Gloria Jones
| Born | October 19, 1945 |
| Hometown | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States |
| Partner | Marc Bolan |
| Children | Rolan Bolan |
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The true story of Marc Bolan's final days
- Marc Bolan, the Guru Of Glitter, was killed in a car crash in 1977 – just as his career was on the rise again. This is the story of his final hours
- Amarillo Globe-News
Amarillo native selected to serve as adviser to Secretary of the Navy
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- EntertainmentDeadline
SXSW 2024 Second Wave Includes Pics With Sydney Sweeney, Nicolas Cage, Camila Mendes & ‘Monkey Man’
South by Southwest’s 2024 edition just added some more star-studded movies in its second wave of programming including the highly anticipated Jordan Peele Monkeypaw production, Monkey Man, starring and directed by Dev Patel, the Sydney Sweeney nun movie Immaculate, the new Nicolas Cage horror movie Arcadian, and Musica starring Riverdale’s Camila Mendes. For Peele, Sweeney, …
- USThe News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
Mother of shooting victim: 'I still can't believe it happened'
Aug. 9—CHAMPAIGN — Every morning, Kizzy Jones texts her son, "hoping he texts me back," she said. "But I know I won't hear back from him. It's like it's not real." Wearing a T-shirt with "Long Live Jahiem" on the front and the date her son, Jahiem Law, was murdered on the back, Jones on Tuesday was at the site of the July 13 shooting, adding to the family's roadside tribute to the 20-year-old ...
- LifestyleThe Alliance Review
Glow Night puts STEM activities in new light for Sebring students
Evening offers games, learning in fun environment for families.
- USThe Daily Beast
Why Did These 5 Vote to Boot Black Tennessee Reps but Keep Their White Colleague?
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Tennessee General AssemblyRepublican lawmakers were quick to expel two Black Democrats from the Tennessee House of Representatives Thursday after they protested against gun violence. However, their white colleague, who joined the protest, was narrowly spared, leading many critics to call the decision racially charged.Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were expelled when 72 lawmakers and 69 lawmakers voted for their ouster, respectively.
- LifestyleThe Jamestown Sun, N.D.
Gloria Jones likes the competition of Open Class at fair
Jun. 25—JAMESTOWN — If you've ever looked at the Open Class exhibits at the Stutsman County Fair, chances are you saw Gloria Jones' name on some entries. And chances are there were probably ribbons with them as well. Jones has been exhibiting at the Stutsman County Fair for more than 20 years, earning too many ribbons to keep track of. "I'm a very competitive person and I like challenges, so ...
- CelebrityThe Telegraph
‘God would dig me like crazy’: how Marc Bolan spun out of control
They called Marc Bolan a visionary, but how dark did his premonitions get? They say, on a visit to the Louvre, he was engrossed by a Magritte painting of a sycamore tree in moonlight called The Sixteenth Of September. As obtuse as Nostradamus, he sang of a “hubcap diamond star halo” and that “life is the same as it always will be, easy as picking foxes from a tree”. On tour in 1967 it’s said he role-played a future in which he was world famous with his manager Simon Napier-Bell. “Of course, I’d
- EntertainmentBillboard
What Marc Bolan Would Have Thought About T. Rex’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction, According to Gloria?Jones
The late T. Rex leader Marc Bolan would have been of a few minds about the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction according to Gloria Jones, his girlfriend, bandmate and mother of their son, Rolan Feld Bolan.
- NewsStereogum
Gotcha Covered: “All Along The Watchtower”
Super Bowl weekend already feels like it was months ago, though there are still a couple feelings I've been coasting off in the last week-or-so since: one, it's always fun seeing Tom Brady fail, and two, people who want you to buy things act under the worst faith imaginable. All it took was that Ram…
- NewsThe Atlantic
Track of the Day: 'Tainted Love'
Matt, a reader in Seattle, has an unsettling selection for the cover series: This is a probably bit out there, but I was reminded of it as I listened to yesterday’s Track of the Day. The song “Tainted Love” was originally written by Ed Cobb and recorded by Gloria Jones in 1965 (thanks Wikipedia). It became famous with the 1981 synth-pop version by Soft Cell. Then in 1985, Coil covered it. Slowed it down. Released it as a benefit for an AIDS Charity. The slow version brought out a new meaning in
