Rita Lee Jones was born on December 31, 1947, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to a family that was derived from Southerners who immigrated to Brazil following the American Civil War.
In the all-female band the Teenage Singers, Lee first began performing Beatles cover songs.
She gained notoriety in the 1960s with the band Os Mutantes and the Tropicalismo movement, which fused Brazilian music with foreign pop and psychedelic rock.
She stated, “I was the only rock girl in an all-boys club whose motto was, ‘You have to have balls to play rock,’” in her book, which was released in 2016.
“I felt equal to them, whether they liked it or not, going in with my uterus and my ovaries.”
What happened to Rita Lee?
Rita Lee, a Brazilian rock singer, has passed away at home, according to her son, who also verified the news.