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Jones had been a [[pop music|pop]] [[singer]] in the 1960s, her best results coming from the cackling novelty number "Witches Brew" which peaked at number 46 in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. The cabaret singer was imprisoned in 1973 for her involvement in 'controlling prostitutes'. |
Jones had been a [[pop music|pop]] [[singer]] in the 1960s, her best results coming from the cackling novelty number "Witches Brew" which peaked at number 46 in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. The cabaret singer was imprisoned in 1973 for her involvement in 'controlling prostitutes'. |
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She is the subject of a [[song]] by [[The Clash]] called "[[Janie Jones (song)|Janie Jones]]", which was released in 1977 on the band's eponymous debut |
She is the subject of a [[song]] by [[The Clash]] called "[[Janie Jones (song)|Janie Jones]]", which was released in 1977 on the band's [[The Clash (album)|eponymous debut album]]. In 2006 this song was [[cover version|covered]] by [[Babyshambles]]. Jones appeared in the [[music video]], being [[chauffeur]]ed around London together with [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]]. |
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In 1982, Jones, backed by members of the Clash and [[Ian Dury|the Blockheads]] and credited as Janie Jones & the Lash, [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] a [[single (music)|single]], "House of the Ju-Ju Queen" b/w "[[Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine|Sex Machine]]", which was [[record producer|produced]] by [[Joe Strummer]] and released the following year. |
In 1982, Jones, backed by members of the Clash and [[Ian Dury|the Blockheads]] and credited as Janie Jones & the Lash, [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] a [[single (music)|single]], "House of the Ju-Ju Queen" b/w "[[Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine|Sex Machine]]", which was [[record producer|produced]] by [[Joe Strummer]] and released the following year. |
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Revision as of 08:55, 11 February 2009
Janie Jones (born Marion Mitchell, Seaham, County Durham) was a famous madam in London in the 1970s. She first achieved notoriety in August 1964 when she attended the premiere of the Michael Klinger film, London in the Raw wearing a topless dress.
Jones had been a pop singer in the 1960s, her best results coming from the cackling novelty number "Witches Brew" which peaked at number 46 in the UK Singles Chart. The cabaret singer was imprisoned in 1973 for her involvement in 'controlling prostitutes'.
She is the subject of a song by The Clash called "Janie Jones", which was released in 1977 on the band's eponymous debut album. In 2006 this song was covered by Babyshambles. Jones appeared in the music video, being chauffeured around London together with Mick Jones.
In 1982, Jones, backed by members of the Clash and the Blockheads and credited as Janie Jones & the Lash, recorded a single, "House of the Ju-Ju Queen" b/w "Sex Machine", which was produced by Joe Strummer and released the following year.
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