Glenn Jones (1,538 views)

[Bes]

Glenn Jones (September 27, 1962)
Vocal Range: G♯2 - C6
Associated Acts: Glenn Jones & The Modulations (1978 - 1980)
Years Active: 1978 - present

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{Discography}
Glenn Jones & The Modulations:
With A Made Up Mind (1978): C3 - B5
Feel The Fire (1980): D3 - A5

Glenn Jones:
Everybody Loves A Winner (1983): C3 - A5
Finesse (1984): D3 - B5
Take It From Me (1986): C3 - C6
Glenn Jones (1987): D3 - C6
All For You (1990): B♭2 - B♭5
Here I Go Again (1992): E♭3 - G♯5
Here I Am (1994): C♯3 - B5
It's Time (1998): G♯2 - B♭5  
Feels Good (2002): B♭2 - G5
Forever: Timeless R&B Classics (2006): C3 - G♯5
+ singles/guest appearances

Significant High Notes:
C6 ("Talk Me Into It", "We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)")
B5 ("At Last", “All Work No Play", "God Is Love”, "Make It up To You", "Show Me")
B♭5 ("Can We Try Again", "Don't Walk Away", "I've Been Searchin' (Nobody But You)", "Let It Rain", "Stay" Take It From Me song)
A5 ("Finesse", “God Is Love”, "He Is So Good To Me", "It's Gonna Be Alright", "Talk Me Into It", "That Night Mood", "We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)")
G♯5 ("Call Me", "Everyday", "Here I Go Again" Forever version,"Love Will Show Us How", "Make It up To You", "You're The Only One I Love", "You're Sweet, You're Fine, You're Everything")
G5 ("All Work No Play", "Bring Back Your Love", "It Hurts Too Much", "I've Been Searchin' (Nobody But You)" "Jesus Remembers When Others Forget", "Oh Girl", "Since You've Been Gone", "That's How Love Should Be", "You Should've Stayed Here")
F♯5 ("Another Sad Love Song", "At Last", “God Is Love”, "He Is So Good To Me", "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much", "It's Gonna Be Alright", "Let It Rain", "Living In The Limelight", "Love Is Forever", "Love Songs", "Set The Night on Fire")
F5 ("All For You", "Baby Come Home", "Be My Lady", "Do You Love Me", "Endlessly", "Feel The Fire", "Feels Good", "I Am Somebody" Live at Luxury Soul in Blackpool 2020, "In Your Eyes", "I'll Always Be Here", "Keep on Doin'", "Meet Me Halfway There", "Round and Round", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered", "That's How Love Should Be", "We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)", "You're Sweet, You're Fine, You're Everything")
E5 ("Additional Love", "All Work No Play", "Anniversary",  "Call Me", "Don't Walk Away", "Has Anybody?", "I Think It's Time", "It Hurts Too Much", "Love Intensity", "Make It up To You", "Oh Girl", "Reaching For The Sky", "Round and Round", "Show Me", "Take It From Me")
E♭5 ("All For You", "At Last", "Bring Back Your Love", "Coming Back To You", "Don't Stop Me", "Everything To Me", "Feels Good", "I've Been Searchin' (Nobody But You)", "Living In The Limelight", "Love By Design", "Meet Me Halfway There", "Oh Girl", "Open Up Your Heart", "Since You've Been Gone", "Stay" All Of You song, "The Way You Do", "You Should've Stayed Here", "You're Sweet, You're Fine, You're Everything")
