JOEY RAMONE, LEAD SINGER

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Real name: Jeffry Hyman
Date and place of birth and R.I.P *Sniff*: May 19, 1951, Forest Hills, New York / April 15, 2001, New York
Mother and father: Noel and Charlotte (Divorced)
Brother: Younger brother Mickey (Mitch) is a guitarist and he wrote a book titled I Slept With Joey Ramone: A Family Memoir (2009).
Ramones career: Been all the time on The Ramones and go on but, started as a drummer, but Tommy become a drummer and let Joey sing.
Sing on official Ramones-albums: On every.
Something else: Joey did DJ-jobs also. He liked of the cats. Joey used nearly always sunglasses.
Joey Ramone passed away April 15, 2001, afternoon 2.40PM in a hospital in New York City where he was many weeks being treated for cancer. Joey's loving family was there at his bedside.

Joey Ramone on the official releases:
- Some backvocals on Dead Boys -album: We Have Come For Your Children (1978).
- Joey vocals on Rattlers - 7' single: Livin' Alone/On The Beach (1979).
- Joey & Holly Beth Vincent: The Right to Be Italian -album (1981) and I Got You Babe -single (1982) .
- Joey backvocals on The Seclusions -single and Isolation For Creation -LP (1983).
- Joey on Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid -single/ maxi/ video... (1985)
- Joey with Die Toten Hosen: Blitzkrieg Bop -song on album and EP (1991)
- Joey on Rock The Vote -campaign (1992).
- Godchildren Of Soul Featuring General Johnson And Joey Ramone - Rockaway Beach -single and album: Anyone Can Join (1994).
- Joey released with his brother : Sibling Rivalry In A Family Way (1994)
- Joey on VA: In Their Own Words, Vol.1 -album (1994)
- Spacemaid: Do You Remember The Rock'N'Roll Radio? -single featuring Joey (1995).
- Tribute song 1969 on album: We Will Fall: A Tribute To Iggy Pop (1997).
- Vocals by Joey Ramone on Dee Dee Ramone's song I Am Seeing UFO's. Singlerelease and Zonked/ Ain't It Fun -albums (1997).
- Joey special guest vocals on Gilligan -song on Furious George: Get's A Record -album (1997).
- Joey's solotribute about the John Cage's The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1997-1998).
- Joey with The 22 Jacks Cheap Trick song I'll Be With You Tonight (1998).
- Joey produced and appears on Ronnie Spector: She Talks To Rainbows -EP (1999).
- Joey sing backvocals on The King of Night Train -song in Nomads-single (2000) and Showdown 2 - The 90's collection (2002).
- Blackfire's debut album One Nation Under features Joey (2001)
- Independents album Back From The Grave and EP Unholy Living Dead are produced by Joey Ramone and Daniel Rey. Also Joey on vocals on 1 live song. (2001)
- Joey's single Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight. (2001)
- Joey's solo album Don't Worry About Me. (2002)
- Joey's solo album Don't Worry About Me + extras on DVD (2002)
- Book: I Slept With Joey Ramone: A Family Memoir (2009).

Joey on the special bootleg releases:
Joey And Friends single

Joey's special appearances and shows etc.:
- Joey Ramone's birthday bash at the Coney Island High, June 16th, 1999
- Remains/ Joey Ramone etc. February 21, 1999, Continental, NYC.
- Joey Ramone's birthday bash part II: September 6th, 1997, Coney Island High, NYC.
- Joey Ramone's Blitzkrieg Bash with Dee Dee etc.: July 4th, 1997, Coney Island High, NYC.
- Joey Ramone's birthday bash: May 19th, 1997, The Continental, NYC
- The Phoids with guests JOEY RAMONE, Lenny Kaye and Alan Vega.
- Many appearances with The Independents - Joey Ramone And Friends: 1.4.1988 The Ritz, New York
- Joey Ramones's All Star Jam: 8.5.1991 CBGB, New York
- Joey Ramone And Friends: 17.7.1991 CBGB's Gallery, New York

Joey's movie/DVD -appearances:
- "Ramones-movie" Rock'N'Roll Highschool (1979).
- Joey appear in little part on the movie Get Crazy (1983, 92min).
- Joey appears as himself at the Roadkill -movie (1989, 80min).
- Joey's cameo appearance on the Hard Core Logo -film (1996, 92min).
- Joey Ramone makes his last movie role in a Final Rinse (1999, 92min).
- Joey's last video appearance on Joan Jett -DVD (2001, 60min).