Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin on September 22, 1958) is a singer, guitarist, record producer, and actress from the United States. Jett is most known as the lead singer of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, as well as for co-founding and singing with the Runaways, with whom she recorded and released the hit “Cherry Bomb.”

In 1982, Jett’s version of “I Love Rock ‘n Roll” with The Blackhearts topped the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks. Among Jett’s other well-known songs are “Bad Reputation,” “Light of Day,” “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” and her interpretations of “Crimson and Clover,” “Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah),” and “Dirty Deeds.”

Jett has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Three of her albums have been awarded platinum or gold. She has been dubbed “the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Jett resides in Long Beach, New York, and has been a New York resident since the late 1970s.

What is Joan Jett’s real name?

Joan Jett was born Joan Marie Larkin. After her parents split, she changed her name from Joan Marie Larkin to Joan Jett because she believed it sounded more like a rock star than her actual name.