80-770: Grace Beverly Jones OJ (born 19 May 1948) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, model and actress. Born in Jamaica, she and her family moved to Syracuse, New York , when she was a teenager. Jones began her modelling career in New York state, then in Paris , working for fashion houses such as Yves St. Laurent and Kenzo , and appearing on the covers of Elle and Vogue . She notably worked with photographers such as Jean-Paul Goude , Helmut Newton , Guy Bourdin , and Hans Feurer , and became known for her distinctive androgynous appearance and bold features. Beginning in 1977, Jones embarked on
160-475: A disco - house take on Candi Staton 's 1978 song "Victim", however, the song's release was cancelled by Island Records. In 1996, Jones released " Love Bites ", an up-tempo electronic track to promote the Sci-Fi Channel's Vampire Week , which consisted of a series of vampire-themed films aired on the channel in early November 1996. The track features Jones singing from the perspective of a vampire. The track
240-514: A performance art /pop theatre presentation devised by Goude and Jones in which she also performed tracks from the albums Portfolio ( " La Vie en rose " ), Warm Leatherette , (" Private Life ", " Warm Leatherette "), Nightclubbing ("Walking in the Rain", "Feel Up", "Demolition Man", "Pull Up to the Bumper" and "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)") and from Living My Life , "My Jamaican Guy" and
320-519: A French classic, " Autumn Leaves " by Jacques Prévert . The Canadian edition of the vinyl album included another French language track, "Comme un oiseau qui s'envole" , which replaced "All on a Summers Night"; in most locations this song served as the B-side of the single " Do or Die ". In the North American club scene, Fame was a hit album and the "Do or Die"/"Pride"/"Fame" side reached top 10 on both
400-442: A club singer, Jones also recorded a song called "Again and Again" that was featured in the film. Both songs were produced by composer Stelvio Cipriani . Icelandic keyboardist Thor Baldursson arranged most of the album and also sang duet with Jones on the track "Suffer". Like the last two albums, the cover art is by Richard Bernstein. Like Fame , Muse was later released by Gold Legion. With anti-disco sentiment spreading, and with
480-470: A cost of £4,000. Its four arched ribs are supported on massive masonry abutments . After the abutments deteriorated, endangering the structure, it was listed in the 1998 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund . A restoration project began in 2004, with funding provided by American Express through World Monuments Fund . Progress was slow until 2008, when a renewed restoration effort
560-452: A fashion shoot for Dazed & Confused using Jones as a model to create "Nubian versions" of Rubber Johnny. In an interview for BBC's The Culture Show , it was suggested that the collaboration may expand into a video project. Jones also worked with the avant-garde poet Brigitte Fontaine on a duet named "Soufi" from Fontaine's album Prohibition released in 2009, and produced by Ivor Guest . In March 2010 Jones performed for guests at
640-439: A few pages from her playbook". Jones's work is often discussed for its visual aspect, which was largely the work of French illustrator, photographer, and graphic designer Jean-Paul Goude . According to Jake Hall of i-D , "their collaborative work [went on] to define the visual landscape of the 70s and 80s," and Goude "helped create one of the most intriguing legends in musical history." Goude saw Jones as his muse , declaring she
720-501: A knighthood in the British honours system . Membership in the Order can be conferred upon any Jamaican citizen of outstanding distinction. Honorary membership in the Order can be conferred upon any distinguished citizen of a country other than Jamaica. Members and Honorary Members are entitled to: The motto of the Order is "For a covenant of the people". Spanish Town Spanish Town
800-408: A motor accident 1987. "Sunset Sunrise" was written by Jones's son, Paulo; the song ponders the relationship between mankind and mother nature. Four songs were removed from the album, "The Key to Funky", "Body Phenomenon", "Sister Sister" and "Misery". For the production of the album, Jones teamed up with Sly and Robbie , Wally Badarou , Barry Reynolds , Mikey Chung , and Uziah "Sticky" Thompson , of
