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Sharon Jones (II)

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Born Sharon Lafaye Jones in Augusta, Georgia, she moved to New York City at an early age. With a gifted voice, performing gospel songs in Church, since childhood, she has only recently received acclaim by the public and her peers in the areas of Soul, Funk and Rhythm and Blues. Until the late 90s she was still employed at her "day Job" as a Correction Officer at NYC's Rikers Island... See full bio »

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2010-2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Emma Stone/Adam Carolla/Rickey Minor & Friends (2011) (performer: "What's Going On")
– Episode #19.60 (2010) (writer: "There Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects" / performer: "There Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects")
– Episode #18.77 (2010) (performer: "She Ain't a Child No More")
 
2010 Conan (TV series)
– Hickory Dickory Danger (2010) (performer: "If You Call" - uncredited)
 
2010 For Colored Girls (writer: "Longer & Stronger" / as S. Jones / performer: "Longer & Stronger")
 
2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
– Episode #9.16 (2010) (performer: "Money", "The Game Gets Old")
 
2010 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
– Episode #6.183 (2010) (performer: "Window Shopping")
 
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Russell Crowe/Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (2010) (performer: "I Learned the Hard Way")
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.235 (2010) (performer: "Better Things")
 
2010 Our Family Wedding (writer: "Tell Me" / performer: "100 Days, 100 Nights", "Natural Born Lover", "Make It Good to Me", "Give It Back", "Tell Me", "Got A Thing On My Mind")
 
2010 How to Make It in America (TV series)
– Paper, Denim + Dollars (2010) (performer: "This Land Is Your Land")
 
2010 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Jon Hamm/Michael Bublé (2010) (performer: "Baby You've Got What It Takes" - uncredited)
 
2009 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
– The Top 14 Perform (2009) (performer: "Baby You've Got What It Takes")
 
2009 Hung (TV series)
– A Dick and a Dream or Fight the Honey (2009) (performer: "How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?" - uncredited)
 
2009/I Up in the Air (performer: "This Land Is Your Land" 1940)
 
2009 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (performer: "You Can't Hurry Love")
 
2009 Cold Case (TV series)
– Libertyville (2009) (performer: "This Land Is Your Land" - uncredited)
 
2009 Different from Whom (performer: "100 Days, 100 Nights", "You're Gonna Get It", "How Do I Let A Good Man Down?")
 
2008 Eli Stone (TV series)
– Should I Stay or Should I Go? (2008) (performer: "Be Easy" - uncredited)
 
2008 Baby Mama (performer: "100 Days, 100 Nights")
 
2008 Fireflies in the Garden (performer: "Be Easy")
 
2007 The Great Debaters (performer: "My Soul is a Witness", "Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air", "Two Wings" / arranger: "My Soul is a Witness", "Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air")
 
2007 Men in Trees (TV series)
– Sea Change (2007) (performer: "Let Them Knock" - uncredited)
 
2007 YPF ("Make It Good To Me")
 
2007 Damages (TV series)
– And My Paralyzing Fear of Death (2007) (performer: "You're Gonna Get It")
 
2007 Good Luck Chuck (performer: "You're Gonna Get It")
 
2007 Entourage (TV series)
– The Prince's Bride (2007) (performer: "Pick It Up, Lay It in the Cut")
 
2007 The Cake Eaters (performer: "Make It Good to Me")
 
2007 Waitress (performer: "YOU'RE GONNA GET IT")
 
2006 Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (performer: "Make it good to me")
 
2004 November (performer: "Make It Good to Me")
 
Show ShowActress (3 titles)
2013 Queen City
Sharon LaDay
 
2011 Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf (TV series)
Group
– Facebook Faves (2011) … Group
 
2007 The Great Debaters
Lila
 
Show ShowSelf (23 titles)
2010-2012 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #10.269 (2012) … Herself
– Episode #9.16 (2010) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
2011 VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul (TV movie)
Herself - Performer (as Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings)
 
2011 Big Morning Buzz Live with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Herself
– Heather Matarazzo/Kina Grannis/Sharon Jones (2011) … Herself
 
2011 Into the Night with... (TV series documentary)
– Sharon Jones und Charles Bradley (2011)
 
2009-2011 Spicks and Specks (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #7.20 (2011) … Herself
– Episode #5.4 (2009) … Herself
 
2010-2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest
– Emma Stone/Adam Carolla/Rickey Minor & Friends (2011) … Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #19.60 (2010) … Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #18.77 (2010) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
2011 Lopez Tonight (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 20 June 2011 (2011) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
2011 The Hour (TV series)
Herself - Performer
– Episode #7.148 (2011) … Herself - Performer
 
2010 Conan (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest
– Hickory Dickory Danger (2010) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
2010 Ànima (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.9 (2010) … Herself
 
2010 Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education (TV movie)
Herself
 
2009-2010 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #6.183 (2010) … Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #5.206 (2009) … Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #5.188 (2009) … Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #5.96 (2009) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
2008-2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest
– Russell Crowe/Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (2010) … Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #15.68 (2008) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
2010 Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf (TV series)
Herself
– Full Song Special 1 (2010) … Herself
 
2009-2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.235 (2010) … Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.37 (2009) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
2010 The Mo'Nique Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 1 April 2010 (2010) … Herself
 
2010 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Herself
– Jon Hamm/Michael Bublé (2010) … Herself (uncredited)
 
2009 'TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music Festival' (TV movie)
Herself (as Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings)
 
2009 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 10 June 2009 (2009) … Herself
 
2008 Austin City Limits (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings/Carolyn Wonderland (2008) … Herself
 
2008 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 11 June 2008 (2008) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
2008 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #32.3 (2008) … Herself
 
2008 Tracks (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 March 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
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