Carole Fredericks

Blues, Musical Artist

1952 – 2001

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Who was Carole Fredericks?

Carole Denise Fredericks was an American singer most famous for her recordings in France. Carole emerged from the shadow of her brother, the legendary blues musicologist Taj Mahal, to achieve fame and popularity in Europe and the French-speaking world. For more than two decades Paris, France, was her adopted home and Dakar, Senegal, was her favorite vacation spot. Although Fredericks left her mother country, she never left her roots. Steeped in the fertile music traditions of her parents, striving professionals from the Carolinas and the West Indies, she emerged as a powerful singer who wove the passionate threads of blues, jazz, gospel and R&B into a uniquely French tapestry. Between 1990 and 1996 she was in the trio Fredericks Goldman Jones alongside singer-songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman and Welsh-French guitarist Michael Jones.

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Born
Jun 5, 1952
Springfield
Also known as
  • Carole Denise Fredericks
  • Lady Carol Miles
  • Carol Fredericks
Parents
Siblings
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • France
Profession
Lived in
  • Springfield
Died
Jun 7, 2001
Dakar
Resting place
Montmartre Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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