880-420: A music career, securing a record deal with Island Records and initially becoming a high-profile figure of New York City 's Studio 54 -centered disco scene. In the early 1980s, she moved toward a new wave style that drew on reggae , funk , post-punk , and pop music , frequently collaborating with both the graphic designer Jean-Paul Goude and the musical duo Sly & Robbie . She scored Top 40 entries on
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#1732890819987960-517: A performance at New York City's Roseland Ballroom . The same year, Jones presented Sir Tom Jones with not only the GQ Men of the Year award, but her underwear. Tom Jones accepted the gift in good humour, and replied by saying, "I didn't think you wore any". Universal Music Group released a deluxe edition of her Nightclubbing album as a two-disc set and Blu-ray audio on 28 April 2014. The set contains most of
1040-610: A relationship. An extended version of "Private Life" was released as a single, with a cover of the Joy Division song " She's Lost Control ", a non-album track, as the B-side. The 1981 release of Nightclubbing included Jones's covers of songs by Flash and the Pan (" Walking in the Rain "), Bill Withers (" Use Me "), Iggy Pop / David Bowie (" Nightclubbing ") and Ástor Piazzolla (" I've Seen That Face Before "). Three songs were co-written by Jones: "Feel Up", "Art Groupie" and " Pull Up to
1120-556: A seven-minute reinterpretation of Édith Piaf 's " La Vie en rose " followed by three new recordings, two of which were co-written by Jones, "Sorry", and "That's the Trouble". The album finished with " I Need a Man ", Jones's first club hit. The artwork to the album was designed by Richard Bernstein , an artist for Interview . In 1978, Jones and Moulton made Fame , an immediate follow-up to Portfolio , also recorded at Sigma Sound Studios. The album featured another reinterpretation of
1200-480: A strict disciplinarian he regularly beat the children in his care, representing what Jones described as "serious abuse". She was raised into the family's Pentecostal faith, having to take part in prayer meetings and Bible readings every night. She initially attended the Pentecostal All Saints School, before being sent to a nearby public school. As a child, Jones was shy and had only one schoolfriend. She
1280-529: A theatre class, with her drama teacher convincing her to join him on a summer stock tour in Philadelphia . Arriving in the city, she decided to stay there, immersing herself in the Counterculture of the 1960s by living in hippie communes, earning money as a go-go dancer , and using LSD and other drugs. She later praised the use of LSD as "a very important part of my emotional growth... The mental exercise
1360-523: Is anatomically impossible. The artwork, a piece called "Nigger Arabesque" was originally published in the New York magazine in 1978, and was used as a backdrop for the music video of Jones's hit single "La Vie en rose" . The artwork has been described as "one of pop culture's most famous photographs". The image was also parodied in Nicki Minaj 's 2011 music video for " Stupid Hoe ", in which Minaj mimicked
1440-456: Is presented as a man wearing an Armani suit jacket, with a cigarette in her mouth and a flattop haircut. While promoting the album, Jones slapped chat-show host Russell Harty live on air after he had turned to interview other guests, making Jones feel she was being ignored. Having already recorded two reggae-oriented albums under the production of Compass Point All Stars, Jones went to Nassau, Bahamas in 1982 and recorded Living My Life ;
1520-522: Is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the historic county of Middlesex , Jamaica . It was the Spanish and British capital of Jamaica from 1534 until 1872. The town is home to numerous memorials, the national archives , and one of the oldest Anglican churches outside England (the others are in Virginia , Maryland , and Bermuda ). The Spanish settlement of Villa de la Vega
1600-475: Is the major team. The town had one of the first Spanish cathedrals to be built in the New World, constructed around 1525. Many Christian denominations have churches or meeting halls in the town, including a Roman Catholic church and Wesleyan, Baptist and Seventh-day Adventist chapels. There is also a mosque. Standing untouched in character is a historic alms-house, public hospital, and a penal institution built in
