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|early life = Jill Jones' mother was a model and a singer and her stepfather was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordy_family#Fuller_Berry_Gordy Fuller Gordy], brother of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Gordy Berry Gordy], the founder of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown Motown Records]. At a very young age she was exposed to a lot of music. Barely into her teens, Jill moved to California where she dived a bit more into the music business. She often witnessed studio sessions and became familiar with the way a record session is organized, and how producers and engineers worked. | |early life = Jill Jones' mother was a model and a singer and her stepfather was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordy_family#Fuller_Berry_Gordy Fuller Gordy], brother of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Gordy Berry Gordy], the founder of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown Motown Records]. At a very young age she was exposed to a lot of music. Barely into her teens, Jill moved to California where she dived a bit more into the music business. She often witnessed studio sessions and became familiar with the way a record session is organized, and how producers and engineers worked. | ||
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|before working w/prince = Soon after Jill Jones' mother started managing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teena_Marie Teena Marie], one of Jones' cousins, Teena moved into their house. She and Jill would sometimes write songs together, and thus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teena_Marie Teena Marie] influenced Jill's own willingness to pursue in the musical direction. | |before working w/prince = Soon after Jill Jones' mother started managing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teena_Marie Teena Marie], one of Jones' cousins, Teena moved into their house. She and Jill would sometimes write songs together, and thus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teena_Marie Teena Marie] influenced Jill's own willingness to pursue in the musical direction. | ||
Jill practiced on the piano, and writing her own material, up to the point when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teena_Marie Teena Marie] asked her to sing backing vocals for her. Shortly after, at age 15, she decided to leave school and start a professional career as backing singer. She met [[Prince]] in 1980 at age 18, when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teena_Marie Teena Marie] was the opening act during his [[Dirty Mind Tour]]. | Jill practiced on the piano, and writing her own material, up to the point when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teena_Marie Teena Marie] asked her to sing backing vocals for her. Shortly after, at age 15, she decided to leave school and start a professional career as backing singer. She met [[Prince]] in 1980 at age 18, when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teena_Marie Teena Marie] was the opening act during his [[Dirty Mind Tour]]. | ||
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|work w/prince = [[Prince]] encouraged Jones to sing, and stayed in touch with her. After she finished high school, she made contact with him and asked for a job. Prince invited her to the [[Sunset Sound| Sunset Sound recording studios]] in 1982, to sing backing vocals for several tracks on his forthcoming [[Album: 1999|1999]] album. She also got a part in the music videos for the songs [[Video: 1999|1999]] and [[Video: Automatic|Automatic]], and then joined [[1999 Tour]] to sing backing vocals with [[Vanity 6]] and with Prince's band. During the [[Vanity 6]] performance she would be kept behind a curtain (with the accompanying band [[The Time]]) and would only appear on stage for two songs. | |work w/prince = [[Prince]] encouraged Jones to sing, and stayed in touch with her. After she finished high school, she made contact with him and asked for a job. Prince invited her to the [[Sunset Sound| Sunset Sound recording studios]] in 1982, to sing backing vocals for several tracks on his forthcoming [[Album: 1999|1999]] album. She also got a part in the music videos for the songs [[Video: 1999|1999]] and [[Video: Automatic|Automatic]], and then joined [[1999 Tour]] to sing backing vocals with [[Vanity 6]] and with Prince's band. During the [[Vanity 6]] performance she would be kept behind a curtain (with the accompanying band [[The Time]]) and would only appear on stage for two songs. | ||
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'''Always In His Hair''' | '''Always In His Hair''' | ||
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After the tour, she moved to Minneapolis and became [[Prince]]'s on-and-off again girlfriend as well as a regular on studio sessions, singing on many different projects. Between 1983 and 1987 recorded backing vocals for the albums released by [[Album: The Glamorous Life|Sheila E.]], [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|The Time]], [[Album: Apollonia 6|Apollonia 6]], [[Album: Mazarati|Mazarati]]. She also provided vocals (albeit often uncredited) to [[Baby I'm A Star]], [[We Can Fuck]], [[Manic Monday]], [[The Dance Electric]], [[Hello]], the extended version of [[Kiss]], [[It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]], [[Good Love]]. She also sang on tracks that remains unreleased including many that were intended for her album ([[Rough]], [[If I Could Get Your Attention]], [[Killin' At The Soda Shop]], [[Married Man]], [[Living Doll]], [[My Baby Knows]] and [[My Sex]]). | After the tour, she moved to Minneapolis and became [[Prince]]'s on-and-off again girlfriend as well as a regular on studio sessions, singing on many different projects. Between 1983 and 1987 recorded backing vocals for the albums released by [[Album: The Glamorous Life|Sheila E.]], [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|The Time]], [[Album: Apollonia 6|Apollonia 6]], [[Album: Mazarati|Mazarati]]. She also provided vocals (albeit often uncredited) to [[Baby I'm A Star]], [[We Can Fuck]], [[Manic Monday]], [[The Dance Electric]], [[Hello]], the extended version of [[Kiss]], [[It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]], [[Good Love]]. She also sang on tracks that remains unreleased including many that were intended for her album ([[Rough]], [[If I Could Get Your Attention]], [[Killin' At The Soda Shop]], [[Married Man]], [[Living Doll]], [[My Baby Knows]] and [[My Sex]]). | ||
