Gloria Jones - Tainted Love

Since we've been doing some covers lately, how about the original whose cover is better known? Soft Cell's version was one of the biggest hit of the '80s, but Gloria Jones is the Nothern Soul singer-songwriter who had a hit with it in 1965. Ms. Jones was also in the musical Hair, was keyboard player and vocalist for T. Rex in the '70s, and was in the Motown stable where she wrote for Gladys Knight & Pips, Commodores, the Four Tops, and the Jackson 5. She has recorded with Dusty Springfield, Spencer Davis, Billy Preston, and '68 was in a rock & soul version of Shakespeare's Othello along with fellow cast members Jerry Lee Lewis, the Blossoms, and Dr. John. In 1977 while living in England, she was the drunk driver in an accident that killed her T. Rex bandleader and love interest Marc Bolan. She left all her possessions behind and took her son back to the U.S. before the court date, so the Court recorded a verdict of accidental death.