Jill Gibson
| Jill Gibson | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jill Gibson |
| Born |
June 18, 1942 Los Angeles, California, United States. |
| Genres | Folk, pop, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Vocalist, songwriter, photographer, painter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Labels | Liberty Records Imperial Records Dunhill Records |
| Associated acts | Jan & Dean Judy & Jill The Mamas & The Papas The Yellow Balloon Ace Andres |
| Website | gibsonarts |
Jill Gibson (born June 18, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, photographer, painter and sculptor. She is mostly known for her collaboration work with Jan & Dean and for having briefly been a member of the successful 1960s rock group The Mamas & the Papas. She was also one of the main photographers at the historic Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.
Jill Gibson was born in Los Angeles, California on June 18, 1942. She is half-English. Gibson attended University High School in Los Angeles. She is a former model.
In 1975, she gave birth to a son, Mattia Borrani. Borrani has followed his mother's pursuit of a career in music and is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the indie rock group Oslo.
Jill Gibson was studying at University High School in Los Angeles, California when she met Jan Berry of Jan & Dean fame in 1959. The two were an item for the next seven years. Together they wrote over a dozen songs and through Berry, Gibson got more involved with the music scene. Eventually she began composing songs with other known songwriters such as Don Altfeld, George Tipton and Roger Christian, a Los Angeles-based disc jockey who also wrote with Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.
In 1962 Jan Berry decided to create a female answer to Jan & Dean called Judy & Jill, featuring Gibson with Dean Torrence's girlfriend Judy Lovejoy. Demo recordings such as "Come On Baby" (written by Gibson and Lovejoy), "Eleventh Minute" (written by Gibson and Altfeld), "Just For Tonight", and "Baby What's It Gonna Be" were cut and produced by Berry for Liberty Records. Gibson performed most of the leads on these unreleased demos. Nothing major happened with the Judy & Jill recordings, however, and Gibson switched to providing background vocals on several Jan & Dean album tracks. Meanwhile, she studied visual arts at the University of California at Los Angeles.
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