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Ronald Hugo Jones (born September 14, 1937, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States) is an Italian-based, American-born R&B, blues and disco singer. Jones first came to Europe with the United States Air Force. He started his career in England, where he joined the first incarnation of the Blues Incorporated with Alexis Korner, Jack Bruce, Cyril Davis, Johnny Parker and Ginger Baker. He later formed a band called The Nightimers with John McLaughlin, before moving to Italy to join the cast of the local production of ''Hair''. He then performed with artists such as Claudja Barry and Cooper Terry, and had a hit in the Italian charts with ''Funky Bump'' (Atlantic, 1976). In the 1970s and the 1980s Jones worked as a musician, DJ and TV host at RAI and Radio 105 Network. From 1980 to 1985 he hosted the TV show ''Popcorn''. The theme, "Video Games", charted #28 on the Italian hit parade. In 1988 he wrote the song ''Bambino Io, Bambino Tu'' for Zucchero.〔Ray Clark ''Radio Caroline: The True Story of the Boat that Rocked'' 0750954736 2014 "Ronan O'Rahilly was also the manager for a number of artists ..Another of Ronan's protégés was blues singer Ronnie Jones, an ..."〕〔Jerry Bloom ''Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore'' 2010 0857120530 p.83 "With no regular work coming in, Blackmore flitted between Germany and England taking whatever session work he could, including other Derek Lawrence-produced sessions for the US market – one for soul singer Ronnie Jones and another ..."〕〔Billboard - 6 Oct. 1979 "material recorded by singer Ronnie Jones is included in the deal"〕 Jones currently resides in Italy and tours regularly with his band, The Soul Syndicate. ==Discography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ronnie Jones (singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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