Biography
Marcie Jones ( born in 1945; died 1 June 2025) was an Australian singer who achieved some success in the 1960s and 1970s, including leading the girl vocal group Marcie & The Cookies.
Jones started singing in 1960 aged fifteen. She issued five singles from 1965 to 1967 on the Sunshine label with some minor chart success.
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In 1967, on the suggestion of Normie Rowe, she teamed up with the Cook sisters (who were already performing as "The Cookies" ) in Brisbane. Marcie & The Cookies were in the mould of such U.S. acts as The Supremes and The Crystals.
In 1973 Jones resumed her solo career with a new manager and record label, Atlantic. She released an album and five singles between 1973 and 1976, the second of which, "Gonna Get Married", was her best chart success in 1974. The single "Baby I Need Your Loving" from 1975 was produced by Del Shannon.
Jones continued to perform both solo and with The Cookies (under the name of Marcie Jones and The Cookies) in stage shows, clubs, concerts and tours supporting major overseas artists touring Australia.
Later in her career, Jones embraced the country genre, putting out a country CD in 1999.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.