Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell is a famous singer in Canada. She was born in Fort MacLeod, Alberta in 1943. She went to art school and started playing guitar and singing to make extra money. She started writing songs and people liked them.

When she was 9 years old, she got very sick with polio. So she started singing in the hospital. She got pregnant and had a baby girl in 1964, but she couldn’t take care of a baby.  She put baby up for adoption, so she didn’t see her daughter until 1997. Joni Mitchell got married with Chuck Mitchell, her husband 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 she wrote many hit albums, she moved to jazz music. She retired in 2002, she made a comeback in 2005. For she was working, she released 18 albums, she won 9 Grammies. She worked with many artists in folk music and jazz.

In conclusion, she loved as a singer and songwriter in Canada and around the world. She influenced many singers. “Both Sides Now” was played at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. And this song form the “Love actually” O.S.T.  I knew this song, but I didn’t know what she sang this song. I think she is a such singer, because her songs struck on many people’s mind.