“When she found out about the U.K. looking for her, she couldn’t believe it. She was like, ‘Really?’ I told her, ‘They’re still playing your music over there. You’re still popular.’” Jones is now collecting royalties from her music. For O’Hara, that makes the discovery even more meaningful because so many obscure soul artists were forgotten, underpaid, or lost to history. #SeptemberJones #Detroit #Michigan #Music #Soul #RhythmAndBlues #Funk https://www.metrotimes.com/music-2/a-detroit-soul-mystery-is-solved-after-nearly-60-years/

“The music and talent that has come from #Detroit over the past 60 years is quite incredible, and it should be celebrated. There are still lots of artists out there that need to be recognized. As the years go on, these artists are disappearing.”

“She may be gone, I don’t know. But I just want her to know she mattered.”

#TBT #Music #RhythmAndBlues #Funk #Soul #NorthernSoul #SeptemberJones

https://www.metrotimes.com/music/the-search-for-a-lost-detroit-soul-singer-whose-music-still-lives-on-overseas-39650140

The search for a lost Detroit soul singer whose music still lives on overseas

Jim O’Hara has spent more than a decade chasing a ghost.

Detroit Metro Times