Gloria Jones (born 12 September 1938, Longview, Texas [LINK: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1808224/bio] [1]) is an American singer and songwriter. She recorded the 1964 northern soul classic, "Tainted Love", later a hit for the British synth-pop duo, Soft Cell. Career Jones' entry into the music industry followed the same pattern of many African American artists. She was the daughter of a minister and studied classical piano for ten years, before joining a gospel group singing in church which included amongst others, future stars such as Billy Preston. At the same time she also sang backing vocals for Phil Spector and Bob Dylan. Eventually she was to meet a future writing partner Pam Sawyer, who asked her to write for Motown Records. Jones and Sawyer were amongst the second string of writers at Motown but still wrote for such artists as Gladys Knight & the Pips, Commodores, The Four Tops and The Jackson 5. She was al