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Rickie Lee Jones was born on 8 November, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, United States, is an American singer. Discover Rickie Lee Jones's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

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Occupation Singer-songwriter, musician
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 8 November, 1954
Birthday 8 November
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nationality United States

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1922

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 "The Last Chance Texaco"; and Best New Artist, which she won.

The album also earned a nomination for Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical, credited to Tom Knox.

1954

Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American singer, musician and songwriter.

Over the course of a career that spans five decades and 15 studio albums, she has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, pop, soul, and jazz.

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

She was named after her father, who was a singer, songwriter, painter, and trumpet player.

Her mother, Bettye, was raised in orphanages around Mansfield, Ohio.

She has a brother, Daniel, and two sisters, Janet Adele and Pamela Jo.

Her paternal grandfather, Frank "Peg Leg" Jones, and her grandmother, Myrtle Lee, were vaudevillians based in Chicago.

A singer, dancer and comedian, Peg Leg Jones' routine consisted of singing and accompanying himself on ukulele, soft shoe dance, acrobatics, and comedy.

Jones lived in Phoenix, Arizona from age 4 to 14.

At age 21, Jones began singing traditional jazz and original compositions in bars and coffee houses in Venice, California.

There she met Alfred Johnson, a piano player and songwriter, with whom she wrote "Weasel and the White Boys Cool", and "Company", which would later appear on Jones's debut album.

1977

In 1977, Jones met Tom Waits at The Troubadour.

The song was occasioned by her friend, Chuck E. Weiss, telephoning her and Tom Waits, all three of them close friends at the time, in the Fall of 1977 to tell them that he had fallen in love.

1979

She released her self-titled debut album in 1979, to critical and commercial success.

It peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and spawned the hit single "Chuck E.'s in Love", which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

They dated for about two years, before splitting in 1979.

Rickie Lee Jones was released in March 1979 and became a critical and commercial 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, reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200, went Platinum, 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.

Following her first-ever performances in the spring/summer of 1979, Jones appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, the cover image showed Jones posing in a crouched stance, wearing a black bra and a white beret.

1980

The album went platinum later that year, and earned Jones four Grammy Award nominations in 1980, including Best New Artist, which she won.

In 1980, Francis Ford Coppola asked Jones to collaborate with Waits on his upcoming film One from the Heart, but she balked, citing their recent breakup in late 1979.

Coppola argued that the duet would be perfect for the film, since the two main characters in the film are separated, and he asked her to reconsider.

Waits ultimately sang with country pop star Crystal Gayle.

1981

Her second album, Pirates, followed in 1981 to further critical and commercial success; it peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, went gold, and ranked No. 49 on NPR's list of the 150 Greatest Albums Made by Women in 2017.

1984

Her third album, The Magazine, appeared in 1984 before Jones took a brief hiatus from recording.

1989

Her fourth album, Flying Cowboys, was released in 1989 and later went gold.

1990

Jones won her second Grammy Award in 1990 for "Makin' Whoopee", a duet with Dr. John, this time in the category of Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group.

1999

A two-time Grammy Award winner (from eight nominations), Jones was listed at No. 30 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Rock & Roll in 1999.

AllMusic stated: "Few singer/songwriters are as individual and eclectic as Rickie Lee Jones, a vocalist with an expressive and smoky instrument, and a composer who can weave jazz, folk, and R&B into songs with a distinct pop sensibility."

2001

Jones' seventh Grammy Award nomination followed in 2001 in the category of Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for her album It's Like This (2000).

In 2021, Jones released her memoir Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour.

Her 15th studio album, Pieces of Treasure, was released in 2023 and earned Jones her eighth Grammy Award nomination, for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.