Jones had appeared opposite Richard in the 1960s, on a television debate show where he had, at the time, opposed Richard's viewpoint.
He converted to Christianity in the mid 1980s as the result of being invited by Cliff Richard to a Luis Palau evangelistic event. He is currently married to the former actress, and latterly Christian speaker, Fiona Hendley-Jones. There were two sons from the marriage, Matthew and Jacob. Jones was first married (1963–76) to novelist and reviewer Sheila MacLeod. Jones attended Portsmouth Grammar School and moved to the Edinburgh Academy for his last two years of school before winning an Open Exhibition in English to Jesus College, Oxford, although he did not graduate. Jones is currently the president of the National Harmonica League and was awarded "harmonica player of the year" in the British blues awards of 2010, 20 as well as Blues Broadcaster of the year and a Lifetime Achievement award in 2011. In 2010, Jones featured on two versions of "You’re Wrong" from Nick Vernier Band's Sessions album. That same month saw the single release of "I'm Your Kingpin" by Nick Vernier Band with Paul Jones on harmonica. On Jones and his harmonica featured in a song during a concert by Joe Bonamassa in the Royal Albert Hall, London. It was produced by Carla Olson in Los Angeles and features Eric Clapton, Jake Andrews, Ernie Watts, Percy Sledge, Alvino Bennett, Tony Marsico, Michael Thompson, Tom Morgan Jr., Oren Waters and Luther Waters. In 2009 he issued Starting All Over Again on Continental Record Services (aka CRS) in Europe and Collectors' Choice in the US. He founded The Blues Band and is a member of the Manfreds, a group reuniting several original members of Manfred Mann, and has also played harmonica as a session musician on recordings. Four years later he appeared as one of the guest vocalists on the British Electric Foundation's Music of Quality and Distinction, on a new version of " There's a Ghost in My House". In 1978 he released a single on the RSO label, orchestrated versions of the Sex Pistols' " Pretty Vacant" and the Ramones' " Sheena Is a Punk Rocker", both produced by Rice. It was later repeated on BBC1 in 1977 His gold albums include one for Evita. Jones had previously worked with Covington in the BBC's 1975 Christmas production Great Big Groovy Horse, a rock opera based on the story of the Trojan Horse shown on BBC2. In 1976 he performed the role of Peron on the original concept album of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Evita alongside Julie Covington as Eva, Colm Wilkinson as Che and Barbara Dickson as the Mistress.
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In 1975 he guest starred in a TV episode of The Sweeney ("Chalk & Cheese") as a boxer turned gangster named "Tommy Garret". In 1971 Jones recorded Crucifix in a Horseshoe with White Cloud, a New York-based session group featuring Teddy Wender on keyboards and Kenny Kosek on fiddle.
Jones was cast as a pop singer in the film, and sang the songs "I've Been a Bad, Bad Boy" and "Set Me Free", which Patti Smith covered in the 1970s. His performance opposite model Jean Shrimpton in the 1967 film Privilege, directed by Peter Watkins, did not bring the hoped-for stardom, although the film later became a cult classic. Subsequent single releases in Britain in the late 1960s on the Columbia label. He had enough hits in Sweden to have a greatest hits album released there on EMI. While his solo career in the UK was mildly successful, he sold few records in the US. He was less successful without the band than they were with his replacement, Mike d'Abo, but did have a few hits, notably with "High Time" (1966) (UK No 4), "I've Been a Bad, Bad Boy" (1967) (UK No 5) and "Thinkin' Ain't for Me" (1967) (UK No 32) before branching into acting. Paul Jones had several Top Ten hits with Manfred Mann before going solo in July 1966. He went on to be the vocalist and harmonica player of the successful 1960s group Manfred Mann. He was asked by Keith Richards and Brian Jones to be the lead singer of a group they were forming, but he turned them down. Jones" he performed duets with Elmo Lewis (better known as future founder member of the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones) at the Ealing Club, home of Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, whose singers included Long John Baldry and Mick Jagger. Paul Jones was born as Paul Pond in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Paul Jones (born Paul Pond, 24 February 1942) is an English singer, actor, harmonica player, radio personality and television presenter.
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