1680-566: The Beastmaster television series as the Umpatra Warrior. The same year, Jones recorded "The Perfect Crime", an up-tempo song for Danish TV written by the composer duo Floppy M. aka Jacob Duus and Kåre Jacobsen. Jones was also ranked 82nd place on VH1 's "100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll". In 2000, Jones collaborated with rapper Lil' Kim , appearing on the song "Revolution" from her album The Notorious K.I.M. . In 2001, Jones starred in
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#17328908199871760-678: The Compass Point All Stars , with contributions from trip-hop artist Tricky , and Brian Eno . The album was released on Wall of Sound on 3 November 2008, in the United Kingdom. PIAS , the umbrella company of Wall of Sound, distributed Hurricane worldwide excluding North America. The album scored 72 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic . Prior to the album's release, Jones performed at Massive Attack 's Meltdown festival in London on 19 June 2008, Jones performed four new songs from
1840-485: The Eddie Murphy film Boomerang , for which she also contributed the song " 7 Day Weekend " to its soundtrack . Jones released two more soundtrack songs in 1992; " Evilmainya ", recorded for the film Freddie as F.R.O.7 , and "Let Joy and Innocence Prevail" for the film Toys . In 1994, she was due to release an electro album titled Black Marilyn with artwork featuring the singer as Marilyn Monroe . " Sex Drive "
1920-475: The Human League , and others. On 23 July 2023, Jones headlined the music acts at Bluedot Festival . "Grace was very open. We worked together to create this intimidating character. I mean, she's naturally intimidating anyway with her body shape, very straight neck, prominent cheekbones, and clean-cut jawline. She's feminine , no doubt about that, but I've always thought that she was far more beautiful without
2000-453: The Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress . In 1992, Jones acted in the Eddie Murphy film Boomerang , and contributed to the soundtrack . She also appeared alongside Tim Curry in the 2001 film Wolf Girl . Jones was ranked 82nd on VH1 's 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll (1999). In 2008, she was honored with a Q Idol Award . Jones influenced the cross-dressing movement of
2080-521: The UK Singles Chart with " Private Life ", " Pull Up to the Bumper ", " I've Seen That Face Before ", and " Slave to the Rhythm ". In 1982, she released the music video collection A One Man Show , directed by Goude, which earned her a nomination for Best Video Album at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards . Her most popular albums include Warm Leatherette (1980), Nightclubbing (1981), and Slave to
2160-545: The cross-dressing movement of the 1980s. To this day, she is known for her unique look at least as much as she is for her music and has been an inspiration for numerous artists, including Annie Lennox , Lorde , Rihanna , Lady Gaga , Nicki Minaj , and Nile Rodgers . Jones was listed as one of the 50 best-dressed over 50 by The Guardian in March 2013. Kyle Munzenrieder of W magazine wrote that "everyone from Madonna to Björk to Beyoncé to Lady Gaga has taken more than
2240-619: The 12" mixes of singles from that album, plus two previously unreleased tracks from the Nightclubbing sessions, including a cover of the Gary Numan track "Me! I Disconnect from You". In October 2014, Jones was announced as having contributed a song, "Original Beast", to the soundtrack of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 . Jones's memoir entitled I'll Never Write My Memoirs was released on 29 September 2015. In 2017, Jones collaborated with British virtual band Gorillaz , appearing on
2320-512: The 18th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Viewing Party. The Elton John AIDS Foundation is one of the world's leading nonprofit organisations supporting HIV prevention programs, and works to eliminate the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS. The event raised US$ 3.7 million. The same year, a budget DVD version of A One Man Show was released, as Grace Jones – Live in Concert . It included three bonus video clips (" Slave to
