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Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones performing at the Three Rivers Arts Festival on June 16, 2007 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Rickie Lee Jones performing at the Three Rivers Arts Festival on June 16, 2007 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Background information
Birth name Rickie Lee Jones
Born November 8, 1954 (1954-11-08) (age 53) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Origin Los Angeles and Hollywood, California, USA
Genre(s) Rock, R&B singer-songwriter authentic jazz
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 1978—present
Label(s) Warner Bros. (1979-1989; 1997-2000)
Geffen (1989-1995)
Reprise (1995-1997)
Artemis (2000-2003)
V2 (2003-present)
Website RickieLeeJones.com

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Background

Born in Chicago, Jones grew up in a family she has described as "lower-middle-class-hillbilly-hipster" in Chicago, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Arizona, and Olympia, Washington. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Phoenix (ˈfiːˌnɪks O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdo, Olympia is the Capital of Washington and is the County seat of Thurston County. Her grandfather, nicknamed "Peg Leg Jones," had come from a vaudeville background, and Jones has spoken of her Welsh ancestry and her gypsy heritage. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins

Her father, Richard Loris Jones, worked as a waiter, furniture mover, and gardener, but also had musical leanings, writing a lullaby for his daughter entitled "Moon is Made of Gold. " Her mother, Bettye Jones, was a waitress who later became a nurse. Jones' younger brother, Danny, was involved in a motorcycle accident that left him with one leg and partial paralysis; by fourteen, she was living in Arizona with her father and had a tendency to run away from home, often hitch-hiking. Hitchhiker Program Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing, hitching, autostop or thumbing up a ride) is a means of Transportation

She settled in Venice, California at the age of eighteen in 1973. Venice is a district in western Los Angeles California. It is known for its Canals Beaches and Circus -like Ocean Front Walk, She earned her living by waiting tables and playing at local clubs as she began to take her songwriting more seriously. During the mid-1970s, Jones met her long-time collaborator and one-time beau Sal Bernardi, as well as Tom Waits (who became her lover) and Chuck E. Weiss, who would inspire her most successful commercial hit single. Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Chuck E Weiss is an American songwriter and vocalist He grew up in Denver Colorado, where his parents owned a record store (Record Center After attending college, Jones settled in Los Angeles.

Early success: 1978–82

By 1977, Jones was performing original material at the Ala Carte club in Hollywood with Alfred Johnson, with whom she had composed "Weasel and the White Boys Cool" and "Company. Alfred "Centennial" Johnson (1846–1927 was a Danish -born fisherman from Gloucester Massachusetts. " Jones' success on the club scene soon translated into songwriting kudos, when her friend Ivan Ulz introduced Lowell George of Little Feat to Jones' composition "Easy Money" by singing it to him over the telephone. Ivan Ulz (born May 4, 1944 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Songwriter. Lowell Thomas George or Lowell George ( April 13, 1945 - June 29, 1979) was an American Singer-songwriter Little Feat is an American band formed by Singer-songwriter, Frontman and Guitarist Lowell George and keyboard player Bill George included the song on his album Thanks, I'll Eat it Here in 1978. "Thanks I'll Eat it Here" is the title of the only solo Album by Rock and roll Singer-songwriter Lowell George. It would be the only single for George's first solo, and final record. His death was recorded on the same Rolling Stone cover featuring Rickie Lee Jones crouching in a black bra and white beret - an issue that would become the largest selling issue in the magazine's history up to that time. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Her appearance - as an unknown (her debut record had been released less than a month before) - on the popular and prestigious Saturday Night Live television show in April 1979 sparked an overnight sensation. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City She performed "Chuck E's in Love" and "Coolsville. "

