Ada Jane Jones, née le dans le Lancashire et morte le à Rocky Mount (Caroline du Nord), est une chanteuse anglo-américaine.
Ses premiers enregistrements sur cylindres Edison datent de 1893. Elle compte parmi les premières chanteuses à avoir été enregistrées.
Biographie thumb|Ada Jones en 1894. Ada Jones naît dans le Lancashire au Royaume-Uni, mais déménage avec sa famille à Philadelphie, en Pennsylvanie, à l'âge de six ans, en 1879. Elle commence à se produire sur scène dans des rôles juvéniles dans les années 1880..
Elle chante en contralto, apprenant les chansons à l'oreille, et ne sait ni lire la musique ni jouer d'un instrument. Son répertoire comprend des ballades, du ragtime, du vaudeville et des comédies dans divers dialectes. Entre 1893 et 1894, elle enregistre pour Edison Records sur cylindres de cire, ce qui en fait l'une des premières chanteuses à être enregistrée. Elle chante avec Billy Murray, Billy Watkins, Cal Stewart, , l'American Quartet et avec sa fille de , Sheilah. Victime de crise d'épilepsie, les tournées sont souvent difficiles.
Dans les années 1890, elle enregistre quelques concerts pour la , dont Sweet Marie et . Cependant, la disparition de cette compagnie interrompt sa carrière discographique, et ce n'est qu'en 1905 qu'elle reprend l'enregistrement, après quelques années de concerts dans des lieux tels que le Huber's Street Museum à New York.
Jones enregistre en 1909 pour la Victor Light Opera CompanyAda Jones & Victor Light Opera Company - The Yama Yama Man, 1909, Internet Archive.. Les paroles des couplets deux et trois sont modifiées par rapport à l'original, le deuxième étant plus osé. Il s'agit de la chanson la plus populaire de sa carrière, devenant un best-sellerThe Yama Yama Man, Netlex News, 5 juillet 2006..
Elle meurt à Rocky Mount, en Caroline du Nord, le d'une insuffisance rénale.
Discographie Titres classés AnnéeSingleClassementUS1905My Carolina Lady3Mr. and Mrs. Murphy (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)8Heinie (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)5Ev'ry Little Bit Helps (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)4Reuben and Cynthia (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)8Pals (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)5Just Plain Folks3Keep a Cozy Little Corner in Your Heart for Me5Jimmie and Maggie at the Hippodrome (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)4Please Come and Play in My Yard10Courtship of Barney and Eileen (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)91906The Golden Wedding (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)4I'm the Only Star That Twinkles on Broadway 7Fritz and Louisa (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)7The Original Cohens (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)6Just a Little Rocking Chair and You4So Long, Mary2My Lovin' Henry7Waiting at the Church (My Wife Won't Let Me)2Bashful Henry and His Lovin' Lucy (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)4Peaches and Cream (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)3Let Me See You Smile (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)6It's All Right in the Summertime4The Moon Has His Eyes on You6Jimmie and Maggie at the Ball Game (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)81907I'm Sorry (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)4Down on the Farm (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)7If the Man in the Moon Were a Coon3Wouldn't You like to Flirt with Me? (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)8I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave1Whistle It (Ada Jones, Billy Murray & Frank Stanley)2The Game of Peek-a-Boo (I'd like to See a Little More of You) (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)3My Irish Rosie2It's Nice to Have a Sweetheart (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)3Kiss, Kiss, Kiss (If You Want to Learn to Kiss) (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)5Meet Me Down at the Corner (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)7Won't You Be My Honey? (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)3Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)1Herman and Minnie (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)7Be My Little Teddy Bear (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)5You've Got to Love Me a Lot (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)81908Make Believe (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)3Wouldn't You like to Have Me for a Sweetheart?6I Could Learn to Love You When You Smile, Smile, Smile (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)6Wouldn't You like to Have Me for a Sweetheart? (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)1Jimmie and Maggie at The Merry Widow (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)5When We Are M-A-Double-R-I-E-D (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)1Smarty (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)2I Want to Be a Merry, Merry Widow6Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)1I've Taken Quite a Fancy to You (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)2The ABCs of the U.S.A. (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)6By the Old Oaken Bucket, Louise (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)7There's No Moon like the Honeymoon (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)31909I Remember You2Pet Names (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)8Oh, You Kid! (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)8Shine On, Harvest Moon (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)1I'm Looking for a Sweetheart and I Think You'll Do (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)5Beautiful Eyes2The Yama Yama Man (Ada Jones & Victor Light Opera Co.)1Isn't Love a Grand Old Thing? (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)6I'm Awfully Glad I Met You (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)3My Pony Boy2Mister Othello9I've Got Rings On My Fingers1Red Head5I'm Glad I'm a Boy - I'm Glad I'm a Girl (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)61910Oh, You Candy Kid6Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?4Emmaline (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)2What Makes the World Go Round (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)3By the Light of the Silvery Moon2Just a Little Ring from You (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)8Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon (Ada Jones & American Quartet)1The Girl with a Brogue7Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon4Return of the Arkansas Traveler (Ada Jones & Len Spencer)9Is There Anything Else I Can Do for You?91911Silver Bell (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)7Kiss Me, My Honey, Kiss Me (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)5Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine (Ada Jones, Billy Murray & American Quartet)1The Dublin Rag9Cheer Up, My Honey (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)7All Aboard for Blanket Bay4Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey5Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Girl Is the Right Little Girl for Me8It's Got to Be Someone I Love (Ada Jones & Walter Van Brunt)9That was Before I Met You (Ada Jones & Walter Van Brunt)6All Alone (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)2All Alone (Ada Jones & Walter Van Brunt)6Knock Wood (Ada Jones & Walter Van Brunt)5They Always Pick on Me71912Knock Wood (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)9Ring Ting a Ling7Bring Back My Lovin' Man5Lingering Love (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)8I'm Afraid, Pretty Maid, I'm Afraid (Ada Jones & Walter Van Brunt)3Oh Mr. Dream Man (Please Let Me Dream Some More)7Whistle It (Ada Jones & Peerless Quartet)6Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)1The Wedding Glide (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)4Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee (Ada Jones & Walter Van Brunt)61913Row! Row! Row!1I've Got the Finest Man9When I Get You Alone To-Night (Ada Jones & Walter Van Brunt)8All Night Long (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)7On the Old Front Porch (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)61914On the Old Front Porch (Ada Jones & Henry Burr)9All Aboard for Dixie Land (Ada Jones & Peerless Quartet)3Where Can I Meet You To-Night? (Ada Jones & Henry Burr)9I'm Crying Just for You (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)4By the Beautiful Sea (Ada Jones & Billy Watkins)1The Whistling Coquette (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)101915If That's Your Idea of a Wonderful Time (Take Me Home)10She Used to Be the Slowest Girl in Town (Ada Jones & Will Robbins)10My Little Girl (Ada Jones & Will Robbins)71916Beatrice Fairfax, Tell Me What to Do!6If I Knock the L Out of Kelly91917O'Brien Is Tryin' to Learn to Talk Hawaiian9What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)3Put On Your Slippers & Fill Up Your Pipe (You're Not Going Bye-Bye Tonight)10M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I9Some Sunday Morning (Ada Jones & M.J. O'Connell)41918I'll Take You Back to Italy (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)91919Uncle Josh and Aunt Nancy Put Up the Kitchen Stove (Ada Jones & Cal Stewart)5Christmas Time at Pumpkin Center (Ada Jones, Cal Stewart & Peerless Quartet)71922When Frances Dances with Me (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)6
Autres titres
Sweet Marie (c. 1893–94) The Volunteer Organist (c. 1893–94) Please Come Play in My Yard (1905) I'm a Woman of Importance (1906) Don't Get Married Any More, Ma (1906, 1907 ; nombreux enregistrements) Experience (from The Little Cherub) (1906) Peaches and Cream, Ada Jones et Len Spencer (Lowitz cylinder 1906)Frank Hoffmann, B Lee Cooper, Tim Gracyk, Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925, 2012, . All She Gets from the Iceman Is Ice (1907) If the Man in the Moon Were a Coon (1907) I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave (1907) Now I Have to Call Him Father (1908) I've Got Rings On My Fingers (1909) My Pony Boy (1909) The Yama Yama Man (1909) Whistle, and I'll Wait for You (1909) Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon (1910) Oh, You Candy Kid (1910) The Girl With the Brogue (1910) Whistle It (1912) (avec Peerless Quartet) Down in Gossip Row (1912 Victor 17056-B) Row! Row! Row! (1913) Beatrice Fairfax, Tell Me What to Do! (1915) thumb|upright=1.75|Ada Jones envoyant du code morse en 1918.
Avec Billy Murray Under the Anheuser Bush Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk (1907) School Days (1907) Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine (1908) The Boy Who Stuttered and the Girl Who Lisped (1908) Wouldn't You Like to Have Me for a Sweetheart? (1908) Blue Feather (1909) Can't You See I Love You (1909) (Edison Standard Record: 10190) Googy-oo (1909) (Edison Amberol: 211) I Can't Say You're the Only One (1909) (Edison Standard Record: 10069) Oh You Kid! (1909) (Edison 10090) Shine On, Harvest Moon (1909) Rainbow (1909) (Columbia 10049) Come Josephine in My Flying Machine (1911) My Hula Hula Love (1911) Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee (1912) Nora Malone (Call Me by Phone) (1912) Silver Bell (1912) If I Said Please (1913) Snow Deer (1913) Somebody's Coming to My House (1913) Bedtime at the Zoo (1914) By the Beautiful Sea (1914) Dixie (1916) What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? (1917) Some Sunday Morning (1918) When Frances Dances With Me (1921)
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Catégorie:Chanteuse anglaise Catégorie:Chanteuse américaine Catégorie:Naissance en juin 1873 Catégorie:Naissance dans le Lancashire Catégorie:Décès en mai 1922 Catégorie:Décès en Caroline du Nord Catégorie:Décès à 48 ans