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Starting his entertainment career as a tap dancer, Jones joined a doo-wop group named The Berliners in 1954.[1] They later changed their name to Sparks Of Rhythm.[1] In 1955 Jones co-wrote "Handy Man", which was recorded by the Sparks Of Rhythm in 1956 (after Jones left the group).
After recording with other groups, Jones went solo and, in 1959, teamed up with Otis Blackwell who reworked "Handy Man" which Jones recorded on the subsidiary MGM record label, Cub.[1] When the flute player did not show up for the session, Blackwell famously whistled on the recording. "Handy Man," released in 1959, gave Jones his first U.S. and UK hit single.[1] "Handy Man" went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960. Later in that same year, Jones' recording of "Good Timin'" shot to #1 on the UK Singles Chart[2] and #3 in the U.S.[1] Both "Handy Man" and "Good Timin'" were million sellers, earning Jones two gold discs.[3]
Jones' subsequent career was low key although it included three more UK chart entries in the following twelve months.[2] "Handy Man", which introduced a rock falsetto singing style to the British audience, later scored hits for Del Shannon and James Taylor.[1][4]
Although Jones had but two Top 40 hits, both million sellers, he nevertheless kept active in the music industry as both a songwriter and recording artist and made personal appearances as he saw fit. He kept recording through most of the 1960s and remained with Cub until 1962, scraping the lower reaches of the charts with "That's When I Cried" and "I Told You So."[1] He recorded for Ro-Jac and Vee-Jay over the next two years, and his work gradually took on a New York style uptown soul flavor.[1] From 1965 to 1967, he recorded for Roulette, Parkway, and Bell, none of which restored his commercial standing.[1]
His considerable influence using falsetto extended to Del Shannon, who paid homage to Jones and also The Ink Spots for Shannon's falsetto style. Later singers who used falsetto included Frankie Valli of The Four Seasons, Lou Christie, Robert John, and Barry Gibb. Gibbs cited Shannon, in turn, as an influence for his disco vocalizations with the Bee Gees.
Jones released Grandma's Rock & Roll Party in the 1990s on CD, perhaps, in part due to his popularity in the UK Northern soul circles.[1] It included new versions of "Handy Man" and "Good Timin'". In 2002, Castle/Sanctuary issued a double album anthology titled Good Timin': The Anthology.[1]


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Jimmy Jones - Good Timin 1992

   1. Jimmy Jones - Good Timin                                [01:57]
   2. Jimmy Jones - A Wonderrous Place                        [02:10]
   3. Jimmy Jones - Never Had It So Good                      [02:14]
   4. Jimmy Jones - For You                                   [02:01]
   5. Jimmy Jones - Where In The World                        [02:09]
   6. Jimmy Jones - Then I'LL Know                            [01:54]
   7. Jimmy Jones - Handy Man                                 [01:47]
   8. Jimmy Jones - Too Long Will Be To Late                  [01:50]
   9. Jimmy Jones - My Precious Angel                         [02:08]
  10. Jimmy Jones - Ready For Love                            [02:23]
  11. Jimmy Jones - The Search Is Over                        [04:06]
  12. Jimmy Jones - I Just Go For You                         [01:55]
  13. Jimmy Jones - You Got It                                [02:04]
  14. Jimmy Jones - I Told You So                             [01:50]
  15. Jimmy Jones - Itchin                                    [01:59]
  16. Jimmy Jones - That's When I Cried                       [02:25]
  17. Jimmy Jones - Ee-l Ee-l Oh!                             [02:17]
  18. Jimmy Jones - Dear One                                  [02:03]
  19. Jimmy Jones - Good Timin (Alt Stereo)                   [01:57]
  20. Jimmy Jones - You're Much Too Young                     [02:29]


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