# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gloria-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:01:47.726Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gloria-jones"
name: "Gloria Jones"
slug: "gloria-jones"
description: "Gloria Richetta Jones 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 worked in multiple genres as a Motown songwriter and recording artist, backing vocalist, and as a performer in musicals such as Hair. In the 1970s, she was a keyboardist and vocalist in Marc Bolan's glam rock band T. Rex. She and Bolan were also in a relationship and had a son together."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gloria_Jones_7213s_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.33427066666667
  currentAttention:     11.16
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1808224/"
    handle:    "nm1808224"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/08BQmH2M3Ew9XjMHaHsl1l"
    handle:    "08BQmH2M3Ew9XjMHaHsl1l"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "غلوريا جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جلوريا جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "قلوریا جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "گلوریا جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F"
    title: "Джонс, Глория"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1fb910ff-917b-409e-a787-6143fd7b1387"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270546"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2115460"
    title: "Gloria Jones"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump