Raised on Robbery
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"Raised on Robbery" is a song written by Joni Mitchell. It was the lead single from her 1974 album Court and Spark.
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Joni Mitchell
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Roberta Joan Mitchell is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell becam
Raised on Robbery
…Raised on Robbery" is a song written by Joni Mitchell. It was the lead single from her 1974 album Court and Spark. The lyrics are about a prostitute who tries to pick up a man sitting alone in a hotel. The…
Mitchell in 2021
A plaque along the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon commemorates her upbringing in the city and the waterway's inspiration for her 1971 song "River".
A plaque (on sidewalk, right) in Saskatoon commemorates the spot on Broadway Avenue where she made her first professional performance in 1962 at the Louis Riel coffeehouse.
Laurel Canyon, 8217 Lookout Mountain Avenue, Joni Mitchell's house from 1969 to 1974; photograph taken in 2022