Barbara Tamiko Ferguson was born in Kyle, West Virginia, and has part Japanese, British, and Cherokee descent.
[5] Wisner had arranged and conducted a number of the tracks on A Mann And A Woman, this resulted in the album Tamiko, released in February 1968.
Jones became Burke's fiancée and manager for a time, and co-produced his cover of the Creedence Clearwater Revival hit single "Proud Mary".
[3] In the early 1970's she resumed her performing career with appearances in Las Vegas, but these were too strenuous and Jones returned to New York.
76 R&B) was released on the Contempo label, owned by John Abbey, who was also the British founder and editor of Blues & Soul magazine.
92 on the R&B chart, and in 1979 her version of "Can't Live Without Your Love", written and arranged by Randy Muller of Brass Construction and issued on the Polydor label, reached no.
[2] In 2008, "Can't Live Without Your Love" was featured on the soundtrack to the video game Grand Theft Auto IV[11] Jones vocal tracks continue to be popular today and receive regular remixes and edits.
In April 2024, her track "Let It Flow", from the 1976 album Cloudy was remixed by Disco Dandies and released on the High Fashion Music label.