2400-532: The 1980s and has been cited as an inspiration for multiple artists, including Annie Lennox , Lady Gaga , Rihanna , Solange , Lorde , Róisín Murphy , Brazilian Girls , Nile Rodgers , Santigold , and Basement Jaxx . In 2016, Billboard ranked her as the 40th greatest dance club artist of all time. Grace Jones was born in 1948 (though most sources say 1952) in Spanish Town , Jamaica, to Marjorie (née Williams) (1927–2017) and Robert W. Jones (1925–2008), who
2480-472: The 1990s, Jones's next full-length record was released almost twenty years later, after Jones decided "never to do an album again," changing her mind after meeting music producer Ivor Guest through a mutual friend, milliner Philip Treacy . After the two became acquainted, Guest let Jones listen to a track he had been working on, which became "Devil in My Life", once Jones set the lyrics to the song. The lyrics to
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2560-449: The Bumper ". Sting wrote " Demolition Man "; he later recorded it with The Police on the album Ghost in the Machine . "I've Done It Again" was written by Marianne Faithfull . The strong rhythm featured on Nightclubbing was produced by Compass Point All Stars, including Sly and Robbie , Wally Badarou , Mikey Chung , Uziah "Sticky" Thompson and Barry Reynolds . The album entered in
2640-752: The Inspiration Gala in São Paulo , Brazil, raising $ 1.3 million for amfAR (the Foundation for AIDS Research). Jones closed the evening with a performance of "La Vie en Rose" and "Pull Up to the Bumper". Two months later, Jones performed "Slave to the Rhythm" at the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II (whilst keeping a hula hoop spinning round her waist throughout), and the Lovebox Festival . On 27 October 2012, Jones performed her only North American show of 2012,
2720-575: The Rhythm (1985). As an actress, Jones appeared in several indie films prior to landing her first mainstream appearance as Zula in the fantasy-action film Conan the Destroyer (1984) alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sarah Douglas , and subsequently appeared in the James Bond movie A View to a Kill (1985) as May Day , and starred as a vampire in Vamp (1986); all of which earned her nominations for
2800-811: The Rhythm was successful in German-speaking countries and in the Netherlands, where it secured Top 10 placings. It reached number 12 on the UK Albums Chart in November 1985 and became the second-highest-ranking album released by Jones. Jones earned an MTV Video Music Award nomination for the title track's music video. After her success with Slave to the Rhythm , Island released Island Life , Jones's first best-of compilation, which featured songs from most of her releases with Island ( Portfolio , Fame , Warm Leatherette , Nightclubbing , Living My Life and Slave to
2880-603: The Rhythm ", " Love Is the Drug " and " Crush ". In 2011, Jones collaborated again with Brigitte Fontaine on two tracks from her release entitled L'un n'empêche pas l'autre and performed at the opening ceremony of the 61st FIFA Congress . Jones released a dub version of the album, Hurricane – Dub , which came out on 5 September 2011. The dub versions were made by Ivor Guest , with contributions from Adam Green , Frank Byng, Robert Logan and Ben Cowan. In April 2012, Jones joined Deborah Harry , Bebel Gilberto , and Sharon Stone at
2960-531: The Rhythm ). American writer and journalist Glenn O'Brien wrote the essay for the inlay booklet. The compilation charted in the UK, New Zealand and the United States. The artwork on the cover of the compilation was of another Jones/Goude collaboration; it featured Jones's celestial body in a montage of separate images, following Goude's ideas on creating credible illusions with his cut-and-paint technique. The body position
3040-512: The St. Catherine, has been growing rapidly. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as "Spain" or "Prison Oval" within Jamaica. The latter nickname is a reference to the cricket pitch or oval located just outside the St. Catherine District Prison, where some inmates can get a limited view of the sport through their cell windows. Association football is also played at the Prison Oval ; Rivoli United F.C.
