records artists RCA Records artists Jive Records artists American soul singers