D5 ("24/Seven", "Additional Love", "All That You Need", "All Work No Play", "Another Sad Love Song", "Baby Come To Me", "Be My Lady", "Bring Back Your Love", "Can We Try Again", "Do You Love Me", "(Do You Love) The One You're With", "Endlessly", "Everybody Loves a Winner", "Every Time", "Feel The Fire", "From Now On", "Giving Myself To You", "He Is So Good To Me", "Here All the Time", "Here I Am", "Hooked On Your Love", "It Hurts Too Much", "It's All Right Now", "Love Intensity", "Love Is Forever", "Melancholy Fire", "My First Love", "On The Floor", "Show and Tell", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered", "Talk Me Into It", "The First Noel", "We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)", "What You Gonna Do")
C♯5 ("All That You Need", "At Last", "Call Me", "Don't Stop Me", "Don't Walk Away", "Everyday", "Everything To Me", "Feels Good", "Finesse", "Get It Right", "Give Love A Chance", "Going To A Place", "He Is So Good To Me", "Here I Go Again" (Live On-Air Unplugged At Kiss-FM (NY)), "Higher Ground", "I Think It's Time", "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much", "I Wonder Why", "In Your Eyes", "It Must Be Love", "I'll Always Be Here", "It's Gonna Be Alright", "Let It Rain", "Living In The Limelight", "Love Songs", "Love Will Show Us How", "Make It up To You", "Meet Me Halfway There", "On Your Side", "Open Up Your Heart", "Set The Night on Fire", "Share My Love", "Show Me", "Stay" Take It From Me song, "That Night Mood", "The Way You Do", "You Should've Stayed Here", "You're The Only One I Love")
C5 ("Additional Love", "All For You", "Anniversary", "Another Sad Love Song", "Baby Come Home", "Baby Come To Me", "Be My Lady", "Bring Back Your Love", "Can We Try Again", "Coming Back To You", "Dangerous", "Do You Love Me", "(Do You Love) The One You're With", "Dreams Do Come True", "Endlessly", "Everlasting Love", "Every Time", "Everybody Loves A Winner", "Everyday", "Feel The Fire", "Finesse", "From Now On", "Get It Right", "Girl In The Corner", "Giving Myself To You", "Good Thang", “Had It Not Been For Him”, "Has Anybody?", "Here I Am", "Here I Go Again", "I Am Somebody", "I Love You", "In You" (Live On-Air Unplugged At Kiss-FM (NY)),"It Hurts Too Much", "It Must Be Love", "It's All In The Game", "It's All Right Now", "I've Been Searchin' (Nobody But You)", "Jesus Remembers When Others Forget", "Keep on Doin'", "Lay Your Hands On Me Jesus", "Love By Design", "Love Intensity", "Love Is Forever", "Love Will Show Us How", "Melancholy Fire", "Oh Girl", "On The Floor", "Open Up Your Heart", "Reaching For The Sky", "Round and Round", "Say Yeah", "Secrets", "Share My Love", "Show and Tell", "Since You've Been Gone", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered", "Stay" All Of You song, "Talk Me Into It", "Take It From Me", "Thank You for the Love", "That's How Love Should Be", "The First Noel", "We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)", "What You Gonna Do", "When We're Making Love", "You & Me", "You're Sweet, You're Fine, You're Everything", "You're The Only One I Love")
