Birth name Barbara Nation Name Barbara Jones | Years active 1971–2014 Role Singer | |
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Albums Sad Movies, You're Always On My Mind, Blue Side Of Lonesome People also search for Barker B, Trinity, Peter Tosh Record labels Trojan Records, VP Records | ||
Barbara Nation (c. 1952 – 19 December 2014), better known as Barbara Jones, was a Jamaican singer who had a UK hit single in 1981 with "Just When I Needed You Most".
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Career
Born in Kingston and raised in Manchester, Jamaica, she began her career in 1971 with the single "Sad Movies". She had her greatest success in January 1981 with "Just When I Needed You Most", which reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart.
She toured as backing singer with Jimmy Cliff in the late 1970s and early 1980s; In 1991, she became a devout Christian and gave up secular music to concentrate on gospel music.
After becoming ill in London, she was diagnosed with leukaemia in February 2014. She returned to reggae with performances in Brazil with Lloyd Parks. Her health deteriorated and she died in Kingston's University Hospital of the West Indies on 19 December 2014, from pneumonia contracted during chemotherapy treatments. She was 62 years old.
Jones was once described as "the Billie Holliday of reggae music".
Discography
Songs
Slim Boy
Walk Through This World
Come and Get Some
Just When I Needed You Most
Need To Belong
Changing Partners
A Boy Name Tom
I Will Never Marry
I Can't Help It Darling
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window - Original
Hold What You've Got - Original
Sad Movies
Till The Storm
Leaning On Jesus
Love Filled Me
Dont Stop Loving Me - Original
The Kiss - Original
This Love Makes Me Happy - Original
Watching You Grow
The Sweeter He Grows
Single Girl
When I Needed You Most
Don't Stay Away
If I Had My Way - Original
Sad Movies - Original
Why Birds Fly - Original
You and I - Original
All I Have To Do Is Dream - Original
Come and Get Some - Original
Release Me - Original
Just When I Needed You Most - Original
Youre My Soul and Inspiration - Original