The Jones Girls is the self-titled debut album by American R&B vocal trio The Jones Girls. Released in 1979, it includes the million-selling single, "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else", which charted at number five on the Soul Singles chart, number twelve on the Disco chart and number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100, the latter being their only major chart entry there during their career.
Contents
Track listing
"This Feeling's Killing Me" (Charles B. Simmons, Joseph B. Jefferson, Richard Roebuck) - 3:30
"You Made Me Love You" (Dexter Wansel, Cynthia Biggs) - 4:53
"Show Love Today" (McKinley Jackson, Shirley Jones, Valorie Jones, Brenda Jones Frazier) - 3:52
"You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) - 5:17
"Life Goes On" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) - 4:30
"Who Can I Run To" (Charles B. Simmons, Frank Alstin Jr, Richard Roebuck) - 3:25
"We're A Melody" (Dexter Wansel, Cynthia Biggs) - 5:25
"I'm At Your Mercy" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) - 4:48
Personnel
The Jones Girls
Shirley Jones – lead vocals (2–4, 6–8), backing vocals
Brenda Jones – lead vocals (1, 2, 5, 7), backing vocals
Valorie Jones – lead vocals (2, 7), backing vocals
Musicians
William Bloom – keyboards
Bruce Hawes – keyboards
Leon Huff – keyboards
Joseph Jefferson – keyboards
Dexter Wansel – keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, percussion, arrangements (2, 7)
Roland Chambers – guitars
Dennis Harris – guitars
Ronnie James – guitars
Darnell Jordan – guitars
James Herb Smith – guitars
Steve Green – bass
James Williams – bass
Quinton Joseph – drums
Clifford "Pete" Rudd – drums
Bob Conga – percussion
David Cruse – percussion
Miguel Fuentes – percussion
Don Renaldo – strings, horns
Production
Joseph Jefferson – producer (1, 6)
Charles Simmons – producer (1, 6)
Dexter Wansel – producer (2, 7)
McKinley Jackson – producer (3)
Kenny Gamble – producer (4, 5, 8)
Leon Huff – producer (4, 5, 8)
Jim Gallagher – engineer
Carl Paruolo – engineer
Arthur Stoppe – engineer
Joseph Tarsia – engineer
Wayne Wilfong – engineer
Bill Dorman – assistant engineer
Peter Humphreys – assistant engineer
Rocky Schnaars – assistant engineer
Michael Tarsia – assistant engineer
Ed Lee – art direction
Norman Seeff – photography