B4 ("Additional Love", "All I Need To Know", "All That You Need", "All Work No Play", "Anniversary", "At Last", "Baby Come To Me", "Be My Lady", "Call Me", “Call On Jesus”, "(Do You Love) The One You're With", "Don't Stop Me", "Don't Walk Away", "Everybody Loves a Winner", "Every Time", "Everything To Me", "Feel The Fire", "Finder of Lost Loves", "Give Love A Chance", "Giving Myself To You", "God Is Love”, Going To A Place", "He Is So Good To Me", “He Didn’t Have To Do It”, "Here All the Time", "Higher Ground", "Hooked On Your Love", "I Think It's Time", "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much", "I Wonder Why", "I'm Willing To Run All The Way", "It's All In The Game", "It's All Right Now", "Jesus Remembers When Others Forget", “Leave It Up To Jesus”, "Let It Rain", "Little Flowers", "Love Is Forever", "Love Songs", "Make It up To You", "On The Floor", "On Your Side", "Oh Girl", "Set The Night on Fire", "Show and Tell", "Spend My Life With You", "Thankful", "That Night Mood", "The First Noel", "The Way You Do", "Trust In Me", "You're The Only One I Love")
B♭4 ("All For You", "Amazing Grace" Unsung: The Story of Glenn Jones, "Another Sad Love Song", "Bring Back Your Love", "Can We Try Again", "Coming Back To You", "Dangerous", "Don't Stop Me", "Dreams Do Come True", "Endlessly", "Everlasting Love", "Everyday", "Every Time", "Feels Good", "Finesse", "Get It Right", "Good Thang", "Had It Not Been For Him”, "Here I Go Again", "Higher Ground", “I Am Somebody",  "I'm Willing To Run All The Way", "In Your Eyes", "I Love You", "I'll Always Be Here", "I've Been Searchin' (Nobody But You)", “Jesus Is Never Too Busy”, "It Must Be Love", "Keep on Doin'", "Let It Rain", "Living In The Limelight", "Love By Design", "Love Will Show Us How", "Meet Me Halfway There", "Melancholy Fire", "My First Love", "Open Up Your Heart", "Say Yeah", "Secrets", "Share My Love", "Since You've Been Gone", "Stay" All Of You song, "Stay" Take It From Me song, "Thank You for the Love", "What You Gonna Do", "When We're Making Love", "Where Is The Love", “With A Made Up Mind”, "You & Me", "You Should've Stayed Here", "You're The Only One I Love")
A4 ("24/Seven", "All I Need To Know", "All That You Need", "Anniversary", "Baby Come Home", "Baby Come To Me", "Be Still My Soul”, "Dangerous", "Do You Love Me", "(Do You Love) The One You're With", "Dreams Do Come True", "Everybody Loves a Winner", "Finder of Lost Loves", "Finesse", "From Now On", "Girl In The Corner", "Give Love A Chance", "Giving Myself To You", "Going To A Place", "Has Anybody", “He Didn’t Have To Do It”, "Here All the Time", "Here I Am", "Hooked On Your Love", "I Am Somebody", “I Sing This Song For You”, "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much", "In You", "It's All In The Game", "It's All Right Now", "It's Gonna Be Alright", “Jesus Is Never Too Busy”, "Jesus Remembers When Others Forget", "Lay Your Hands On Me Jesus", “Leave It Up To Jesus”, "Little Flowers", "Love Intensity", "Melancholy Fire", "My First Love", "On The Floor", "On Your Side", "Reaching For The Sky", "Round and Round", "Show and Tell", "Show Me", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered", "Spend My Life With You", "Talk Me Into It", "Take It From Me", "Thank You for the Love", "That Night Mood", "That's How Love Should Be", "The First Noel", "Trust In Me", "What You Gonna Do", "When Love Breaks U Down")

