Joni Mitchell was born in Fort MacLeod, Alberta in 1943. She went to art school and started playing guitar and singing to make extra money. Also, she started writing songs and people liked them.
When she was at 9, she got very sick with polio.Her parents taked her to a hospital, she
When she was at 9, she got very sick with polio.Her parents taked her to a hospital, she
couldn't stop singing even in the hospital, she started singing.In 1964 she got pregnant and had a baby girl, but she couldn’t take care of a baby, that why she put baby up for adoption. She didn’t see her daughter until 1997.
She married Chuck Mitchell. Chuck took her to the US, they sang in coffeehouses together.
She started writing songs for other singers. She wrote “Both Sides Now”, and it was a hit for singer Judy Collins. After, many hit albums, she moved to jazz music. She retired in 2002, and she made a comeback in 2005.
She released 18 albums, 9 of them won Gramies. Aditionaly, she worked with many artists in folk music and jazz.
She loved as a singer and songwriter in Canada and around the world. She said ‘Both Sides Now’ she was played at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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