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Samantha Jones
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1) Samantha Jones (real name Jean Owen) (born 17 November 1943) is an English singer and entertainer from Liverpool, whose career in show business spanned the mid-1960s through the early 1980s. Her recordings experienced a revival in the 1990s-2000s among devotees of English girl-group pop. She won the Sopot International Song Festival in 1971. Jean Owen started her career in 1961 as part of popular English vocal group The Vernons Girls. During her time with the group, the line-up went from sixteen members to just three girls. The Vernons Girls released several successful 45s, including "Lover Please", "Only You Can Do It," (also released by Françoise Hardy) and one of the first Beatles tribute songs, "We Love The Beatles". They also opened for The Beatles several times and appeared with them in a TV special, "Around The World With The Beatles" In 1964, with the help of producer Charles Blackwell, Jean went solo and signed with the international record label United Artists, who gave her the stage name Samantha Jones. She released several unsuccessful 45s (amongst them "Surrounded By A Ray Of Sunshine," later a staple on the Northern soul circuit) and one album ("Call It Samantha", US only, 1968). Samantha switched to UK label Penny Farthing in 1969 and recorded another album, "A Girl Named Sam," with acclaimed producer Mark Wirtz. One of the tracks, "Today (Without You)" gave Samantha her first taste of chart success in continental Europe, although it did not chart in the
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Backcomb 'n' Beat - Dream Babes Volume Three
Primeira Parte: A Ilha (Eyja)
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Greatest Hits Of The Millennium: 70s (Vol. 1 CD1)
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Dream Babes Vol 1 - Am I Dreaming?
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Samantha Jones no Festival Pomar Convida (Ao Vivo)
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Girls On 45 (26 Girl Groups, Girlie Pop & Soulful Ladies From 1963 – 1968)
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Surrounded By A Ray Of Sunshin - The United Artists Recordings
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Sam Leads the Way
A Girl Named Sam
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DREAM BABES Vol.2
Dream Babes Volume 1: Am I Dreaming?
Dream Babes, Vol. 1: Am I Dreaming?