There are absolutely no singers today that can make u feel like your being sung to by an artist. Everytime i hear this song, i feel like Linda is talking directly to me. LOL. Im alomost tempted to scream back, "If u felt like this way, why didnt u say so"? Rest In Peace my sister.
I was 16 in 1972 when this came out. Awesome song. Brings back memories of growing up in the inner city in the late 60s and early 70s. It just popped into my head to play it. Always loved the way she she poured her heart into this song. RIP Linda. Way way too soon. But God apparently wanted you to do the rest of your singing in heaven with Him.💔
Her voice was so powerful that it capture my attention and my heart. I would come home from High School and turn the radio on and when she came it brought tears to my eyes. I never heard any one come close to her voice. I never heard any one come close to David Ruffin either. My to favorite singers of all time.
What a beautiful woman lord have mercy 💕💕, I grew up with that angel! My aunt was blessed to see her aunt Terry ! I loved miss jones since the age of 5. God rest her soul! Gone to soon my all time favorite 💜💜
I grew up listening to Linda Jones! It was the best time of my life. We could hardly wait until the next piece was released. We slow danced the night away holding that special someone very close to our heart and looked deeply into their eyes and would just let Linda speak for us. Most of those memories still linger on in my memory. I'm glad they are there. Flytown
Wow, this is just plain raw, gut wrenching, soul. Usually I don't like singers who do too many runs and curly cues in their singing but it works for her. All you can do is wave your hand and testify when you hear this!!. Now I know why there was always something abt Teena Marie's voice that was familiar. I was a little kid when this song was popular but the older kids/teenagers used to play this alllllllll the time.
R&B singer Linda Jones earned a cult following for her fervent, gospel-influenced style and powerful vocal acrobatics, and she's still celebrated by soul music fans despite her career being cut down prematurely at the age of 27. Linda Jones was born in Newark, New Jersey on December 14, 1944; her family was steeped in gospel music, and at the age of six she began performing with her siblings in a sacred group, the Jones Singers. As a teenager, Jones began performing rhythm & blues music, and cut her first solo record under the name Linda Lane in 1963, a cover of "Lonely Teardrops," but the record sank without a trace. Linda's fortunes improved when she met George Kerr, a producer and songwriter who had been a member of Little Anthony & the Imperials. The first two singles Kerr produced for Linda Jones (one on Atco, the other on Blue Cat) fared no better, but in 1967 they landed a deal with Loma Records, an R&B imprint of Warner Bros., and her first 45 for the label, "Hypnotized," was a hit, rising to number 21 on the Pop Singles charts and number four on the Rhythm & Blues survey. The single prompted the release of Jones' first album, also called Hypnotized, and Jones' follow-up, "What've I Done (To Make You Mad)," was a Top Ten hit on the R&B charts, but struggled to 61 on the Pop listings, and 1968's "Give My Love a Try" was a greater disappointment, struggling to number 34 R&B and a dismal number 93 on Pop. While "Hypnotized" found Jones taking a relatively subtle approach to her music, her subsequent sides captured her forceful, melismatic style at full strength, and though soul purists (especially Northern soul collectors in the U.K.) treasured her records, she was a bit too much for Top 40 to take, and Jones would never have another major pop hit. The Complete ATCO, Loma & Warner Brothers Recordings In 1968, Warner Bros. shut down Loma, and briefly bumped Jones up to their flagship label, but after one single, Jones was a free agent again, and she briefly recorded for Neptune Records, an early label run by Philly soul legends Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. In 1971, Jones landed a new deal with Turbo Records, an offshoot of Sylvia Robinson's All Platinum label, and in 1972, Jones enjoyed her greatest success in four years when her forceful, gospel-leaning cover of Jerry Butler's "For Your Precious Love" made its way on the R&B charts, peaking at number 15, and even enjoying some Pop airplay, where it rose to number 72. Sadly, Jones' comeback would be short-lived. Jones, who struggled with diabetes, toured hard in support of "For Your Precious Love," and she was booked to play two shows at New York's famed Apollo Theater on March 14, 1972. After a matinee performance, Jones went to her mother's house in Newark to eat dinner and take a nap before playing her evening show, but when her mother tried to wake her, she discovered Linda had slipped into a diabetic coma; she died shortly afterwards. Turbo released a pair of posthumous albums following Jones' unexpected death, and in 2014, Real Gone Music released The Complete Atco-Loma-Warner Brothers Recordings, bringing together the bulk of her recordings of the '60s.
If you listen carefully, you'll hear that she sings both the lead and background vocals. A short life and great talent gone too soon. From one Jersey girl to another, Much love. ( RIP)
There will never, never be a voice like Ms.. Linda Lane Jones. Not in this Lifetime. I still play her Incredible string of recordings to this day & I don't get tired of listening. She lives FOREVER in my heart, mind, body & soul. La La T'Challa Linda Lane Jones Forever
The best female soul vocalist ever in my humble opinion You can’t get this emotion from other artists heartbreaking you really feel her hurt and pain .....brilliant
I LOVE the music of Linda Jones and Teena Marie! However, I don't hear any similarities at all in their voices. Their tones and styles are uniquely their own!
her vocals will nevahhhhh get old.! she will not be imitated!! as there is nobod dayyyyy can. evahhhh!!!! sing a heart out like miss Linda !!! Jones!!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💖💖💖
Linda, was a remarkable woman. She shared with us the gift God gave her. Her work on earth was done, she did what she came here to do. She put joy in the hearts of millions of people. So my sister, rest in peace. Your music will forever be.
