David Robert Jones was born on 8 January 1947, in Brixton, south London. He was born at the family home at 40 Stansfield Road. His father, Haywood Stenton ‘John’ Jones, was a promotions officer for the children’s charity Barnardo’s, and his mother, Margaret Mary ‘Peggy’ Jones (née Burns), worked as a waitress.1947 in music saw popular hits like Francis Craig's "Near You," Ted Weems' "Heartaches," and Vaughn Monroe's "Ballerina," with big band, vocal pop, and country dominating, alongside emerging R&B/blues from artists like Louis Jordan, while jazz saw milestones with Dizzy Gillespie's Carnegie Hall debut and the founding of the English Opera Group in Britain marked classical developments.
