Tamiko Jones - Cloudy (2022) [Hi-Res]

Barbara Tamiko Ferguson was born in Kyle, West Virginia, and has part Japanese, British, and Cherokee ancestry. Her middle name, Tamiko, is of Japanese origin. She was raised in Detroit where she first started singing she made her professional debut in a club in 1961. She began her career performing pop songs in a jazz style. Her first record release, credited simply as Timiko, was "Is It A Sin?", issued by Checker Records in 1963. She moved to the Atco label, where she recorded "Rhapsody" as Tamiko in 1964.