Joe Jones (singer)
Joe Jones Birth name Joseph Charles Jones Born ( 1926-08-12 ) August 12, 1926 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Died November 27, 2005 (2005-11-27) (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Genres R&B Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, arranger Labels Capitol Joseph Charles "Joe" Jones (August 12, 1926 – November 27, 2005) [1] was an American R&B singer, songwriter and arranger, who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jones is also generally credited with discovering the Dixie Cups. He also worked with B.B. King. [2] As a singer, Jones had his greatest hit in the form of the Top Five 1960 R&B hit "You Talk Too Much", which also reached #3 on the pop chart. Career Jones served in the U.S. Navy, where he played piano in a band, before studying music at the Juilliard Conservatory of Music. He formed a band, Joe Jones and his Atomic Rebops, in the late 1940s; band members played on Roy Brown's 1947 hit "Go...