Jones’s style of R&B, soul and funk harkened back to the sound of the 1960s, a heady era for soul and R&B music. Also, according to some accounts, sexism played a role too when record labels reportedly found her not to have the ‘right’ looks for a soul singer. But things turned happy for Jones at 40 when she was ‘discovered’ while backing another soul singer. The song was Natural Born Lover and Jones began the first verse singing: “He’s an N.B.L. Not long after that song, on the same album, Jones sings about another lover, this one not so natural born.

Source: Hindustan Times December 03, 2016 13:07 UTC