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Joan Jett is an American rock musician known for her influential career in rock music. She matters because she has been a significant figure in the development and popularity of rock music in America.
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- 1958-09-22
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- God's Little Rainbow
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 40x40 : Bad Reputation / I Love Rock-N-Roll
- Pure and simple
- The Hit List
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Acting · Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA
Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American singer, guitarist, record producer, and actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and performing with the Runaways, which recorded and released the hit song "Cherry Bomb". She has three albums that have been certified platinum or gold and in…
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- FireAid Benefit Concert — Self2025
- One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Two — Self (archive footage)2024
- Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple — Self2024
- Chuck Zito: An American Story — Self2024
- AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex — Self2023
- Women Who Rock — Self2022
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Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin; September 22, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, businesswoman, and actress. Often referred to as the "Godmother of Punk", she is regarded as a rock icon and an influential figure in popular rock music.
Jett co-founded and performed with the Runaways from 1975 to 1979, with whom she released four albums. After their dissolution, she recorded her debut album and brought it to several record labels with producer Kenny Laguna, all of whom rejected her. As a result, she formed her own independent record label Blackheart Records with Laguna. Her 1980 self-titled debut album (later reissued as Bad Reputation) became her first entry onto the US Billboard 200, bolstered by the attention its title track received.
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