LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 22, 2019- TODAY WE WISH THE WOMAN KNOWN AS THE “GODMOTHER OF PUNK” JOAN JETT A HAPPY 61ST BIRTHDAY ! JETT IS A GUITARIST, SINGER, SONGWRITER, AND PRODUCER. SHE IS ALSO A FOUNDING MEMBER OF “THE RUNAWAYS” BEFORE BREAKING OFF ON HER OWN WITH “JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS.”
IT WAS WITH THE BLACKHEARTS THAT JETT ENJOYED HER BIGGEST SUCCESS WITH ‘I LOVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL.’ IT TOPPED THE CHARTS IN 1982 STAYING AT NUMBER ONE FOR 7 WEEKS. OTHER NOTABLE HIT SONGS FOR JETT INCLUDE ‘CRIMSON AND CLOVER’ ‘BAD REPUTATION’ AND ‘I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU.’ JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS WERE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2015.
HAPPY 61ST BDAY JOAN JETT.
HERE’S JOAN JETT FROM 1981 WHEN SHE FIRST RELEASED ‘I LOVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL’ ( BTW, IT MUST HAVE BEEN HOT WHEN THEY WERE FILMING THE VIDEO, CHECK OUT HER PIT STAINS AT THE 2:04 MARK OF THE VIDEO…HOW DID THAT PASS THE LAST EDIT !??)
photo thanks-Jim Sheehan Superstar photography
