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Carole Denise Fredericks (June 5, 1952, Springfield, Massachusetts - June 7, 2001, Dakar, Senegal) 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.

Two days after celebrating her 49th birthday in Dakar, Senegal, Carole suffered a heart attack which proved fatal. At the request of the French Minister of Culture, friends and fans, Carole was laid to rest in historic Montmartre Cemetery. On Monday, June 18, a religious funeral service was held for her at Eglise Notre-Dame de Clignancourt, the church that stands across from her apartment in the 18th district.

Hoofdzakelijk gospel en een beetje blues.

a.b.sounds.lossless: sndr004 Carole Fredericks - Springfield 1996

Incl. covers, log- en que file

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