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Rickie Lee Jones

Emerged from a thriving late-1970s Los Angeles bohemian sub-culture, with her beat and jazz-inspired music.

Biography

Once touted as the natural successor to Joni Mitchell, singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones proved no less idiosyncratic or mercurial. Like Mitchell, Jones experienced significant commercial success at the outset of her career (her 1979 jazz-flavored hit single "Chuck E's in Love") but a restless creative spirit -- combined with a stubborn refusal to fit comfortably into any one musical niche -- sealed her ultimate destiny as that of a highly regarded cult heroine. ~ Jason Ankeny

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