| GRACE JONES IS BORN ON 19 MAY 1952 IN SPANISHTOWN, JAMAICA. AT THE AGE OF 12 SHE MOVES WITH HER FAMILY TO NEW YORK. GOES TO WILHEMINA MODELING AGENCY. STUDIES THEATER AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY. LATER GRACE GOES TO PARIS WHERE SHE IS A MODEL FOR VOUGE AND ELLE AND HER SINGING CAREER BEGINS. SHE IS A HUGE HIT IN GAY CLUBS IN PARIS AND NEW YORK. SHE IS SIGNED TO ISLAND RECORDS IN 1977 AND HER FIRST ALBUM PORTFOLIO IS RELEASED. |