3120-544: The Top 5 in four countries, and became Jones's highest-ranking record on the US Billboard mainstream albums and R&B charts. Nightclubbing claimed the number 1 slot on NME ' s Album of the Year list. Slant Magazine listed the album at No. 40 on its list of Best Albums of the 1980s. Nightclubbing is now widely considered Jones's best studio album. The album's cover art is a painting of Jones by Jean-Paul Goude. Jones
3200-534: The US Hot Dance Club Play and Canadian Dance/Urban charts. The album was released on compact disc in the early 1990s, but soon went out of print . In 2011, it was released and remastered by Gold Legion, a record company that specialises in reissuing classic disco albums on CD. Jones's live shows were highly sexualized and flamboyant, leading her to be called "Queen of the Gay Discos." In the same year she
3280-550: The aid of the Compass Point All Stars , Jones transitioned into new wave music with the 1980 release of Warm Leatherette . The album included covers of songs by The Normal (" Warm Leatherette "), The Pretenders (" Private Life "), Roxy Music (" Love Is the Drug "), Smokey Robinson (" The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game "), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (" Breakdown ") and Jacques Higelin ("Pars"). Sly Dunbar revealed that
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3360-401: The album and premiered the music video which Jones and artist Nick Hooker collaborated on, which resulted in " Corporate Cannibal ". Jones promoted the album even further by appearing on talk show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross , performed at several awards galas, and embarked on The Hurricane Tour . The same year, Jones was honoured with Q Idol Award . In 2009, Chris Cunningham produced
3440-616: The album resulted in Jones's final contribution to the Compass Point trilogy, with only one cover, Melvin Van Peebles 's " The Apple Stretching ". The rest were original songs; " Nipple to the Bottle " was co-written with Sly Dunbar , and, apart from " My Jamaican Guy ", the other tracks were collaborations with Barry Reynolds . Despite receiving a limited single release, the title track was left off
3520-401: The album's title track . Jones dressed in elaborate costumes and masks (in the opening sequence as a gorilla) and alongside a series of Grace Jones lookalikes . A video version, filmed live in London and New York City and completed with some studio footage, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Long-Form Music Video the following year. After the release of Living My Life , Jones took on
3600-461: The album's artwork. Inside Story made the top 40 in several European countries. The album was Jones's last entry to date on US Billboard 200 albums chart. The same year, Jones starred as Katrina, an Egyptian queen vampire in the vampire film Vamp . For her work in the film, Jones was awarded a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress . In 1987, Jones appeared in two films, Straight to Hell , and Mary Lambert 's Siesta , for which Jones
3680-472: The album. Further session outtakes included "Man Around the House" (Jones, Reynolds) and a cover of " Ring of Fire ", written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore and popularized by Johnny Cash , both of which were included on the 1998 compilation Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions . The album's cover art resulted from another Jones/Goude collaboration; the artwork has been described as being as famous as
3760-420: The artifices she employed to make herself more feminine. I tried to emphasize that body shape through a sort of minimalist German expressionism , with its games of shadows and its angular shapes. Grace is from Jamaica, so she speaks English in a quite thought-out way. I also advised her to address her audience – mostly composed of homosexuals – like a teacher would, with severity. All of that stuff contributed to
3840-802: The arts of subversion. Grace Jones, 2015 Marjorie and Robert eventually brought their children – including the 13 year-old Grace – to live with them in the US, where they had settled in Lyncourt , Salina, New York , near Syracuse . It was in the city that her father had established his own ministry, the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, in 1956. Jones continued her schooling and after she graduated, enrolled at Onondaga Community College majoring in Spanish. Jones began to rebel against her parents and their religion; she began wearing makeup, drinking alcohol, and visiting gay clubs with her brother. At college, she also took