Significant Low Notes:
G3 ("All Work No Play", "Another Sad Love Song", "Baby Come Home", "Baby Come To Me", “Be Still My Soul”, “Call On Jesus”, "Can We Try Again", "Do You Love Me", "(Do You Love) The One You're With", "Finesse", "God Is Love”, "Has Anybody?", "He Is So Good To Me", "Here I Am", "Hooked On Your Love", “I Love You", "I Sing This Song For You”, "It Hurts Too Much", "It Must Be Love", "It's All Right Now", "I've Been Searchin' (Nobody But You)", "Jesus Is Never Too Busy", "Lay Your Hands On Me Jesus", "Melancholy Fire", "Oh Girl", "Reaching For The Sky", "Since You've Been Gone", "Talk Me Into It", "Take It From Me", "The First Noel", "We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)", "You're The Only One I Love")
F♯3 ("24/Seven", "At Last", "Don't Stop Me", "Don't Walk Away", "Everything To Me", "Finder of Lost Loves", "Give Love A Chance", "Going To A Place", “He Didn’t Have To Do It”, "He Is So Good To Me", "Here All the Time", "Higher Ground", "I Think It's Time", "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much", "I Wonder Why", "I'm Willing To Run All The Way", "It's Gonna Be Alright", "Let It Rain", "Love Is Forever", "Love Songs",  "Living In The Limelight", "Love Will Show Us How", "Make It up To You", "My First Time", "On Your Side", "Show and Tell", "Show Me", "Spend My Life With You", "Thankful", "That Night Mood", "The Way You Do", "Trust In Me", "Where Is The Love")
F3 ("All I Need To Know", "Another Sad Love Song", "Be My Lady", "Bring Back Your Love", "Can We Try Again", "Coming Back To You", "Dangerous", "Do You Love Me", "Dreams Do Come True", "Endlessly", "Everlasting Love", "Everyday", "Fly Me To The Moon" Live on KTSU Unplugged, "Get It Right", "Girl In The Corner", "Good Thang", "Here I Am", "Here I Go Again", "I Am Somebody", "In You", "In Your Eyes", "I'll Always Be Here", "I've Been Searchin' (Nobody But You)", "Keep on Doin'", "Meet Me Halfway There", "Melancholy Fire", "Secrets", "Show and Tell", "Since You've Been Gone", "Stay" All Of You song, "Thank You for the Love", "We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)", "What You Gonna Do", "When Love Breaks U Down", "When We're Making Love", "Where Is The Love", "You & Me", "You Should've Stayed Here", "You're Sweet, You're Fine, You're Everything")
E3 ("Additional Love", "All That You Need", "Anniversary", "Baby Come To Me", “Be My Lady", "Call Me", "Call On Jesus”, "(Do You Love) The One You're With", "Dreams Do Come True", "Everybody Loves a Winner", "Every Time", "Finder of Lost Loves", "From Now On", "Girl In The Corner", "Give Love A Chance", "Giving Myself To You", “God Is Love”, "Going To A Place", “He Didn’t Have To Do It”, "Here All the Time", "I Think It's Time", "I Wonder Why", "In You", "I'm Willing To Run All The Way", “Jesus Is Never Too Busy”, "Little Flowers", "Love By Design", "Make It up To You", "On Your Side", "Reaching For The Sky", "Set The Night on Fire", "Show Me", "Spend My Life With You", "Talk Me Into It", "That Night Mood", "That's How Love Should Be", "Trust In Me")
E♭3 ("All For You", "Coming Back To You", "Don't Stop Me", "Don't Walk Away", "Everlasting Love", "Everything To Me", "Good Thang", "Here I Go Again", "It Must Be Love", "I'll Always Be Here", "I've Been Searchin' (Nobody But You)", "Let It Rain", "Living In The Limelight", "Love Songs", "Secrets", "Since You've Been Gone", "Thankful", "The Way You Do", "When We're Making Love", "Where Is The Love", "You Should've Stayed Here", "You're The Only One I Love")
D3 ("24/Seven", "Additional Love", Endlessly", "Every Time", "God Is Love”, "Here All the Time", “Keep on Doin'", "Little Flowers", "Love By Design", "Meet Me Halfway There", "Oh Girl", "Show And Tell", "Show Me" (Live @ Indigo 02, London 1-11-13), "Take It From Me", "We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)", "What You Gonna Do")
C♯3 ("Don't Stop Me", "Don't Walk Away", "Everything To Me", "Feels Good", "I Think It's Time", "In Your Eyes", "It's Gonna Be Alright", "On Your Side", "Spend My Life With You", "Trust In Me", "When We're Making Love")
C3 ("24/Seven", "Giving Myself To You", "Here I Go Again", "I Am Somebody", "I'll Always Be Here", “Jesus Is Never Too Busy”, “Stay” All Of You song, "Talk Me Into It", "Thank You for the Love", "Secrets", "When Love Breaks U Down", "You Should've Stayed Here")
B2 ("Additional Love", "All That You Need", "At Last" Live at the Black Woman's Expo 2019)
B♭2 (“Stay” All Of You song, "You Should've Stayed Here")
G♯2 ("Let It Rain", "You and Me")

