As Mitchell turns 80, celebrate with a look at her life and career in photos. In the early '60s, Joni found out she was pregnant with an ex-boyfriend's child. She placed the baby for adoption ...

Joni Mitchell has dealt with many health issues over the years, from a mystery illness to a brain aneurysm, and all of it has ...

Jovelle Tamayo for NPR Twenty-seven thousand people responded to the invitation of their lives Saturday night at the Gorge Amphitheatre in eastern Washington State, when Joni Mitchell played her ...

"My neck was killing me. That was a sign of polio," he said. "One leg's a little shorter, but I survived." Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell contracted polio as a child in the early 1950s and later saw ...

See photos of the legendary songbird from her young days to now in our gallery here. Joni Mitchell is a true songwriting icon, with over 10 Grammys and a spot in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Joni — both sides now. For many Mitchell fans, the basic beats of her life are well known, from a defining childhood bout with polio, to the daughter she bore and gave up for adoption at age 21 ...

Joni Mitchell turns 80 today ... Express.co.uk has reflected on rare unearthed pictures of the star as a budding young singer, working towards the release of her debut album, Song to a Seagull.

Learning how to play the guitar in the first place was not easy for Mitchell, who suffered from a weakened left hand due to her childhood experience with polio. Was Joni Mitchell in a coma?

It has been an incredible few years for Joni Mitchell ... noting "I've recovered from a lot of things," including polio. Last summer, Mitchell headlined her first show in more than 20 years ...