Captivating and elegant soul singer Sharon Jones died on Friday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

The Grammy-nominated artist — who spent years in obscurity and was once employed as a correction officer on Rikers Island — died at a hospital in upstate Cooperstown. She was 60.

“We are deeply saddened to announce that Sharon Jones has passed away,’’ said a statement released Friday night by members of her band, the Dap-Kings, who were at her bedside when she died.

Jones was a dynamic performer who paid homage to legends such as James Brown. She recorded her debut album at the age of 40. The band released the critically-acclaimed album “100 Days, 100 Nights” in 2007.

She and her band were nominated for best R&B album in 2014.

Jones was defiant through her illness, telling Rolling Stone in July, “I have cancer; cancer don’t have me.”