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  1. In the same club, teenager, Jean DuShon was headlining as a soul and jazz singer at the same club in Detroit. Born Anna Jean Harris in the late 1930s, Jean was the youngest of 12 children and was regularly heard singing gospel in Detroit churches, while Aretha Franklin was holding court over at Rev. C. L. Franklin’s New Bethel Baptist.

  2. Jul 19, 2019 · Kids Encyclopedia Facts. Jean DuShon (born Anna Jean Harris, later Atwell, August 16, 1935 – July 19, 2019) was an American jazz and R&B singer, and stage actor. She was best known for her recordings in the 1960s, including the first released recording of the song "For Once in My Life". Biography.

  3. