I heard they were cousins. I love miss Lady T.

mayrain said:

mE 2

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

nope for the simple fact that Jill Jones is half black (mom) and half Italian, Tina is not. Jill Jone's momma, who is just a few years older than Tina, worked with her via managing her or assisting i can't remember but that's how JJ met Tina. why does this question always come up? where would ppl get the idea that they were sisters?

here's some info taken from the liner notes of Teena's 'It Must Be Magic' remaster:


"The Ballad of Cradle Rob and Me" is a collaboration between Teena and future Prince protegee Jill Jones.Jill is the daughter of Winnie Martin,Teena's manager then,and Fuller Gordy,brother of the Motown founder.Teena had lived with them for a short time."Jill was like my baby sister" she said."She was in 9th grade when we wrote that song-just bein silly".

so Berry Gordy is Jill's uncle?! She could have been a Motown superstar!

SoulAlive said:

fuller gordy is not her biological father.

here's some wiki info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Jones

Jones was born in a small town in Ohio. Her mother, a fashion model, is of African American heritage, and her father, a jazz drummer, is Italian.[1] Jones was raised mostly by her grandparents, until relocating to Los Angeles when her mother remarried.[1] She began a singing career at age fifteen as a backup vocalist for Teena Marie, whom her mother managed.

Jones met Prince in 1980 at age 18, when Teena Marie was the opening act during his Dirty Mind tour.[1] Prince loved her voice, encouraged her to sing, and stayed in touch with Jones.[2] She became a backup vocalist for Prince when he invited her to the Sunset Sound recording studios in 1982, to sing backing vocals for several tracks on the album 1999.[

^^ thanks for the info

SoulAlive said:

Thx since i posted I already found all that out...