Rickie Lee Jones

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rickie Lee Jones
Occupation	Pop Singer
Date Of Birth	Nov 8, 1954(1954-11-08)
Age	70
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Scorpio

Rickie Lee Jones Biography

Rickie Lee Jones is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on November 8, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and award-winning musician.

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Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, producer, actress 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.

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. At 14 and 15, she ran away to her father’s in Kansas City, MO. Over the years she has returned frequently to the Puget Sound area to reside and perform.

In 1988, she married Pascal Nabet Meyer.

Rickie Lee Jones Net Worth

Rickie Lee Jones is one of the richest Pop Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rickie Lee Jones 's net worth $4 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Santa Monica College was her first choice for music and anthropology.

In 1999, she was ranked #30 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Women of Rock.

Jones was born the third of four children to Richard and Bettye Jones, on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, on November 8, 1954.

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Rickie Lee Jones was released in March 1979 and became a hit, buoyed by the success of the jazz-flavored single “Chuck E.’s In Love”, which hit No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and featured an accompanying music video. The album, which included guest appearances by Dr. John, Randy Newman, and Michael McDonald, went to No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and produced another Top 40 hit with “Young Blood” (No. 40) in late 1979. Her appearance – as an unknown (one month after her debut record had been released) – on Saturday Night Live on April 7, 1979, sparked an overnight sensation. She performed “Chuck E.’s in Love” and “Coolsville”. Jones was covered by Time magazine on her very first professional show, in Boston, and they dubbed her “The Duchess of Coolsville”. Touring after the album’s release, she played Carnegie Hall on July 22, 1979. Members of her group included native New York guitarist Buzz Feiten, who was featured on the album and would appear in her recorded works for over a decade.

Facts & Trivia

Rickie Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rickie Lee Jones celebrates birthday on November 8 of every year.

Jones secured four nominations at the 22nd Annual Grammy Awards: Song of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for “Chuck E.’s in Love”; Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female for “Last Chance Texaco”; and Best New Artist, which she won. Before the 1980 ceremony, Jones told her mentor Bob Regher that she would not attend. Changing her mind at the last minute, the two raced to the event just in time for her to walk up and collect her ‘Best New Artist’ trophy, in her leather jacket and boa, signature beret and gloves. In her acceptance speech, she thanked her lawyers and her accountant, which earned laughter and applause from the audience.

What is Rickie Lee Jones doing now?

Now living a quiet life in New Orleans , Jones is looking back at her wild ride in her memoir, Last Chance Texaco. She writes of her unstable childhood and how she started running away as a teen, embracing the hippie life-style. She now says she can’t believe she made it out unscathed.

What happened to Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones?

Her sudden fame changed the dynamic between Jones and Waits. So did her 1979 confession to him, which she recounts in her book, that she was using heroin. It was an admission that shocked the then-hard-drinking Waits and prompted him to end his relationship with Jones , she writes.

Is Rickie Lee Jones part black?

As Rickie Lee Jones sings, we hear, in voice over: Rickie Lee Jones is the second of three daughters and one son who are of Welsh and Irish ancestry. She was born on November 8, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois.

What nationality is Rickie Lee Jones?

American

Who sang horses originally?

Daryl Braithwaite