Home / Music / Rickie Lee Jones won Best New Artist in 1980, beating the CarsMusic linernotes album music rickie-lee-jonesRickie Lee Jones won Best New Artist in 1980, beating the CarsRickie Lee Jones won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1980, beating out the Cars and others — a remarkable win for a debut. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesRickie Lee Jones' Pirates was ambitious — maybe too ambitious for some.Motown Records released the Commodores' 'Nightshift'Rickie Lee Jones' debut blended jazz, folk, and a bohemian sensibilityPirates traces the end of Rickie Lee Jones' relationship with Tom Waits"Chuck E.'s in Love" was Rickie Lee Jones' signature number-four hit of 1979.ExplorePharoah Sanders played soprano sax on EnlightenmentTheon Cross makes the tuba a lead instrumentMogwai's 'Cody' featured rare vocals from the bandAn earthquake interrupted Todd Rundgren's solo sessionsThe oboe introduces the main theme in Takemitsu's 'A Flock Descends'Previous Rickie Lee Jones' debut blended jazz, folk, and a bohemian sensibilityNext Portishead's Third opened with the mechanized beat of Machine Gun