Donna Jones

Donna Jones (born Doreen Jones, ) is an English performer best known for her work as Pussyfoot in the 1970s, and as a member of the New Seekers since February 1979.

1965–1972 Jones then went solo. She became resident singer at a Manchester night club, "Mr. Smiths", and subsequently performed in Granada TV's "First Timers" where she was awarded "Best Female Singer". This led to a recording contract with MCA where Jones recorded "Heaven Held". and Rees' husband Roger Walburn singing in the Manchester Mecca club, and they subsequently played as the resident house group at the Manchester club and its sister club in Blackpool. and Donna Jones formed the "Springfield Revival". They were extremely successful, appearing on television shows such as Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies, Rolf Harris and many other variety shows in the UK. The group toured the world with The Osmonds, appearing at Madison Square Garden, and performed at the 45th Academy Awards in Hollywood on 27 March 1973. For Pussyfoot, Flinn remained behind the scenes, and Jones was marketed as a solo artist. In 1975 they recorded the disco song "The Way That You Do It", which first attracted public attention when the song's suggestive lyrics caused it to be banned by the BBC. In Australia, the television show Countdown began playing the video clip, and exploited the British ban on playing the song. Over several months, Jones became a sensation and a sex symbol. The song was released as a single by EMI Records and spent seven weeks at number one on the singles chart from January 1977. Pussyfoot released two studio albums.

In 1980, Jones fronted a mainly female band (with Flinn on lead guitar) that adopted her previous stage name of Pussyfoot, and the group entered the Song for Europe 1980 contest (a preamble to the Eurovision Song Contest). Pussyfoot came fourth in the contest, with media commentators speculating after the event that Jones was, once again, too raunchy for British tastes. The other members of Pussyfoot at the contest were Fiona Tucker (bass guitar), Jude Allen (synthesizer and keyboards), Jackie Dixon (drums) and Annabel Rees (synthesizer and keyboards).

Personal life

Jones began dance classes at age 3, and appearing in the UK TV soap Coronation Street at age 12. who also subsequently joined The New Seekers. In the UK, Flinn formed The Springfield Revival with Ray Martin and Donna Jones. Flinn subsequently became Jones' manager-writer-producer, and husband.