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Norah Jones was born on March 30, 1979 in New York City. Jones is the daughter of renowned musician, Ravi Shankar. Shankar, who is known as an Indian sitar legend and a close Beatles associate, never really knew his daughter nor played a significant role in her early years. Even in present day, Jones still does not like to talk about her father. She has admitted, however, that they now share a close relationship. Jones, in fact, grew up with her single mother in Texas. While growing up, both Jones and her mother would listen to jazz and blues greats, Billie Holiday and Bill Evans. Jones’s true talent began to show and develop when she went to high school. She attended the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas. In 1996, Jones won the Down Beat Studios Music Award for Best Original Composition and Best Jazz Vocalist. In 1997, she won Best Jazz Vocalist once again.

After high school, she went on to attend the University on Nort...