| LC control no. | n 91070818 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jones, Grace |
| Variant(s) | Mendoza, Grace ג'ונס, גרייס G'ons, Greis グレイス・ジョーンズ ジョーンズ, グレイス Jōnzu, Gureisu Джонс, Грейс Джонс, Беверли Грейс Dzhons, Beverli Greĭs Dzhons, Greĭs Jones, Beverly Grace Џоунс, Грејс Džouns, Grejs Dz︠h︡ons, Hreĭs |
| Associated country | Jamaica United States |
| Located | Syracuse (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1952-05-19 |
| Place of birth | Spanish Town (Jamaica) |
| Field of activity | Singing Acting Popular music Popular music--Writing and publishing |
| Affiliation | Island Records |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Actresses Composers Sound recording executives and producers |
| Special note | Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Her Bulletproof heart [SR] p1989: label (Grace Jones) Internet movie database, Jan. 31, 2003 (Grace Jones; actress; better known as a model and singer; b. May 19, 1952, Spanishtown, Jamaica; birth name: Grace Mendoza) Feb. 19, 2009 (Grace Jones; b. May 19, 1948) Wikipedia, July 29, 2015 (Grace Jones (born 19 May 1948); Jamaican singer, songwriter, model, record producer, and actress. She was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica; at 13 she moved with her siblings to their parents' home in Syracuse, New York; other names: Grace Mendoza; genres: R&B, electronic, avant-garde, dance, disco, new wave, rock, funk, reggae) Hebrew page (גרייס ג'ונס = Greis G'ons) Japanese page (グレイス・ジョーンズ = Gureisu Jōnzu) Russian page (Джонс, Грейс = Dzhons, Greĭs; Беверли Грейс Джонс = Beverli Greĭs Dzhons (Beverly Grace Jones [in roman]) Serbian page (Грејс Џоунс = Grejs Džouns) Ukrainian page (Грейс Джонс = Hreĭs Dz︠h︡ons) African American National Biography, accessed June 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Jones, Grace; popular singer, performance artist, stage/ screen actor, model; born 19 May 1952 in Spanish Town, Jamaica; accepted a recording contract with Island Records (1977); produced three disco-themed albums, Portfolio, Fame, and Muse (1977, 1978, 1979); fourth and fifth albums were Warm Leatherette and Nightclubbing (1980, 1981); had diverse musical inspirations and crossed over into rock-and-roll; was among the first to "imprint a pop moment on mass consciousness") |
| Associated language | eng |
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