Josie Cotton

Singer/songwriter Josie Cotton was born as Josie Jones in Dallas, Texas. She's the daughter of a prominent local family who made their fortune in cotton. Josie began her career singing with several local bands in Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood and moved to Los Angeles in the late 70s. Cotton recorded the infamous New Wave rock single for Bomp Records in 1981. The controversial song proved to be a surprise cult underground hit and was subsequently reissued by Elektra Records. Josie's 1982 album "Convertible Music" produced a minor hit single with "He Could Be the One" and her 1984 album "From the Hip" beget the moderately successful single "Jimmy Loves Maryann." Alas, Elektra still dropped Cotton due to lackluster sales. Josie bounced back in 1996 and recreated herself as an art rocker with the oddball album "Frightened by Nightingales," which was co-produced by her punk music producer husband Geza X. Cotton appears as herself in the terrific teen comedy blast "Valley Girl;" she performs the classic Gary U.S. Bonds oldie "School Is In," "He Could Be the One" at the senior prom. Josie portrays mysterious immortal being Silver Ring in the offbeat horror sleeper "Nomads." More recently Josie Cotton has recorded the albums "Movie Disaster Music" and "Invasion of the B-Girls," the latter of which is made up of covers of B-flick theme songs. She's a co-founder of the label B-Girl Records. Show less «