A four-song demo of material was circulated around the L. A. music scene in 1978, with Emmylou Harris later recalling that she had heard an early version of "The Last Chance Texaco" on the demo tape. Emmylou Harris (born April 2 1947) is an American country, folk, alternative rock, and Alternative country The recordings came to the attention of Lenny Waronker, producer and executive at Warner Bros. Records. Lenny Waronker is a well known Record producer for Warner Bros Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. Jones was signed to the label, and work commenced on her debut album, co-produced by Waronker and Russ Titelman. Russ Titelman (born 16 August 1944, Los Angeles, California) is an American Record producer and Songwriter. Jones was courted by the major labels, and chose Waronker because of his work with Randy Newman, and because, she said, she had a vision of standing in his office the moment she saw his name on the back of Newman's "Sail Away" album. Randall Stuart “Randy” Newman (born November 28 1943 is an Academy Award –winning American Singer/songwriter, arranger, Composer

Rickie Lee Jones was released in March 1979 and became a hit, buoyed by the success of the jazz-flavored single "Chuck E. Rickie Lee Jones is the eponymously titled debut album of Chicago -born musician Rickie Lee Jones, released in March 1979 's in Love" (#4 Billboard Hot 100, 1979) and its accompanying video. The album, which included guest appearances by Dr. John, Randy Newman, and Michael McDonald, went to US #3 on the Billboard 200 and produced another US Top 40 hit with "Young Blood" (#40) in late 1979. Dr John (also Dr John Creaux) is the Stage name of Malcolm John Rebennack Jr Michael McDonald (born February 12, 1952, in St Louis Missouri) is an American R&B / soul Singer and Songwriter The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard

Following a successful world tour, the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, Jones secured five nominations at the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female, Song of the Year ("Chuck E. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Record of the Year is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category the first of which was The Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1980. The Song of the Year is one of the four most prestigious awards in the Grammy Awards ceremony, if not in all of the American music industry 's in Love"), and Best New Artist, which she won at the January 1980 ceremony. The Grammy for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1960 ( Bobby Darin being the first artist to win it She was also voted Best Jazz Singer by Playboy magazine's critic and reader polls. Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy Jones was covered by Time Magazine on her very first professional show, in Boston, and they dubbed her 'The Duchess of Coolsville. For other uses see Time (disambiguation Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events to compare the durations of '

After moving to New York City, Jones spent the majority of 1981 working on a follow-up album, written and recorded partly in reaction to the break-up of her relationship with Tom Waits sometime between late 1979 and early 1980. The City of New York Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. The songs were written between September 1979 and June 1981 - when the last lyrics to "Traces of the Western Slope" and the last bass on "A Lucky Guy" were put down. The recording sessions finally yielded Pirates in July 1981. Pirates is the second album by Chicago -born singer songwriter and musician Rickie Lee Jones, released in July 1981 two years after her eponymous debut

Rolling Stone remained fervent supporters of Jones, with a second cover feature in 1981; the magazine also included a glowing five-star assessment of Pirates, which became a commercially successful follow-up by reaching US #5 on the Billboard 200. A single, "A Lucky Guy," became the only Billboard Hot 100 hit from the album, peaking at #64, but "Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)" and "Woody and Dutch on the Slow Train to Peking" became minor Top 40 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. More importantly, historically, is the fact that in America 'Woody and Dutch. . . " became a kind of commercial mainstay. The finger snaps and jive talk beat were imitated in advertisements for McDonald's, Dr. Pepper, and others. Dr Pepper is a soft drink marketed in North America, South America and Europe by Dr Pepper Snapple Group.

Another lengthy and successful tour into 1982 followed, before Jones moved back to California, settling in San Francisco. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city A partial tour memento, the EP Girl at Her Volcano, was issued originally as a 10" record in 1983, featuring a mix of live and studio cover versions of jazz and pop standards, as well as one Jones original, "Hey, Bub" which had been recorded for Pirates. A jazz standard is a Jazz tune that is held in continuing esteem and which is widely known performed and recorded among jazz musicians as part of the jazz musical repertoire Traditional pop or Classic pop or Standards music denotes in general Western (and particularly American popular music that either wholly predates the advent of Jones then relocated to Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city

Period of transition: 1983–89

The remainder of the 1980s found Jones falling out of favor commercially and pursuing a more complex and experimental sound.