Denise Hughes Thank you so much for sharing this Info. I am & always been a HUGE fan of The late Ms. Linda Jones. I have a collectors Item CD with of her hits throughout her amazing but short career. Continuous Blessings Always Denise Hughes!.....I mean that!🙏💙😇✊👊💛👊✊💛🖤💜🖤💜
This song bring back so many hurting moments in Vietnam. I remember when my wife stop writing me while I was in Vietnam. I worked nights and I played this song along with the Coldest Days of My Life back to back to back hoping the hurt and suspicions would go away. They didn't! !972!
All tho Linda has been gone so many years I still think she's the best of all time . Don't get me wrong there are some good singer out there but Linda was one of a kind .
This is such a beautiful song; one of the greatest modestly known songs of all time. When I first heard this song I coupled instantly. I searched for years in vain trying to find out who the artist (title) was. Now thanks to technology I can hear it like 100 times in a row with no distractions...Thanks for placing this wonderful piece of art on RU-vid.
Her voice reminds me of the sharpest knife... She can rip through time and space with that voice. She can make you feel that raw emotion. Nobody ever came close to sounding like her.
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this woman was so deep.....she was the original soul-sista!.....r.i.p. ms. jones, i loved you at the age of 9, my mom used 2 let me sing your songs to her friendz, and i killed it, i used 2 be so exausted, but happy, thats how my mom got her thing off, bragging, and at my momz funeral in 2006, i sung your precious love, and i know mommy was still bragging and smiling, so ms. jones, you are up there with mommy, and i know she is telling you about me......r.i.p. mommy & linda!
These songs that Linda sings was about one man and that man was my cousin we called him little Robbie, his full name Robert Jones, yes that was Linda other half. Reason why know one ever talked about him was because he was a play boy loved women in other words did'nt want to be with 1 woman. Linda loved him, I was sitting in the house when my mom phone rang and it was a cousin of ours and he told my mom Linda had just died. I was 13 and i only seen her 3 times at 192 Chadwick Ave where some of my family lived. The funeral was standing room only, she was beautiful I will never forget that day at Whigham's Funeral home. Just needed to share this information. I loved her!!!!!
Man, you're tellin n the truth! At age 6, the Temptations Live at The Copa was my nursery rhymes. I would sing the whole album while my big brother was in school.
linda jones was one of the best vocalist that ever lived thank you so much for posting this. this is how an artist lives forever. and this also how they are rediscovered if this generation only knew
no other like my Linda Jones. Loved it as a teen. Love it as a senior. Incomparable! all i can say!. Nobody had or haa her soulful passion. nobodyyyyyyyy! Not even my heart !! pattie!!!!!!! and shes my heart too! !!!?
My Brothers, as many of you practice as preach whom feel and know the depth of our Sistas alls ready know. (in the vernacular). This is a reminder of the Panasonic and magnificence of our African American Women of the Diaspora.
When I get on a roll and start playing a lot of her music I cry. Not only because she's the true definition of a SOUL SINGER and her vocals hit you deep but because she died so young and didn't really get a chance to shine. I mean, c'mon. My girl performed at the Apollo and went home in between shows to take a nap because she was a diabetic and said she didn't feel well and never woke up. Linda was true to this. See how she carries and caresses her notes? They say she's the originator of that.
no one can ever ever, evverrrrrr..... imitate Linda Jones. That is her testament to her . I love her and wish the industry had been kinder and more open to her sound. Its not what you know its who. I guess she had some jacked up people around her. That's s her Hypnotized should be as great as that GHOST movie song. Ya think???????OH did I cuss??????
I'm glad it turned out the way that it did. Her music is pure and so is her unique style of vocalizing. We didnt need the industry changing her or her image.
@@michaelcampbell5849 - that is so true! Teena Marie for me is hard to listen to after a while..its just..too much. Now I see why. Because she is imitating and not really being herself. Linda Jones never duplicated
She's the Original for this song. Grew up with her in Newark N.J. on Strafford Place. She was all that. Died in 1973. It was sad as I watched out the window pregnant the entourage of cars that said goodbye to her. Linda Jones forever missed in song and voice.
Linda Renee Dougherty-Turk Turk she's not the original The Moments are. The Moments version came out in 1968 2 years b4 their signature LOVE on a 2 way street
Many artists have sung this song but none of them have sung it as well as Linda Jones did! She was an awesome singer and her version was the best!!!❤️😎🎶
i grew up off off this joint too ,and did alot of mackin off this as an adult too.fellas and ladies try this cut with some slow, passionate love makin....with feeling behind it thats soul aka black love....remember black love is stronger and this song shows that ....chhhuucchh!!!
Wow what a talented beautiful inspiring gifted young lady. She will always be miss, I can remember the first time I heard the song hypnotized how I was move by her powerful voice love you linda.
Let it go baby...Great voice.. good stuff to play still. This new crap can go in the garbage. This is music and heart. Gr I wing up in the 70's 80' was great.
Being a great fan of ReRe, I still have to say Linda was getting ready to give her a run for her money and of course her untimely passing put a stop to that. A great fan of them both. Miss ya Linda.
