10 Essential Rickie Lee Jones Songs You Must Hear

ClassicRockHistory ^ | 15 months ago | Brian Kachejian

[DallasBiff]

We compose many top 10 song lists here at ClassicRockHistory.com. Some are more fun to write than others. Our Rickie Lee Jones songs list ranks as one of the most enjoyable we have ever done. There are rock artists, and then there are “rock artists. In our opinion, Rickie Lee Jones is up there with the greats like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Carole King, and Billie Holiday. We are not the only ones who feel that way. Rickie Lee Jones is a musician’s musician. Just one look at the stellar lineups of musicians on her studio albums defines the respect Rickie Lee Jones has garnished over the years.

[John S Mosby]

Junkies get that way- very soon. One could understand the lyrics of Joni M. not Rickie. the number of known junkies either owning the studios or the musicians who played/studio worked with— explains a lot. Becker (steely dan) major junkie, Dr. John- it killed him... and so forth.

[stanne]

Interesting

[HartleyMBaldwin]

The Steely Dan song, ‘Rikcy Don’t Lose Rhat Number’ is about her

Probably not. The following is from the Wikipedia entry for the song Rikki Don't Lose That Number:

Reviewing the single for AllMusic, Stewart Mason said:

...Donald Fagen has similarly revealed that the "Rikki" in question was simply a woman he'd had a crush on in college [writer Rikki Ducornet]...

[stanne]

They worked with her. Who cares.

[Fledermaus]

Tapestry is a classic

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Well, you cared enough to bring it up, and I cared enough to spend a couple of minutes seeing if it was true.

[stanne]

From an article about the song:

“When we interviewed Rickie Lee Jones in 2017, we asked about the rumors that this song was about her. “Ha!” was her reply. “I hadn’t heard that.”

I don’t care. It was a 40 year old rumor. I should have looked it up or put it as a rumor

No one cares.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

True. No big deal.

[Fungi]

She’s a one trick pony, one trick is all that horse can do.

[Bullish]

Not a fan.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Danny’s All-Star Joint is good. That’s about it.

[klgator]

I really liked the first five songs on her 2000 cd "It's Like This" starting with Show Biz Kids, Trouble Man, For No One, Smile, and Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.

It's right up there with the last five songs on Art Garfunkel's "Angel Clare" with All I Know, Mary Was An Only Child, Woyaya, Barbara Allen, and Another Lullaby.