Paul Jones

Paul Jones is, to me, a living chronicle of British pop history. Fronting Manfred Mann on transatlantic number ones like Do Wah Diddy Diddy would be legacy enough, but what genuinely impresses me is everything after. He reinvented himself as an actor, harmonicist, broadcaster and radio personality, refusing to be defined by a single decade. That Oxford-educated wit clearly served him well. Born in 1942 and still active, he embodies a kind of durable British professionalism I find quietly inspiring. Careers this varied and this long are rare, and his deserves real respect.

Name (English)

Paul Jones

Name (Japanese)

ポール・ジョーンズ

Reading

ぽーる・じょーんず

Born

February 24, 1942 (age 84)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Horse

Origin

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / film actor / singer / television presenter / radio personality

University

Jesus College

• Official sitehttp://www.pauljones.eu/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Jones%20(singer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%20(%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123870

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.