Allen Jones (record producer)

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Allen Jones was an American record producer.

Jones produced several albums for Albert King, and became the producer and manager for The Bar-Kays. He produced all of their Records and their last records for Mercury Records. He formed their production company, and produced other acts such as Quick on EMI and executively produced Ebony Webb, also on EMI . Allen Jones was a very successful songwriter covered by the likes of Elvis Costello , Albert King, and many others. Jones started out as a bass player, and ended up owning his own studio in Memphis, Tennessee . He gave many artist and musicians opportunities to work in the recording industry, long before there where college classes on the music business. Jones knew a hit record and blossomed at Stax Records as a writer, producer, and recording engineer. Jones won a Grammy for his input on Shaft^{[citation needed]}. He lived to be in the studio and help make a name for Ardent Studios. He stayed in Studio A of Ardent for almost 10 years. Jones died in the early 1980s. Jones kept The Bar-Kays with albums and tour dates until the day he died.

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