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{Description}
An unsung hero of R&B, Glenn Jones' 4+ decade long career has provided an immense collection of tracks featuring some of the finest singing ever heard across R&B, funk and gospel. A Florida native and natural choir boy since childhood, Glenn sang co-lead vocals on his own gospel music group, Glenn Jones & The Modulations, at the age of 16 alongside the King of Gospel himself, James Cleveland. One album later, Glenn would have the lead vocals all for himself, having further developed his vocal range and tone towards the style he is most known for. From here on, Glenn would take up secular music with contemporary R&B, funk and quiet storm, while retaining his gospel forged vocals and identity. Glenn is often held in high regard by those who know him for his emotive, sensitive lyrics revolving love and romance, his music education programs as founder of the Love Jones foundation and his talents as a guitarist, producer and singer/songwriter.

It is not a stretch to call Mr. Jones a virtuoso singer. He makes high placed melodies and twisty melismas sound easy with his strong yet silken vocal tone, keeping a masculine sound beyond tenor high C. His vocals also have a noticeable degree of humanity to them, with some looser, more gritty vocal moments, though his suave vocal stylings are easily his most distinctive vocal characteristic. On his first album with his gospel group "The Modulations", Glenn already displayed a rich, strong vocal sound, but their second album, "Feel The Fire" featured him an improved form, with a smoother vocal tone, greater pitch control and a more adept high register than before, now performing fifth octave belts and more controlled head voice and falsetto vocals. This became the standard for him across his discography, consistently reaching into tenor high C and beyond in almost all of his songs. He is an impeccable vocalist in many facets: his upper register allows for some of the smoothest, resonant and most controlled crooning and belting in soul and R&B well into the fifth octave. His style is quite melismatic and agile, quickly going from one note to another, though not without some moments of longer sustained notes. Each of his registers sound connected, with his higher 5th octave notes, while more head-y, sounding equally resonant and, at times, virtually indistinguishable his more chest connected notes. On two songs, Glenn even reached soprano high C with a surprising amount of control and power. From my own analysis, Glenn's falsetto and head voice starts taking more precedence around the middle of the 5th octave, though certain notes around E♭5 to F5 still sound connected and full. There's not much to say about his lower register in comparison; his lower notes sound decent into the lower 3rd octave but mostly fade in tone beyond that and are not as emphasized as those high notes with Glenn's own vocal style.

Entering older age, Glenn's vocals remain very well maintained and almost as strong as during his heyday, showcasing a mastery of the craft of vocals not many singers have achieved as well. I'm not kidding when I say that every song he's on is an incredible display of vocal prowess, though there are some clear highlights. Definitely check him out if R&B, 80's pop, funk or gospel with strong vocals interests you in any capacity.

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{Bolded Notes}
C6 "We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)"
B5 "At Last", "Make It Up To You", "Show Me"
B♭5 "Don't Walk Away", "Let It Rain", "Stay"
A5 "Talk Me Into It"
G♯5 "Here I Go Again (Forever Version)"
G5 "Bring Back Your Love", "It Hurts Too Much", "I've Been Searching (Nobody But You)", "Oh Girl", "That's How Love Should Be", "You Should've Stayed Here"
F♯5 "Living In The Limelight"
F5 "I'll Always Be Here (Interlude)"
E5 "All Work No Play", "Oh Girl"
D5 "Melancholy Fire"
C♯5 "Show Me"
C5 "Everybody Loves A Winner", "Feel The Fire", "It Hurts Too Much", "Love Will Show Us How"
B4 "I Wonder Why", "The First Noel", "You're The Only One I Love"
B♭4 "I'm Willing To Run All The Way","I've Been Searchin' (Nobody But You), "Share My Love", "Stay"
A4 "24/Seven", "Be Still My Soul", "Dangerous", "Going To A Place", "On The Floor"

G3 "Jesus Is Never Too Busy"
E♭3 "Everything To Me", "Here I Go Again", "Let It Rain", "You Should've Stayed Here"
D3  "Additional Love", "Show And Tell"
C3 "I Am Somebody"

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{Questionable Notes}
F♯5 ("Give Love A Chance" [1])
E5 ("Here All The Time" [1])

C♯3 ("Thankful" [5])
C3 ("Baby Come Home" [2])
B2 ("I Think It's Time" [3], "Love By Design" [2], "Take It From Me" [3], "Thankful" [2])
B♭2 ("Can We Try Again" [1], "I Love You" [2])
A2 ("Going To A Place" [1], "Hooked On Your Love" [2], "Make It up To You" [1])
G♯2 ("At Last" [2])
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[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

[kaji]

Such a great smooth and easy voice

[Bes]

Just wanted to mention that I am open to opinions or debate over whether Glenn's higher notes (G5 or so) should be counted as black or blue notes. I've kept them as blue notes at the moment, as they do sound more like falsetto, but the amount of strength they carry with them almost made me confuse them with those of an additional female vocalist. It's a matter of perspective I suppose, so...feel free to discuss if you'd like.

[kaji]

That's Genobia Jeter on the high bold in "Keep on Doin'".