Ronnie Jones (singer)

Ronald Hugo Jones (born September 14, 1937, in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States) is an Italy-based, American-born R&B, blues and disco singer.

He started his career in England, where he joined the first incarnation of the Blues Incorporated with Alexis Korner, Jack Bruce, Cyril Davis, Johnny Parker and Ginger Baker.

He later formed a band called The Nightimers with John McLaughlin, before moving to Italy to join the cast of the local production of Hair.

He then performed with artists such as Claudja Barry and Cooper Terry, and had a hit in the Italian charts with Funky Bump (Atlantic, 1976).

In the 1970s and the 1980s Jones worked as a musician, DJ and TV host at RAI and Radio 105 Network.