3920-470: The building of her image. " — Jean-Paul Goude , Vice , 2012. Jones' "appearance was equally divisive" as the sonic fluidity of her music - with her "striking visuals [leading] to her becoming a muse for the likes of Issey Miyake and Thierry Mugler . Her image has been described as "neo- cubist ". Jones's distinctive androgynous appearance, square-cut, angular padded clothing, manner, and height of 179 cm (5′ 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 ″) influenced
4000-626: The eighteenth century. The town contains a factory that manufactures dyes from logwood , a salt factory, and a rice processing plant. In the neighbourhood are five large sugar estates, a milk condensary, and a large textile mill. The Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre of the Department of Correctional Services, Jamaica is located in Spanish Town. Spanish Town is on the main A1 ( Kingston to Lucea ) and A2 (Spanish Town to Savanna-la-Mar ) roads. It
4080-602: The film, Wolf Girl (also known as Blood Moon ), as an intersex circus performer named Christoph/Christine. In 2002, Jones joined Luciano Pavarotti on stage for his annual Pavarotti and Friends fundraiser concert to support the United Nations refugee agency's programs for Angolan refugees in Zambia . In November 2004, Jones sang " Slave to the Rhythm " at a tribute concert for record producer Trevor Horn at London's Wembley Arena . Despite several comeback attempts throughout
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#17328908199874160-451: The main road. Its history was shaped by two significant colonial periods: Spanish rule from 1534 to 1655 and the English from 1655 to 1872. After that the capital was relocated to Kingston. The Anglican Church took over the 16th century cathedral. The historic architecture and street names mark the colonial history, such as Red Church and White Church streets, symbolic of the Spanish chapels of
4240-570: The material, and it was produced by Horn and Lipson. It was a concept album that featured several interpretations of the title track. The project was originally intended for Frankie Goes to Hollywood as a follow-up to " Relax ", but was given to Jones. All eight tracks on the album featured excerpts from a conversation with Jones, speaking about many aspects of her life. The interview was conducted by journalist Paul Morley . The album features voice-overs from actor Ian McShane reciting passages from Jean-Paul Goude 's biography Jungle Fever . Slave to
4320-473: The music on the record. It features Jones's disembodied head cut out from a photograph and pasted onto a white background. Jones's head is sharpened, giving her head and face an angular shape. A piece of plaster is pasted over her left eyebrow, and her forehead is covered with drops of sweat. Jones's three albums under the production of the Compass Point All Stars resulted in Jones's One Man Show ,
4400-407: The original Spanish root of this town. Since the town was badly damaged during the conquest, Port Royal took on many administrative roles and functioned as an unofficial capital during the beginning of English rule. By the time Port Royal was devastated by an earthquake in 1692 , Spanish Town had been rebuilt and was again functioning as the capital. Spanish Town remained the capital until 1872, when
4480-483: The pose. After Slave to the Rhythm and Island Life , Jones started to record again under a new contract with Manhattan Records , which resulted in Inside Story , Jones teamed up with music producer Nile Rodgers of Chic , whom Jones had previously tried to work with during the disco era. The album was recorded at Skyline Studios in New York and post-produced at Atlantic Studios and Sterling Sound. Inside Story
4560-596: The red and white cross, as well as Monk Street, in reference to the monastery that once stood nearby. Nugent and Manchester streets were named for the British Colonial Governors, George Nugent and William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester . King Street runs past the King's House, the governor's residence, and Constitution Street, near to the Square, refers to the island's former administrative centre. Regency buildings in
4640-565: The role of Zula the Amazonian in Conan the Destroyer (1984) and was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress . In 1985, Jones starred as May Day , henchwoman to main antagonist Max Zorin in the 14th James Bond film A View to a Kill ; Jones was also nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress . That same year, she was featured on the Arcadia song " Election Day ". Jones
4720-409: The seat of the colony was moved to Kingston . Kingston had been founded in the aftermath of the 1692 earthquake. By 1755, serious rivalry from lobbyists caused increasing speculation about the continued suitability of Spanish Town as the capital. In 1836, Governor Lionel Smith observed that "the capital was in ruins, with no commercial, manufacturing and agricultural concern in operation." To worsen
