Sharon Jones, Now a Soul Star With the Dap-Kings, Got There the Hard Way

Filed under: Between the Notes In a better world, as James Brown once sang, 'Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto.' Sharon Jones, who was born in Brown's hometown, Augusta, Ga., grew up singing and dancing to the city's Soul Brother Number One. At Christmastime, the young girl had a practical question for her mother: How does Santa get the toys into the poor kids' apartments? 'Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects,' as the estimable, late-blooming performer sang this week on 'The Tonight Show ...

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