Joni Mitchell Height, Age, Family, Facts, Biography

Joni Mitchell is a Canadian singer and songwriter who is best known for releasing various tracks, EPs, and albums. With time, she has also amassed a huge fan base with more than 400k followers on Facebook and more than 100k followers on Twitter.

Sun Sign

Scorpio

Manager

Joni was represented by the Geffen-Roberts Company.

Genre

Folk, Rock, Jazz, Pop

Instruments

Vocalist, Piano, Guitar, Dulcimer

Labels

She has released her music with various record labels such as Reprise, Asylum, Geffen, Nonesuch, and Hear Music.

Boyfriend / Spouse

Joni’s name has been linked with –

1. JD Souther
2. Brad MacMath (1964) – She has a daughter named Kelly Dale Anderson (b. February 1965).
3. Chuck Mitchell (1965-1968)
4. David Crosby (1967)
5. Leonard Cohen (1967-1968)
6. Graham Nash (1968-1970)
7. James Taylor (1970-1971)
8. (1971)
9. Jackson Browne (1972)
10. (1972)
11. Wayne Perkins (1973)
12. John Guerin (1973-1976)
13. Glenn Frey (1973-1974)
14. Sam Shepard (1975)
15. Don Alias (1977-1980)
16. Larry Klein (1982-1994)

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Thin eyebrows
• Soaring vocals

Joni Mitchell Favorite Things

• Artists – Claude Debussy, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Louis Jordan, Steely Dan, Deep Forest, Edith Piaf, New Radicals

Source – JoniMitchell.com

Joni Mitchell Facts

1. She spent her initial years in Alberta before traveling across different parts of Western Canada and relocated to Saskatchewan before finally settling in Saskatoon when Joni was 11 years old.
2. Her father worked with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a flight lieutenant and instructor until the end of World War II, after which, her father started working as a grocer.
3. She was not very strong academically and mostly took an interest in painting.
4. Joni was in school when she started to take classical piano lessons.
5. She was 9 years old when she was diagnosed with polio and was hospitalized for many weeks. After that, Joni began to focus her attention on singing and dancing in a much more serious manner. Around about the same time, she had also been smoking.
6. During her late teenage years, Joni got involved with the rowdy crowd in hometown and continued to do so until she felt that her involvement with them led to her linking up with the criminal world.
7. Initially, she had wanted to learn to play the guitar, however, due to her misdemeanor, Joni’s mother did not let her and instead, she learned to play the ukulele. Later, she also taught herself to play the guitar through a Pete Seeger songbook.
8. Joni’s song, Song for Sharon which was released in November 1976, is one of the songs that share the story of her small-town upbringing.
9. She is American singer and songwriter, ‘s favorite singer.
10. Her songs are mostly based on personal issues.

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