4800-526: The situation, following the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865 , Sir John Peter Grant ordered the removal of the capital in 1872 to Kingston. As a larger port, it had come to be considered the natural capital of the island. After the seat of government was relocated, Spanish Town lost much of its economic and cultural vitality. Built on the west bank of the Rio Cobre , the town lies 13 miles from Kingston on
4880-608: The song " Charger " from their fifth studio album Humanz . In October 2018, Jones received the Order of Jamaica from the Jamaican government. In June 2022, Jones served as curator of the 27th edition of the Meltdown Festival, the UK's longest-running artist-curated music festival. Jones had been announced as the curator already for the 2020 festival, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic it
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#17328908199874960-527: The song were written after a party in Venice. The two ended up with 23 tracks. The album, Hurricane , included autobiographical songs, such as "This Is", " Williams' Blood " and "I'm Crying (Mother's Tears)", an ode to her mother Marjorie. " Love You to Life " was another track based on real events and " Corporate Cannibal " referred to corporate capitalism . "Well Well Well" was recorded in memory of Alex Sadkin , member of Compass Point All Stars who had died in
5040-456: The studio with disco record producer, Tom Moulton . Moulton worked at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia , and Portfolio , was released in 1977. The album featured three songs from Broadway musicals, " Send in the Clowns " by Stephen Sondheim from A Little Night Music , " What I Did for Love " from A Chorus Line and " Tomorrow " from Annie . The second side of the album opens up with
5120-489: The title track was also the first to be recorded with Jones. Tom Petty wrote the lyrics to "Breakdown", and he also wrote the third verse of Jones's reinterpretation. The album included one song co-written by Jones, " A Rolling Stone ". Originally, "Pull Up to the Bumper" was to be included on the album, but its R&B sound did not fit with the rest of the material. By 1981, she had begun collaborating with photographer and graphic designer Jean-Paul Goude , with whom she also had
5200-619: The town centre include the Rodney Memorial flanked by two guns from the French ship Ville de Paris (1764) , and the façade of the Old King's House, which was the residence of the governor until 1872. Spanish Town is the site of an early cast-iron bridge, designed by Thomas Wilson and manufactured by Walker and Company of Rotherham , England. Spanning the Rio Cobre, the bridge was erected in 1801 at
5280-454: Was "beautiful and grotesque at the same time," and dated her from 1977 to 1984. He "[designed her] album covers, [...] directed her music videos, choreographed live performances, and helped develop her image." Order of Jamaica The Order of Jamaica is the fifth of the six orders in the Jamaican honours system . The Order was established in 1969, and it is considered the equivalent of
5360-588: Was a local politician and Apostolic clergyman. The couple already had two children, and would go on to have four more. Robert and Marjorie moved to the East Coast of the United States , where Robert worked as an agricultural labourer until a spiritual experience during a suicide attempt inspired him to become a Pentecostal minister. While they were in the US, they left their children with Marjorie's mother and her new husband, Peart. Jones knew him as "Mas P" ('Master P') and later noted that she "absolutely hated him"; as
5440-423: Was among the many stars to promote the Honda Scooter; other artists included Lou Reed , Adam Ant , and Miles Davis . Jones also, with her boyfriend Dolph Lundgren posed nude for Playboy . After Jones's success as a mainstream actress, she returned to the studio to work on Slave to the Rhythm , the last of her recordings for Island . Bruce Woolley , Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn wrote
5520-400: Was cast in the highly controversial Italian TV program Stryx , aired by Rai 2 , where she portrayed the character of Rumstryx. Muse was the last of Jones's disco albums. The album features a re-recorded version "I'll Find My Way to You", which Jones released three years prior to Muse . Originally appearing in the 1976 Italian film, Colt 38 Special Squad in which Jones had a role as
5600-406: Was founded by the Spanish in 1534 as the capital of the colony. Later, it was also called Santiago de la Vega or St. Jago de la Vega . Indigenous Taino had been living in the area for approximately a millennium before this, but this was the first European habitation on the south of the island. When the English conquered Jamaica in 1655 , they renamed the settlement as Spanish Town in honour to
