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Soul singer underwent surgery to remove a bile duct tumour in June (2013)
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Sharon Jones: Watch Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Play Conan
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Last night on Conan, retro-soul wailer Sharon Jones followed up her Fallon appearance and continued her post-cancer return to the stage. Jones is still bald from chemotherapy treatments, but her onstage energy has not dipped at all, and her Dap-Kings still sound as tight as ever. On the show, the band played “Retreat!,” the l...
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Sharon Jones: A Minute With: Sharon Jones on soul music, cancer and R-E-S-P-E-C-T
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By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cancer became the inescapable loss lurking in the background of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' latest album, "Give the People What They Want," the sixth release from the indie soul group credited with reviving the genre a dozen years ago. Jones, the 57-year-old singer who r...
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Sharon Jones: Watch Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Play Fallon
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Just like in last week’s video for “Stranger To Happiness,” Sharon Jones, in the wake of beating cancer, delivered a fantastic performance on Fallon last Friday. You can watch her play the previously released single “Retreat,” which also had this animated video. Watch below. Give The People What ...
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Sharon Jones: & The Dap-Kings – “Stranger To My Happiness” Video
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings had to delay the release of their new album Give The People What They Want because Jones was going through cancer treatments, but the album is now set for release next week. The band’s last video, for “Retreat!,” was an animated affair, presumably because Jones herself was unava...
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Sharon Jones: Stream Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings Give The People What They Want
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Initially, retro-soul institution Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings planned to release their new album Give The People What They Want back in August. But Jones, a forceful wailer without too many contemporary peers, was diagnosed with cancer, and so the band had to cancel tours so she could get the illness treated. After a successful [...]
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