- Jo Jo Laine
Jo Jo Laine (
July 13 ,1952 —October 29 ,2006 ) was an Americansinger , model andactress who marriedMoody Blues founderDenny Laine while he was a member ofPaul McCartney 's group Wings. A jet-setter who had affairs withJim Morrison ,Jimi Hendrix ,Aerosmith and many other artists, she had a lengthy relationship withRod Stewart just prior to her meetingDenny Laine . Stewart is said to have written the hit song "You Wear It Well" for her and in the foreword to her autobiography (as yet unpublished) wrote "You wore it well then, Jo Jo, and you wear it well now."Ginger Baker wrote the last page of her book saying - very affectionately - "No sane man would go near her."Biography
Recording artist
She recorded with
Sting (musician) andAndy Summers ofThe Police on herPye Records 45 RPM "Hulk" (the B side is "Dancing Man"; the musicians from the Police possibly only appearing on the A side), and withRay Fenwick of the group Fancy in a band calledJo Jo Laine & The Firm on Mercury Records. Jo Jo was friends with the members ofLed Zeppelin and rumor has it whenJimmy Page wanted the name The Firm there were no objections from Jo Jo.Fact|date=February 2008 Jo Jo dated producerJimmy Miller from 1986 to 1988 and Miller produced a number of sides for Jo Jo including a remake ofGerry Goffin &Carole King 'sHerman's Hermits hit "(I'm Into) Something Good," which Jo Jo changed to "I'm in for Something Good!"In 1986 she managed a British group called
The Mannish Boys . She also performed in the Boston band Gear.Death
Jo Jo Laine died at a London Hospital at the age of 53, following a fall at her former home, the "House On Pooh Corner" where
A. A. Milne was said to have written "Winnie the Pooh ".She is survived by three children: British guitarist Laine Hines, his sister, recording artist Heidi-Jo Hines (both from her marriage to
Denny Laine ) and disc jockey Boston O'Donohue, from a relationship she had with Peter O'Donohue.External links
* [http://www.jojolaine.com Jo Jo Laine website]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/11/04/db0402.xml Daily Telegraph obituary]
* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=414562&in_page_id=1879 Daily Mail article about Jo Jo Laine and her daughter with Denny Laine, Heidi]
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