Jones settled in France and recorded new material, some of which was released on her third full-length solo album, The Magazine, in September 1984. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Magazine is an album by Rickie Lee Jones, released in September 1984 The Magazine found Jones combining the melodic, jazz-inspired sound of her debut with the complex structures of Pirates, with a more synth-driven sound, owed to working closely with composer James Newton Howard on the album. James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951 in Los Angeles) is an Academy Award nominated Film score Composer and Alongside the more commercially appealing material, Jones included a three-song suite, subtitled "Rorschachs", exploring multi-tracked vocals and synth patterns. Only the upbeat "The Real End" made it into the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984, peaking at #82.

She began to pursue jazz standards, recording "Moon Is Made of Gold" and "Autumn Leaves" for Rob Wasserman's album Duets in 1985. Rob Wasserman is an American Jewish Double bass player who has played with David Grisman, Dan Hicks Van Morrison, Oingo Boingo, Jones took a four-year break from her recording schedule, largely attributed to the deaths of her mentor Bob Regher and her father, Richard Loris Jones that same year.

Jones returned to the United States in 1987 after a tour of Israel and Norway, and the impending birth of her daughter brought her home to California. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional In September 1988, work began on her fourth solo album following another Grammy nomination for her Wasserman collaboration "Autumn Leaves. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences " With songs dating from the mid-1980s, Jones teamed up with Steely Dan's Walter Becker to craft Flying Cowboys, which was released on the Geffen Records label in September 1989. Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Walter Becker (born Walter Carl Becker, 20 February 1950, in Queens, New York) is an American musician and record producer Flying Cowboys is an album by Rickie Lee Jones, released in September 1989 and produced by Walter Becker of Steely Dan. Geffen Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label Jones also included some writing collaborations with her husband Pascal Nabet Meyer. "The Horses," co-written with Becker, later became an Australian #1 hit single for Daryl Braithwaite in 1991. Daryl Braithwaite (born January 11, 1949 in Melbourne Australia) is an Australian pop Singer. The album made the U. S. Top 40, reaching #39 on the Billboard 200, with the college radio hit "Satellites" making it to #23 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Jones ended the decade on a high note with her duet with Dr. John, a cover of "Makin' Whoopee", winning her second Grammy Award for Best Jazz Duet. Dr John (also Dr John Creaux) is the Stage name of Malcolm John Rebennack Jr "Makin' Whoopee!" is a jazz / Blues Song, first popularized by Eddie Cantor in the 1928 musical Whoopee!. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

Experimentation and change: 1990–2001

Following a tour with Lyle Lovett, Jones enlisted David Was to helm her idiosyncratic album of covers, Pop Pop, ranging from jazz and blues standards to Tin Pan Alley to Jimi Hendrix's "Up from the Skies. Lyle Pearce Lovett (born November 1, 1957) is an American Singer-songwriter and Actor. David Was (born David Weiss; 26 October 1952) is with his stage-brother Don Was, the founder of the influential 1980s pop group Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City -centered music publishers and Songwriters who dominated the popular James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter " The album, released in September 1991, was a hit on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums (#8, 1991), but became her least commercially successful record yet, reaching #121 on the Billboard 200.

Soon after, The Orb issued "Little Fluffy Clouds," featuring a sampled Jones interview, and in 1992 she toured extensively with Rob Wasserman, with whom she had collaborated in the mid-1980s. The Orb are an English Electronic music group known for popularising Chill out music in the 1990s and spawning the genre of Ambient house. " Little Fluffy Clouds " is a single released by the Ambient house group The Orb. In Music, sampling is the act of taking a portion or sample, of one Sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording

Her swan song for Geffen Records was Traffic From Paradise, released in September 1993. Traffic From Paradise is the seventh album by musician Rickie Lee Jones, released in September 1993 The album was slightly more successful than its predecessor, reaching #111 on the Billboard 200, and was notable for its collaboration with Leo Kottke, its musical diversity, and a cover of David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel," which was slated to be the title track for Boys Don't Cry, when Bowie's publishing pulled the plug by asking for too much money from the little independent movie. Leo Kottke (born 11 September 1945, Athens, Georgia, US) is an acoustic guitarist. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger.

