Gloria Richetta Jones (born 12 September 1938, Longview, Texas blank">http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1808224/bio) is an _American singer and songwriter. She recorded the 1964 northern soul classic, "Tainted Love", later a hit for the British synth-pop duo, Soft Cell.

Gloria Jones (born 12 September 1938 in Longview, Texas) is an American singer. She first recorded the 1964 northern soul classic Tainted Love , later a hit for the British synth-pop duo Soft Cell in 1981, and for Marilyn Manson in 2002. She was also the girlfriend of T. Rex singer Marc Bolan with whom she has a son Rolan Bolan . She sang backing vocals with T. Rex from 1973 to 1977. She was the driver of the car, an Austin Mini, that crashed and killed Marc Bolan on Septembe