Randy Jones, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, on 13 September1952, was the original cowboy in Village People. He currently (2005) lives in New York City with his husband. See also Raleigh, North Carolina and Sir Walter Raleigh. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Village People were a novelty disco band of the late 1970s. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
An interview with Jones appeared in the 7 August 2005 edition of the Raleigh, NC newspaper News and Observer[1].
References
Menconi, David (August 7, 2005). "The cowboy way". Raleigh News and Observer, p. G1.
Jones was born at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan, to Beverly Jefferson, a teacher at the Flint Foundation Academy, and was raised by her mother and maternal grandmother, Ruth Jefferson Morris.
Jones stated in her Idol interview that her home was Flint, Michigan for her first 20 years, moved to Fort Meade, Maryland and now says she is a Flint, Michigan resident again.
On March 31, 2007, Jones’ grandmother, Ruth, celebrated her 90th birthday, and Jones was one of the guests to be invited to her grandmother’s birthday party, along with Morris’ granddaughter, Tamara Barge, who was one of the people to read a tribute to Jones’s grandmother at the Hasselbring Senior Community Center in Flint, Michigan.