A number of television and movies had licensed her work in these years, including the popular 30 Something. The film Frankie and Johnnie used only one song in the score besides Clare de Lune, Magazines' "It Must Be Love"; When a Man Loves a Woman used two songs from Traffic from Paradise: "Stewarts Coat' and "Running from Mercy. " Frankie and Johnny " (sometimes spelled " Frankie and Johnnie " also known as " Frankie and Albert " or just " Frankie " " Jones' song "The Horses" was featured in Jerry Maguire. Besides her Grammy-winning duet with Dr. John, Jones sang a duet with Lyle Lovett on "North Dakota" for his Joshua Judges Ruth CD.

Jones' first solo shows in 1994 paved the way for her "unplugged" acoustic album Naked Songs, released in September 1995 through a one-off deal with Reprise Records. Naked Songs - Live and Acoustic is an album by Rickie Lee Jones, released in 1995 Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated The album, which reached U. S. #121 on the Billboard 200, featured acoustic re-workings of Jones classics and album material, but no new songs.

Emphasizing her experimentation and change, Jones embraced electronic music for Ghostyhead, released on Warner Bros. Records in June 1997. Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. The album, a collaboration with Rick Boston (both are credited with production and with twenty-one instruments in common), found Jones employing beats, loops, and electronic rhythms, and also showcased Jones' connection with the trip-hop movement of the mid-to-late 1990s. Rick Boston is a musician based in Los Angeles. As of about 1990, he was a member of Hand of Fate. Trip hop is a music Genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap. Despite some positive reviews, it did not meet with commercial success, peaking at U. S. #159 on the Billboard 200. There are critics who consider this her best record, and who believe that it had large impact on electronic singer-songwriter music that would emerge 10 years later.

1990 - 1996 seemed to be Jones' lowest professional ebb. Everything she recorded was met with extreme skepticism and even harsh criticism. Her live shows, on the other hand, were lauded as a return to form. She had not really been on a stage in America (at least the eastern half) in eight years when she toured for Flying Cowboys.

Jones' second album of cover versions, It's Like This, was released on the independent record label Artemis Records in September 2000. It's Like This is an album by Rickie Lee Jones, released in 2000 Artemis Records was a New York -based Independent record label, founded in July 1999 by former Chairman / CEO Danny Goldberg The album included cover versions of material by artists including The Beatles, Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, and the Gershwin brothers. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Marvin Pentz Gay Jr, known as Marvin Gaye ( April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American Singer-songwriter George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. The album made it onto three Billboard charts — #148 on the Billboard 200, #10 on Top Internet Albums, and #42 on Top Independent Albums. The album also secured Jones another Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

After starting up her official website, Artemis issued an archival Jones release, Live at Red Rocks, in November 2001, featuring material recorded during the Flying Cowboys era tour of 1989-1990, including a Lyle Lovett duet.

Artistic renaissance: 2002 and beyond

Rickie Lee Jones performing on the Legacy Stage on June 15, 2007.
Rickie Lee Jones performing on the Legacy Stage on June 15, 2007.

After Ghostyhead, Jones largely retired from public view and admitted that she had battled writers' block. She spent much of her time at her home in Olympia, Washington, tending her garden and bringing up her now-teenage daughter Charlotte. Olympia is the Capital of Washington and is the County seat of Thurston County.

