Grace Jones

Real Name:
Grace Beverly Jones
Profile:
Jamaican singer, actress and supermodel born on May 19, 1948 [some sources claim 1950 or 1952] in Spanish Town, Jamaica, West Indies. She moved to Syracuse, New York, in her early teens, where her parents had relocated and founded the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ.
She moved to New York at 18 and began a modelling career that took her to Paris where she worked for Yves Saint Laurent, Azzedine Alaïa and Kenzo Takada and photographers such as Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin. While in Paris, she branched out into a recording career, first as a disco diva, working with Tom Moulton, before evolving towards a reggae / new wave sound created at Compass Point Studios with Sly & Robbie and marked by striking visuals created by her then partner Jean-Paul Goude.
Her first connection with music perhaps is her uncredited appearance on the cover of the 1973 reissue of Billy Paul - Ebony Woman.
She published her autobiography in 2015, I'll Never Write My Memoirs (a line taken from her song Art Groupie), co-written with Paul Morley, in which she comes back on her early childhood in Jamaica, denies some longstanding rumours and fuels a few new ones.
Grace is the granddaughter of Dan Williams (8), daughter of Marjorie Jones, sister of Bishop Noel Jones and Chris Jones (20), and mother of Paulo Goude.
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Albums

ZCI-9470 Portfolio — Grace Jones Grace Jones Portfolio (Album) Island Records ZCI-9470 US 1977 Sell This Version
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7250 020 Fame — Grace Jones Grace Jones Fame (Album) Island Records 7250 020 France 1978 Sell This Version
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ILK 719538 Muse — Grace Jones Grace Jones Muse (Album) Island Records ILK 719538 Italy 1979 Sell This Version
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YSL M8 9592 Warm Leatherette — Grace Jones Grace Jones Warm Leatherette (Album, Comp) Island Records YSL M8 9592 US 1980 Sell This Version
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203 481 Nightclubbing — Grace Jones Grace Jones Nightclubbing (Album, Comp) Island Records 203 481 Europe 1981 Sell This Version
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79-00184 Living My Life — Grace Jones Grace Jones Living My Life (Album) Island Records, Island Records 79-00184 Canada 1982 Sell This Version
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ST-53021, ST 53021 Slave To The Rhythm — Grace Jones Grace Jones Slave To The Rhythm (Album) ZTT, Island Records ST-53021, ST 53021 US 1985 Sell This Version
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MTL 1007 Inside Story — Grace Jones Grace Jones Inside Story (Album) Manhattan Records MTL 1007 Ireland 1986 Sell This Version
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CI-91737 Bulletproof Heart — Grace Jones Grace Jones Bulletproof Heart (Album) Capitol Records CI-91737 Greece 1989 Sell This Version
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none Hurricane — Grace Jones Grace Jones Hurricane (Album) Wall Of Sound, Wall Of Sound none 2008 Sell This Version
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WOS050DLPX, 949.2050.013 Hurricane - Dub — Grace Jones Grace Jones Hurricane - Dub (Album) Wall Of Sound, Wall Of Sound WOS050DLPX, 949.2050.013 UK & Europe 2011 Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs

990.140 I Need A Man — Grace Jones Grace Jones I Need A Man (Single, EP, Maxi) Orfeus (2) 990.140 France 1975 Sell This Version
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MDF 098 I'll Find My Way To You / Again And Again — Grace Jones Grace Jones I'll Find My Way To You / Again And Again (Single) Cinevox Record MDF 098 Italy 1976 Sell This Version
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VIP-2495 Sorry — Grace Jones グレイス・ジョーンズ* Sorry (Single) Orfeus (2) VIP-2495 Japan 1976 Sell This Version
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J.B. 104 Dedicato A Una Stella /  I'll Find My Way To You — Grace Jones Stelvio Cipriani / Grace Jones Stelvio Cipriani / Grace Jones - Dedicato A Una Stella / I'll Find My Way To You(7", Jukebox) Cinevox Record J.B. 104 Italy 1976 Sell This Version
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IS-098 La Vie En Rose — Grace Jones Grace Jones La Vie En Rose (Single, Maxi) Island Records IS-098 US 1977 Sell This Version
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ISL-45-019 Tomorrow — Grace Jones Grace Jones Tomorrow(7") Island Records ISL-45-019 Philippines 1977 Sell This Version
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J.B. 123 Tutto Il Mondo È Casa Mia / La Vie En Rose — Grace Jones Patty Pravo / Grace Jones Patty Pravo / Grace Jones - Tutto Il Mondo È Casa Mia / La Vie En Rose(7", Jukebox) Ricordi, Island Records J.B. 123 Italy 1977 Sell This Version
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X 13013, WIP-6471 Am I Ever Gonna Fall In Love In N.Y. City — Grace Jones Grace Jones Am I Ever Gonna Fall In Love In N.Y. City (Single) Island Records, Island Records X 13013, WIP-6471 Australia 1978 Sell This Version
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6172 542 Autumn Leaves Part. 1 & 2 (Les Feuilles Mortes) — Grace Jones Grace Jones Autumn Leaves Part. 1 & 2 (Les Feuilles Mortes) (Single) Island Records 6172 542 France 1978 Sell This Version
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IS 1008 Do Or Die — Grace Jones Grace Jones Do Or Die (Single, Maxi) Island Records IS 1008 US 1978 Sell This Version
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0094 Do Or Die / Run Baby Run — Grace Jones Grace Jones / Amanda Lear Grace Jones / Amanda Lear - Do Or Die / Run Baby Run(12", Promo, Red) Island Records, Ariola 0094 Spain 1978 Sell This Version
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0085 Creo Que Me Voy A Enamorar (I Think I'm Gonna Fall In Love) / La Vida En Rosa (La Vie En Rose) — Grace Jones Supercharge (2) / Grace Jones Supercharge (2) / Grace Jones - Creo Que Me Voy A Enamorar (I Think I'm Gonna Fall In Love) / La Vida En Rosa (La Vie En Rose)(12", Promo) Ariola 0085 Spain 1978 Sell This Version
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JB 067 Io Per Te / Do Or Die — Grace Jones Gianni Faré / Grace Jones Gianni Faré / Grace Jones - Io Per Te / Do Or Die(7", Jukebox) Ariston, Island Records JB 067 Italy 1978 Sell This Version
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none Fame / Comme Un Oiseau Qui Senvole — Grace Jones Grace Jones Fame / Comme Un Oiseau Qui Senvole(Acetate, 12") Island Records none US 1978 Sell This Version

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professormouse

professormouse

October 6, 2021
"Mummy...she's scary !"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfALrtu2Mqw
I do hope the expanded albums thang hasn't stopped with Our Grace ?
Where d'ya buy all these like ?
https://www.discogs.com/release/4470930-Grace-Jones-Corporate-Cannibal-Mixes
kevinsingel

kevinsingel

August 27, 2021
Does anyone know the real background story of the single of Living My Life. Was it recorded at the album sessions ? Was it intended to be the title track and just didn't make the final cut? And if it was only intended to be a stand alone single, a common practice in the 80's, why was it only released in Portugal? And finally , no 7" version/why only 12" as there is obviously a single edit used in the One Man Show video?
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REENO

REENO

July 23, 2020
edited over 3 years ago
I love Grace. She's incomparable, even in 2020 and beyond. Having said that, I strongly favor her trilogy of Compass Point/Sly & Robbie albums over her first 3 (disco albums).

Grace's voice & vibe seemed better suited to the new wave-ish productions she gravitated to post 70's.
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rondoe.au

rondoe.au

November 10, 2018
Webmaster - Why doesn't this release Grace-Jones-The-Ultimate-Collection/release/1437840 appear on this page? I only got to it from a link on the Wikipedia page for this album.
davidrex

davidrex

October 25, 2017
Love to see her one man show VHS updated and cleaned up on dvd/bluray.
deep_honey

deep_honey

April 5, 2016
I hear she's actually from the 19th century, the internet said so
alimuhairi

alimuhairi

August 8, 2015
I believe she's actually born between 50-52
timan73

timan73

March 15, 2015
WIKI said that she was born on 1948
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