Chuck E.'s in Love
Rickie Lee Jones
1979
Annual listening-list association, separate from the source-supported original release year reviewed in v3.7.
Release: 1979
Release: 1979Source checked
V3.7 reviewed original release year: The official biography identifies the song on the original self-titled 1979 debut. Only original year precision is assigned.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1979.html, 1979.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Rickie Lee Jones - official biography
Reviewed Los Angeles songwriting development, Lowell George recording Easy Money, Warner signing, self-titled 1979 debut with Chuck Es in Love, and subsequent Pirates. Promotional superlatives and inconsistent later award chronology are excluded.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Jones' friend Chuck E. Weiss falling in love
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1979.html, song-list position 61
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial classification of this recording, informed by the cited artist and original-release context. Genre tags are interpretive, not an assertion that the source assigns an exact taxonomy.
Billboard year-end 1979 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Rickie Lee Jones - official biography
Reviewed Los Angeles songwriting development, Lowell George recording Easy Money, Warner signing, self-titled 1979 debut with Chuck Es in Love, and subsequent Pirates. Promotional superlatives and inconsistent later award chronology are excluded.
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