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In 1962, Jones became resident-singer with Alexis Korner 's Bluesbreakers (alongside Long John Baldry , both towering out above a shorter third vocalist, aspiring Michael 'Mick' Jagger ). Jones then went on to be the vocalist and harmonica player of the successful 1960s group, Manfred Mann . He had several Top Ten Hits with Manfred Mann before going Solo in 1966. He was less successful without the band than they were with his replacement, but did have a few hits, notably with "High Time" (1966) and "I've Been a Bad, Bad Boy" and "Thinkin' Ain't For Me" (both 1967), before attempting to break into acting. His performance opposite that Jones became a familiar face on television in the children's series, '' Uncle Jack ''. In the meantime, he enjoyed a parallel career as presenter of Radio programmes focusing mainly on Rhythm And Blues , notably a long-running weekly show on BBC Radio 2 . Jones met and married the actress Fiona Hendley in the mid-1980s. The pair were converted to Christianity around the same time, and in the 1990s toured Britain with a gospel show discussing their faith. Together they present ''The 700 Club With Paul and Fiona'', a UK version of Pat Robertson 's '' The 700 Club ''. He is also a member of The Blues Band and The Manfreds , a group reuniting many original members of Manfred Mann, and has also played harmonica as a Session Musician on Recordings by Gerry Rafferty , Dave Edmunds , Katie Melua and others. Despite the insistances of many people claiming otherwise, he is not the father of the writer Matt Jones . REFERENCE EXTERNAL LINK |
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