Jean Carn

An exceptionally graceful vocalist with a five-octave range, Jean Carn scored her first hit with "Valentine Love" (1975), a duet with Michael Henderson featured on Norman Connors' Saturday Night Special. This prompted solo work beginning with four charting albums for Philadelphia International and an assortment of '70s R&B classics including "Free Love," "Don't Let It Go to Your Head," and "Was That All It Was." After a brief period with Motown, Carn teamed up with Grover Washington, Jr. to top the R&B chart with the ballad "Closer Than Close" (1986). Throughout the following decades, Carn has continued to be a beloved performer with intermittent recordings such as the jazz-rooted Jean Carne JID012 (2022). Her solo discography tells only one part of her story, as she has been active since her teenage years with connections to Erroll Garner, former husband Doug Carn, and Earth, Wind & Fire, among others.