Sandie Jones Explained

Sandie Jones should not be confused with Sadie Jones.

Sandie Jones
Birth Name:	Margaret Jones
Birth Date:	before 1951 9, df=y
Birth Place:	Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:	United States
Past Member Of:	The Dixies
Genre:	Pop, Folk
Years Active:	1968–81

Margaret "Sandie" Jones (1951 – 19 September 2019) was an Irish singer.^{[1] [2]} She represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 with the song "Irish: [[Ceol an Ghrá]]|i=no",^[3] the only occasion in the history of the contest on which a song was performed in the Irish language.^{[4] [5]}

Jones died after a long illness on 19 September 2019, at the age of 68. She was in hospice care in the United States, where she had moved later in her life.^{[1] [6]}

Discography

Singles

• Royal Earls
  • "Reflections of You" (Release Records - RL.514 - July, 1969)
  • "Keep In Touch" / "Voice In The Crowd" (Release Records - RL.535 - June, 1970)
  • "I Don't Want To Play House]" (Release Records - RL.574 - 1971)
• Dixies
  • "Irish: [[Ceol an Ghrá]]|i=no" / "Cry Cry Again" (Play Records - PLAY 20 - February, 1972) - #1 Irish Chart
  • "What Do I Do" / "It Was Only A Heart" (Sandie Jones & Joe O'Toole) (Play Records - PLAY 21 - March, 1972) - #1 Irish Chart
  • "Looking For Love" (Sandie Jones) / "Sandie" (Joe O'Toole) (Play Records - PLAY 31 - August, 1972)
  • "The Happiest Girl" / "I Don't Want To Play House" (Sandie Jones) (Play Records - PLAY 47- November, 1972)
• Boyfriends
  • "End of the World" / "It's A Crying Shame" (Release Records - RL.704 - November, 1973)
  • "Bim Ban Boom" / "Single Girl" (EMI Records - EMI.5001 - July, 1974)
• Sandie Jones Band
  • "Boogie Woogie Dancing Shoes" / "Instrumental" (Spider Records - WEB.006 - March, 1979) - #15 Irish Chart
  • "Shoes On Boots Off" / "Instrumental" (Spider Records - WEB.017 - December, 1979) - #17 Irish Chart
• Sandie and the Jones Gang
  • "I Don't Want To Marry Superman" / "Take The Money and Run" (Spider Records - WEB.041 - 1981)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Irish Eurovision singer Sandie Jones dies, aged 68. Sinéad. Crowley. 19 September 2019. Rte.ie. RTÉ. 19 September 2019. 19 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190919224447/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0919/1077016-irish-eurovision-singer-sandie-jones-dies-aged-68/. live.
2. Book: Larkin, Colin. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 22 July 1995. Guinness Pub.. 9781561591763. Google Books. 6 February 2022. 6 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220206000528/https://books.google.com/books?id=_JdGAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Sandie+Jones%22+eurovision. live.
3. Web site: Ceol an ghrá - info - Diggiloo Thrush. https://web.archive.org/web/20060614182506/http://diggiloo.net/?info.1972ie. dead. 2006-06-14. Diggiloo.net.
4. Book: McArt, Pat. Irish Almanac and Yearbook of Facts 1999. 22 November 1998. ArtCam Publishing Limited. 9780952959632. Google Books. 6 February 2022. 6 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220206000518/https://books.google.com/books?id=zcGGAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Sandie+Jones%22+eurovision. live.
5. News: Sandie Jones, Irish Eurovision singer, dies aged 68. Deirdre. Falvey. The Irish Times. 6 February 2022. 14 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614003609/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/sandie-jones-irish-eurovision-singer-dies-aged-68-1.4024805. live.
6. Web site: Family appeal to 'fulfill dying wishes' of Irish Eurovision star Sandie Jones and bring her home to be buried. 20 September 2019. Extra.ie. 6 February 2022. 21 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210421023201/https://extra.ie/2019/09/20/news/irish-news/eurovision-sandie-jones-death-ireland. live.
7. Web site: Sandie Jones. Irish-showbands.com. 20 September 2019. 20 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190920060734/https://www.irish-showbands.com/Bands/sandiejones.htm. live.