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Her solo debut on [[Prince]]’s newly established [[Paisley Park Records]] materialized in 1987, with the release of her eponymous album [[Album: Jill Jones|Jill Jones]]. The album included many withdrawn songs from former projects, such as [[G-Spot]], previously intended for a second [[Vanity 6]] album that ultimately was never made and became a first [[Apollonia 6]] album instead. It also featured an unreleased rock effort by [[Prince]], [[All Day, All Night]], and a cover of [[With You]] (recorded from scratch without any input from [[Prince]]). On top of this, Prince wrote original material specially tailored for Jill Jones. Some of the tracks were recorded in Minneapolis and the rest at Electric Lady Studios in New York with the help of [[David Rivkin]]. | Her solo debut on [[Prince]]’s newly established [[Paisley Park Records]] materialized in 1987, with the release of her eponymous album [[Album: Jill Jones|Jill Jones]]. The album included many withdrawn songs from former projects, such as [[G-Spot]], previously intended for a second [[Vanity 6]] album that ultimately was never made and became a first [[Apollonia 6]] album instead. It also featured an unreleased rock effort by [[Prince]], [[All Day, All Night]], and a cover of [[With You]] (recorded from scratch without any input from [[Prince]]). On top of this, Prince wrote original material specially tailored for Jill Jones. Some of the tracks were recorded in Minneapolis and the rest at Electric Lady Studios in New York with the help of [[David Rivkin]]. | ||
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Jill Jones went to England in the autumn of 1988 to work on songs intended for a second [[Paisley Park Records|Paisley Park]] album. Several songs were recorded or revamped with [[Prince]] (including [[Boom, Boom (Can't U Feel The Beat Of My Heart)]], [[Flesh And Blood]] and [[My Baby Knows]]. [[4 Lust]] a duet with [[Prince]] was re-recorded with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Ware Martyn Ware] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_League The Human League and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_17 Heaven 17]) producing. A video was filmed for the track [[Boom, Boom (Can't U Feel The Beat Of My Heart)]] which would have been the lead-off single, but the album was not completed, however, as [[Prince]] and [[Jill Jones]] disagreed on the direction of the album, with [[Jill Jones]] wanting to sing more mature songs than [[Prince]] was providing. Her contract with [[Paisley Park Records]] expired in april 1993 but she was able to work with other artists during that time. | Jill Jones went to England in the autumn of 1988 to work on songs intended for a second [[Paisley Park Records|Paisley Park]] album. Several songs were recorded or revamped with [[Prince]] (including [[Boom, Boom (Can't U Feel The Beat Of My Heart)]], [[Flesh And Blood]] and [[My Baby Knows]]. [[4 Lust]] a duet with [[Prince]] was re-recorded with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Ware Martyn Ware] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_League The Human League and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_17 Heaven 17]) producing. A video was filmed for the track [[Boom, Boom (Can't U Feel The Beat Of My Heart)]] which would have been the lead-off single, but the album was not completed, however, as [[Prince]] and [[Jill Jones]] disagreed on the direction of the album, with [[Jill Jones]] wanting to sing more mature songs than [[Prince]] was providing. Her contract with [[Paisley Park Records]] expired in april 1993 but she was able to work with other artists during that time. | ||
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Jill collaborated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Rodgers Nile Rodgers] on a song for the Earth Girls Are Easy Soundtrack and with Japanese avant-garde musician [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuichi_Sakamoto Ryuichi Sakamoto] on the track "You Do Me," for his album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_(Ryuichi_Sakamoto_album) Beauty] (released in 1989). | Jill collaborated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Rodgers Nile Rodgers] on a song for the Earth Girls Are Easy Soundtrack and with Japanese avant-garde musician [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuichi_Sakamoto Ryuichi Sakamoto] on the track "You Do Me," for his album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_(Ryuichi_Sakamoto_album) Beauty] (released in 1989). | ||
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Jill’s friendship with Tim Simenon led her to front an English band called Baby Mother, which was a collaborative effort with two former members of a Liverpool band called The River City People. The group became very popular throughout the club scene in England and was offered recording contracts from several record labels. Baby Mother decided to sign with London Records, but the group disbanded without even releasing a single. Jill spent months in New-York with her mother who was fighting a cancer and asked to be released from the project. | Jill’s friendship with Tim Simenon led her to front an English band called Baby Mother, which was a collaborative effort with two former members of a Liverpool band called The River City People. The group became very popular throughout the club scene in England and was offered recording contracts from several record labels. Baby Mother decided to sign with London Records, but the group disbanded without even releasing a single. Jill spent months in New-York with her mother who was fighting a cancer and asked to be released from the project. | ||
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The following years, Jill Jones started to work with Chris Bruce (a bassist and guitarist who had previously work with Wendy & Lisa) on a record that would be published in 2001, called Two (under the name Jill Jones & Chris Bruce). In 2004, she formed the duo The Grand Royals with Ian Ginsberg and released the album “Wasted” on the Peace Bisquit label. In 2016, Jill the club-music oriented album called “I Am” on Peace Bisquit, her second solo album since 1987. | The following years, Jill Jones started to work with Chris Bruce (a bassist and guitarist who had previously work with Wendy & Lisa) on a record that would be published in 2001, called Two (under the name Jill Jones & Chris Bruce). In 2004, she formed the duo The Grand Royals with Ian Ginsberg and released the album “Wasted” on the Peace Bisquit label. In 2016, Jill the club-music oriented album called “I Am” on Peace Bisquit, her second solo album since 1987. | ||
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|current work = In 2016, Jill released a club-music oriented album called “I Am” on Peace Bisquit, her second solo album since 1987. | |current work = In 2016, Jill released a club-music oriented album called “I Am” on Peace Bisquit, her second solo album since 1987. |
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