Released on the independent V2 in October 2003, The Evening Of My Best Day featured influences from jazz, Celtic folk, blues, R&B, rock, and gospel, and spawned a successful and lengthy spurt of touring. V2 redirects here For the rocket see V-2 rocket. For other meanings see V2 (disambiguation. The Evening Of My Best Day is an album by Rickie Lee Jones, released in 2003 Celtic music is a term utilised by artists record companies music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of Musical genres that evolved out of the Folk Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. This article is about the canonical books of the New Testament The album peaked at US #189 on the Billboard 200. The CD helped to swing her career away from an apparent middle-of the-road perception, a posture she seemed furiously bent on avoiding. She invited punk bass icon Mike Watt (the Minutemen, Iggy Pop) to perform on "It Takes You There", while "Ugly Man" was a direct aim at the George Bush 'regime' evoking, with an anthem-like Hugh Masakala arrangement, what she termed 'the Black Panther horns', and calling for 'revolution, everywhere that you're not looking, revolution. Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957 in Portsmouth Virginia) is an American Bass guitarist singer and Songwriter. '

Renewed interest in Jones led to the three-disc anthology Duchess of Coolsville: An Anthology, released through reissue specialists Rhino in June 2005. A lavish package, the alphabetically-arranged release featured album songs, live material, covers, and demos, and featured essays by Jones as well as various collaborators, as well as tributes from artists including Randy Newman, Walter Becker, Quincy Jones, and Tori Amos. Randall Stuart “Randy” Newman (born November 28 1943 is an Academy Award –winning American Singer/songwriter, arranger, Composer Walter Becker (born Walter Carl Becker, 20 February 1950, in Queens, New York) is an American musician and record producer Quincy Delight Jones Jr (born March 14, 1933) also known as Q, is an American Music Impresario, conductor Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is a Pianist and Singer-songwriter of dual British and American

Also in 2005, Jones was invited to take part in her friend and collaborator Lee Cantelon's music version of his book The Words, a modern re-working of the teachings of Jesus Christ. Cantelon's idea was to have various artists recite the text over primal rock music, but Jones elected to improvise a vocal and lyric; sessions at Cantelon's home in 2005 and at Sunset Sound in mid-2006 yielded The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard, released on the independent New West Records in February 2007. Sunset Sound Recorders is a recording studio in Hollywood California, located at 6650 Sunset Boulevard New West Records is a Record label based in Austin Texas and Los Angeles California. It included "Circle in the Sand," recorded for the soundtrack to the film Friends With Money (2006), for which Jones also cut "Hillbilly Song. Friends with Money is a 2006 film written & directed by Nicole Holofcener. " The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard debuted at #158 on the Billboard 200 and #12 on the Top Independent Albums tally. Writer Ann Powers included this on her list of Grammy-worthy CDs for 2007. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

Other work

Jones is the organizer of the web community "Furniture for the People", which is involved in gardening, social activism, bootleg exchange and left wing politics. She has produced records (including Leo Kottke's Peculiaroso), and provided a voiceover for a 1980s cartoon version of Pinocchio, in which she played the Blue Fairy. Leo Kottke (born 11 September 1945, Athens, Georgia, US) is an acoustic guitarist. Peculiaroso is a 1994 album by guitarist Leo Kottke. Coming more than two years after the Great Big Boy album where all tracks included The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration.

Discography

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
U. S. Hot 100 U. S. Modern Rock U. Hot Modern Rock Tracks (originally called Modern Rock Tracks) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September S. Mainstream Rock UK
1979 "Chuck E. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (originally called Mainstream Rock Tracks) is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on Mainstream rock 's in Love" #4 - - #18 Rickie Lee Jones
1979 "Youngblood" #40 - - - Rickie Lee Jones
1981 "A Lucky Guy" #64 - - - Pirates
1981 "Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)" - - #40 - Pirates
1981 "Woody and Dutch on the Slow Train to Peking" - - #31 - Pirates
1984 "The Real End" #82 - - - The Magazine
1989 "Satellites" - #23 - - Flying Cowboys

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