Manfred Mann: The Paul Jones Mann
Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 16 May 1964
"UH-HU, IT'S THE Manfreds" yells Paul Jones, who is, to use the most overworked cliché in the book, last but not least in our series about Britain's hot R & B group. Paul Jones is the lead singer, and generally approved by the rest of the Manfreds as a suitable front image for the rest of the closely knit group.
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