Ricky Lee Jones
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Rickie Lee Jones performing in 2007
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November 8, 1954 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Origin | Los Angeles and Hollywood, California, United States |
| Genres | Rock, jazz, R&B, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Years active | 1979-present |
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Warner Bros. (1979–1986) Geffen (1989–1995) Reprise (1995–1999) Artemis (2000–2003) V2 (2003–2006) New West (2006–2009) Fantasy (2009–present) |
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Rickie Lee Jones, Chuck E.'s in Love (Warner Bros., 1979)
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Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, producer, actor and narrator. Over the course of a career that spans five decades, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz.
Jones is a two-time Grammy Award winner. Additionally, she was listed at number 30 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Rock & Roll in 1999. Her album Pirates was number 49 on NPR's list of the 150 Greatest Albums Made by Women.
Jones was born the third of four children to Bettye and Richard Jones, on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, on November 8, 1954. Her paternal grandfather, Frank "Peg Leg" Jones, and her grandmother, Myrtle Lee, a dancer, were vaudevillians based in Chicago. A singer, dancer and comedian, Peg Leg Jones' routine consisted of playing the ukulele, singing ballads, and telling stories. Jones' father, one of four children, was a WWII veteran. A singer, songwriter, painter, and trumpet player, her father worked as a waiter. Her mother, Bettye, was raised in orphanages in Ohio with her three brothers until she was old enough to leave. Bettye and Richard met in a drugstore coffee shop.
The family moved to Arizona in 1959, and the landscape provided imagery ("Last Chance Texaco", "Flying Cowboys") for her early music. She grew up riding horses, studying dance, and practicing swimming with her AAU coach before and after school. When she was 10 years old the family moved to Olympia, Washington, where her father abandoned them. Jones dropped out of school in the 11th grade, took the GED test and enrolled in college in Tacoma. She moved to Huntington Beach, California, on her 18th birthday.
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