Grace Jones's Real Name: Grace Jones

Quick answer: The singer, model, and actress is known professionally as Grace Jones. Britannica and AllMusic independently date her birth to May 19, 1948, in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Encyclopedia.com dates the same day in Spanish Town to 1952, while noting that some sources cite 1948, so the year is omitted from the meta description. Britannica uses the fuller form Grace Beverly Jones, which the other biographies do not, so this page titles her with the public name (Britannica; AllMusic).

Real name and early life

She is known professionally as Grace Jones. Britannica gives the form Grace Beverly Jones and dates her birth to May 19, 1948, in Spanish Town, Jamaica. AllMusic independently lists the same May 19, 1948, Spanish Town birth, and also lists her as known as Grace Mendoza, a form Britannica does not use in the article. Encyclopedia.com dates the birth to May 19, 1952, in Spanish Town (also styled Spanishtown), while noting that some sources cite 1948. This page records the 1948 and 1952 years rather than choosing one for the meta description, and records Britannica's Grace Beverly Jones and AllMusic's Grace Mendoza rather than using either as the title.

Career highlights

Britannica and AllMusic both describe an early modeling and disco career that led to Island Records albums in the late 1970s. AllMusic names Portfolio (1977), Fame (1978), and Muse (1979) as disco-based albums produced with Tom Moulton, and says she later recorded Warm Leatherette (1980), Nightclubbing (1981), and Living My Life (1982) at Compass Point Studios in Nassau. Britannica independently names Warm Leatherette (1980) and Nightclubbing (1981) and says “Pull Up to the Bumper” reached number two on the dance chart in 1981. Britannica dates the autobiographical album Slave to the Rhythm, and the compilation Island Life, to 1985; AllMusic independently dates both to 1985. Encyclopedia.com dates Slave to the Rhythm to 1987, a difference recorded here. Britannica also names her role as May Day in the James Bond film A View to a Kill (1985) and a later part in Boomerang (1992); Encyclopedia.com independently lists both films.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Grace Jones are looking for the Spanish Town-born singer, model, and actress, later known for Nightclubbing and A View to a Kill. Britannica's longer form, Grace Beverly Jones, and AllMusic's Grace Mendoza are recorded here but are not used in the title.