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Recognized by the ARIA as a pioneering singer of the Australian music industry, Marcie Jones was born in Melbourne in 1945. At the age of 15, she performed with The Thunderbirds on the Victorian stage, then with Normie Rowe and the Playboys, and finally on the cult TV show The Go! Show in 1963. After a few solo singles, in 1967 she formed Marcie & the Cookies with sisters Beverley, Margaret and Wendy Cook, one of the few Australian female groups of the time, whose success spread to Australia, Asia and Europe, thanks in particular to the singles "I Would If I Could" and "All or Nothing" (a cover of The Small Faces), released by Columbia, and to their stage energy. Awarded the title of "Best Female Act" in 1968, they toured with The Monkees, Cliff Richard and The Seekers, among others. In the early 1970s, Marcie Jones resumed her solo career, signing a contract with Atlantic and releasing the album That Girl Jones (1974), featuring the hit "Gonna Get Married", which reached No. 37 in Australia, followed by singles produced by Del Shannon in 1975. In the decades that followed, she performed regularly with The Cookies or solo, and turned to country with the album Pure Heart (1999), before publishing her autobiography Runs in the Blood in 2008. In 2021, she took part in the Australian Music Vault's Long Play Series, retracing her pioneering career, mixing rock 'n' roll, television and life as an artist. A presenter on local radio station Highlands FM in 2008, she continues to perform, notably at a charity concert in 2023. Diagnosed with leukemia, Marci Jones died on May 30, 2025 at the age of 79.
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