Jane Child is known for her unusual fashion style, which included a hairstyle made of spikes and ankle-length braids and a nose chain piercing.
14 Facts About Jane Child
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Jane Child was classically trained as a pianist during her youth.
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Jane Child's parents taught her how to play and sing by kindergarten.
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Jane Child played the synthesizer, piano, and organ, and sang in their shows for over 45 weeks in their first year together.
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Jane Child had various other musical jobs, such as organist at the Anglican church in her neighbourhood and at horse-shows, playing piano for ballet classes and at piano bars, and recording jingles for commercials.
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Jane Child was signed by a New York based production company after a partner in the company, who was a client of Jane Child's entertainment lawyer, heard the tape.
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Jane Child subsequently relocated to New York and then Los Angeles.
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Adamant about producing her own music, Jane Child left the label.
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Jane Child is best known for the hit single "Don't Wanna Fall in Love", which peaked at No 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990.
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Jane Child's previous single, "Welcome to the Real World", was a modest hit, peaking at No 49 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Jane Child's look was inspired by African and East Indian cultures, as well as the punk movement, which came from living amongst these diasporas in Toronto.
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Jane Child would do her own cataloguing for programming, including the samples and sequences, often for 14 hours at a time.
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Jane Child writes left handed and would sing as she wrote, coming up with the bass line with her left hand.
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Jane Child has been married to Cat Gray, the chief musician on Let's Make a Deal, since 2004.