JEAN CARNE
Jean signed with Philly International in 1975 after a successful career as a jazz vocalist. While there, she partnered with super producers Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, recording hit songs like “Free Love”, “Was It All It Was” and “Don’t Let It Go to Your Head”. Later making a brief crossover to Motown, she released Touch Me featuring her version of the Harold Melvin and theBlue Notes classic, “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”, with the Temptations singing backup. In 1986, while on Omni/Atlantic Records, Jean released “Closer Than Close”, produced by Grover Washington, Jr., which soared to #1 on the R&B charts. Jean hit the top 30 again in 1988 with a cover of Aretha Franklin’s “Ain’t No Way.” Her sultry, sensuous voice is still thrilling audiences everywhere.