Jill Jones was born on July 11,1962 and is an American singer, songwriter, and actress, who performed as a backing vocalist for Teena Marie and Prince in the 1980s.
14 Facts About Jill Jones
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Jill Jones is best known for her various collaborative works with Prince in the 1980s and 1990s, including her self-titled debut album in 1987.
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Jill Jones began a singing career at age 15 as a backup vocalist for Teena Marie, whom her mother managed.
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Jill Jones performed as backing vocalist on a number of Teena Marie's Motown albums in the early 80s and co-wrote the songs "Young Girl In Love" from Lady T and "The Ballad of Cradle Rob and Me" from It Must Be Magic.
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Jill Jones met Prince in 1980 at age 18, when Teena Marie was the opening act during his Dirty Mind tour.
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Jill Jones became a backup vocalist for Prince when he invited her to the Sunset Sound recording studios in 1982, to sing backing vocals for several tracks on the album 1999.
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Jill Jones had a bit part as a waitress in the film Purple Rain, and had an appearance in the sequel Graffiti Bridge, where she takes off an undergarment to end a conflicting scene with Prince.
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Prince was credited as a co-writer with Jill Jones, but wrote all of the songs himself.
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Jill Jones sang lead vocals on Japanese artist Ryuichi Sakamoto's single "You Do Me" from his 1990 album Beauty.
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Jill Jones was lead vocalist for the band Baby Mother, who recorded an album in 1995 for London Records, which remains unreleased.
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From 2001 to the present, Jill Jones has been performing acoustic rock as well as producing edgy and modern dance tracks.
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Jill Jones is featured in the unreleased Vanity 6 song "Vibrator".
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Jill Jones provided vocals on a cover version of Carly Simon's "Why" on Ronny Jordan's album A Brighter Day in 2000 as well as contributing a cover version of Blondie's "Call Me" to a Giorgio Moroder tribute album.
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In 2008, Jill Jones joined a performance in New York by Jeremy Gloff, coming up on stage to sing with Gloff's cover of her song "So Much in Love" On April 28,2009, Jill Jones released "Living for the Weekend" on the Peace Bisquit label.