5680-424: Was frequently photographed promoting his line. While modelling in Paris, she met Jerry Hall and Jessica Lange . Hall and Jones frequented Le Sept , one of Paris's most popular gay clubs of the 1970s and 1980s, and socialised with Giorgio Armani and Karl Lagerfeld . In 1973, Jones appeared on the cover of a reissue of Billy Paul 's 1970 album Ebony Woman . Jones was signed by Island Records , who put her in
5760-502: Was good for me". She moved back to New York at 18 and signed on as a model with Wilhelmina Models . She moved to Paris in 1970. The Parisian fashion scene was receptive to Jones's unusual, androgynous, bold, dark-skinned appearance. Yves St. Laurent , Claude Montana , and Kenzo Takada hired her for runway modelling, and she appeared on the covers of Elle , Vogue , and Stern working with Helmut Newton , Guy Bourdin , and Hans Feurer. Jones also modelled for Azzedine Alaia , and
5840-410: Was issued at the time; a slowed-down version of this song became the title track of her comeback album released ten years later while another unreleased track from the album, "Clandestine Affair" (recycling the chorus from her unreleased 1993 track "Volunteer"), appeared on a bootleg 12" in 2004. Jones recorded the track "Storm" in 1998 for the movie The Avengers , and in 1999, appeared in an episode of
5920-451: Was made. A first phase of restoration was completed in April 2010, when the repair of the abutments allowed the bridge to be reopened for the public. More recently, violence in the area has prevented the bridge from achieving the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site . In 2009, the population of Spanish Town was estimated to be about 160,000. The population of Spanish Town, like the rest of
6000-505: Was nominated for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress . Bulletproof Heart was released in 1989, produced by Chris Stanley, who co-wrote, and co-produced the majority of the songs, and was featured as a guest vocalist on "Don't Cry Freedom". Robert Clivillés and David Cole of C+C Music Factory produced some tracks on the album. In 1990, Jones appeared as herself in the documentary, Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol . 1992 saw Jones starring as Helen Strangé, in
6080-405: Was released as a non-label promo-only single. As of 2013, it had not been made commercially available. In June 1998, Jones was scheduled to release an album titled Force of Nature , on which she worked with trip hop musician Tricky . The release of Force of Nature was cancelled due to a disagreement between the two, and only a white label 12" single featuring two dance mixes of " Hurricane "
6160-462: Was released as the first single in September 1993, but the album was shelved due to Jones disliking the mixes that were presented by producers, whom she felt were primarily interested in sampling and had "minced" her vocals. Jones stated that the experience turned her off working on music. The track "Volunteer", recorded during the same sessions, leaked in 2009. In 1995, Jones reunited with Tom Moulton for
6240-666: Was rescheduled to 2022. During her show that closed the festival, Jones announced that a brand new 'African hybrid' record was in production, and previewed "The Sun Shines in Wartime" (or "Sunshine In Wartime) and "Blacker Than Black" (or "Born Black") from the album. Jones provided guest vocals on Beyoncé 's song "Move" from her seventh studio album Renaissance , released in July 2022. On 14 November 2022, music festival Camp Bestival announced their 2023 lineup, which included Jones, alongside Primal Scream , Melanie C , Craig David , The Kooks ,
6320-566: Was teased by classmates for her "skinny frame", but she excelled at sports and found solace in the nature of Jamaica. [My childhood] was all about the Bible and beatings. We were beaten for any little act of dissent, and hit harder the worse the disobedience. It formed me as a person, my choices, men I have been attracted to... It was a profoundly disciplined, militant upbringing, and so in my own way, I am very militant and disciplined. Even if that sometimes means being militantly naughty, and disciplined in
6400-404: Was the first album Jones produced, which resulted in heated disputes with Rodgers. Musically, the album was more accessible than her previous albums with the Compass Point All Stars, and explored different styles of pop music, with undertones of jazz, gospel, and Caribbean sounds. All songs on the album were written by Jones and Bruce Woolley . Richard Bernstein teamed up with Jones again to provide
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