The Jones Girls

Formed
in Detroit, MI 
Active Decades
19001020304050607080902000 
 
by Bruce Eder
Valerie, Shirley, and Brenda Jones spent more than 10 years in the music business before they tasted success of their own. During that time, however, their voices graced the records and stage performances of dozens of established stars, including Diana Ross and Betty Everett.



The daughters of Detroit-based gospel singer Mary Francis Jones, Valerie, Shirley, and Brenda Jones spent years singing on other artists' recording sessions in Detroit and later in Los Angeles. The trio first tried making their own records for the tiny Fortune label in Detroit during the 1960's, with no success. They moved to Hot Wax-Invictus, the company formed by Holland-dozier-holland, during the later part of the decade, but sales of those records weren't much more encouraging.



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