''Windstorm'' is the fourth studio album released by

Gloria Jones Gloria Richetta Jones (born October 19, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter who first found success in the United Kingdom, being recognized there as "The Queen of Northern Soul". She recorded the 1965 hit song "Tainted Love" and has wo ...

in 1978. This album was a dedication to

Marc Bolan Marc Bolan ( ; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. Bolan was posthumously inducted int ...

, as on the rear cover, is written: "Special Dedication in memory of my son's father, the late

, whom we miss very much."

Track listing

#"Bring on the Love (Why Can't We Be Friends)" (Gloria Jones, Richard Jones, Suzanne DePasse, Tony Jones) #"Windstorm" (Lawrence Hill, Richard Jones) #"If The Roses Don't Come (In Spring This Year)" (Addison Terry, Gloria Jones, Raymond Gibson) #"Blue Light Microphone" (Kevin Beverly, Richard Jones) #"Hooked on You Baby" (Kevin Beverly, Richard Jones) #"Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)" (Buddy Pepper, Inez James, Larry Russell) #"Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (Don't Say Goodbye)" (Lawrence Hill, Richard Jones) #"Woman Is a Woman" (Lawrence Hill, Richard Jones)

Personnel

*Gloria Jones - vocals * Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson,

Ray Parker Jr. Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. As a solo performer, he wrote and performed the theme song to the 1984 film '' Ghostbusters''. Previously, Parker achieved a US top-10 h ...

- guitar *

Joe Sample Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, the band which shortened its name to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained ...

- keyboards *

Paul Humphrey Paul Nelson Humphrey (October 12, 1935 – January 31, 2014) was an American jazz and R&B drummer. Biography Humphrey was born in Detroit and began playing drums at age 8, taking private lessons in Detroit. In high school he played baritone hor ...

- drums *

Eddie "Bongo" Brown Eddie "Bongo" Brown (September 13, 1932 – December 28, 1984) was an American musician born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Brown played congas, Bongo drum, bongos, the gourd and claves for Motown Records' in-house ...

Jack Ashford Jack Ashford (born May 18, 1934), known to his friends as Jashford, is an American musician widely known as the percussionist for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the 1960s and early 1970s. Ashford is most famous for playing the ...

- percussion

References

1978 albums Gloria Jones albums Capitol Records albums {{1970s-R&B-album-stub