Joan Jett
Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American rock singer, guitarist, songwriter, record producer and actress. She is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and performing with the Runaways, which recorded and released the hit song "Cherry Bomb". With the Blackhearts, Jett is known for her rendition of the song "I Love Rock 'n Roll" which was number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in 1982. Jett's other notable songs include "Bad Reputation", "Light of Day", "I Hate Myself for Loving You" and her covers of "Crimson and Clover", "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" and "Dirty Deeds".
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| Full name at birth | Joan Marie Larkin
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| Claim to fame | being the founding member of the all-female teenage rock band The Runaways, which recorded and released the hit song Cherry Bomb, which peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in the United States, and also being the frontwoman of her own band Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, which released her rendition of the song I Love Rock ‘n Roll, which peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in 1982
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| Date of birth | 22 September 1958
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| Place of birth | Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Occupation | Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Musician, Record Producer, Actress
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| Height | 5' 5½" (166 cm)
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| Weight | 124 lbs (56 kg)
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| Pets | Cats
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| Net worth | $7,000,000 USD
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- Visit her official website @ joanjett.com.
- She later learned of the environmental impacts of intensive animal farming that converted her into an advocate for vegetarian, vegan living and also an animals rights advocate and a supporter of both PETA and Farm Sanctuary.
- Joan is a pure vegetarian and has remained so for more than 20 years. The reason behind her becoming a vegetarian was her love of animals.
- In the 2004 elections, Joan was a supporter of Howard Dean because of his opposition to the Iraq War.
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