Barbara Tamiko Ferguson was born in 1945 in West Virginia, Tamiko Jones started out as a jazz singer during the early ’60’s. She was, originally, called Timiko when she began her recording career on the Checker label in 1963, recording the song ‘Is It A Sin?’. By 1964, ‘Timiko’ had become ‘Tamiko’ and she then relocated to the Atco imprint releasing the song ‘Rhapsody’. [Source]

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