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Jones settled in LA at the age of nineteen, doing the classic waiting tables stuff until she landed a recording contract with Warners. Her self-titled debut album in 1979 was a big success, as was the single,
Chuck E.’s in Love, about her musician friend Chuck E. Weiss. At the 1980 Grammy Awards, she won a Grammy for Best New Artist, and also received four more nominations: for Record of the Year; Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female; Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female; and Song of the Year (for “Chuck E.’s in Love”). While none of her subsequent recordings achieved the same level of commercial success, Jones has continued releasing critically acclaimed albums that have explored a variety of sonic terrain from jazz standards to trip hop influenced works. Jones’ pursuit of jazz standards led to the recording of “The Moon Is Made of Gold” and “Autumn Leaves” for Rob Wasserman’s album Duets in 1985. The latter track earned her another Grammy nomination. And in 1990, her duet with Dr. John, a cover of “Makin’ Whoopee”, earned the artist her second Grammy Award, this time in the category of Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group.
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firefly2811
first self titled is a classic.
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HimitsuUK
What were the skies like in Arizona when you grew up?
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Cat_007
Really underrated...
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theblackmothfan
Y is s difficulft to track down a song and listen to it on Last FM it tries to take you all over the shop aman i ain't got time 4 that!!!
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theblackmothfan
well the real thing comes and the real thing goes.....
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electrolutz
so underrated [2]
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costepj
Rod - thank you for the NPR link!
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daviesr7
Talks about song choices for new covers album: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/9551238/Rickie-Lee-Jones-interview.html
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daviesr7
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/31/154099315/rickie-lee-jones-on-song-travels Rickie sings -"Going My Way" "It Never Entered My Mind" "Where is Love?" "When You're Smiling" and Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire"
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leercup
so underrated
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dziurka1989
Rickie Lee was Tom Waits girlfriend :)
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knotweed
the voice of an angel ......sitting on a Little Fluffy Cloud :)
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faustandkluster
http://www.last.fm/group/70s+Warner+Bros. please join.
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Druid66
She picked up all the right influences, didn't she, in her haunts? Blues, R&B, soul, folk, she's got them all in her work.
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ddluvsruski
I am appreciating her other songs other than Chucky's in Love. You can't beat that little ditty. She sings with soul and heart. Where is she now?
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AndoDoug
Strange how 'On Saturday Afternoons in 1963', a tender little meditation on being a kid and learning to stop time has reached double the listens of her second most popular song on last.fm. It was not, as you can imagine, a hit in '79 (obviously the song's new-found success is due to its unlikely appearance on season 1 of a certain small screen medical drama), but it did come out as a single back in the day - on the B-side of Chuck E.'s in Love!
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justinmcgonigle
I finally got to see her. She performed "Rickie Lee Jones" and "Pirates" in their entirety. She was amazing.
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Hillbilly_Cat
aww, I'm in love c:
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jexperience
her debut album is stunning
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bonvivi
very nice
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