Gloria Jones' "Tainted Love"

You know, blasphemy or not, I am growing tired of Soft Cell's version of Tainted Love, and all the covers that I've heard thus far. Not since Gloria Jones' first single have I felt that "Tainted Love" had its original essence. (Not always the case with covers...) Since I ripped the compilation "Beg Scream & Shout! The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul" (Scream 1) (Disc 4) from Tasha, I was happy to be able to hear this hit whenever I damn want to...

From wiki: "Gloria Jones (born 12 September 1938 in Longview, Texas) was an American singer. She recorded the 1964 northern soul classic "Tainted Love", later a hit for the British synth-pop duo Soft Cell. She was also the girlfriend of T. Rex singer Marc Bolan with whom she had a son, Rolan Bolan. She sang backing vocals with T. Rex from 1973 to 1977. She was the driver of the car, an Austin Mini, that crashed and killed Marc Bolan on September 16, 1977."
Here's an album cover of a track they did together.
And a picture of Gloria and Marc's son Rolan. Yep, Rolan Bolan... ("Zowie Bowie!" someone cries...)

[m4a] Gloria Jones - Tainted Love [/m4a]

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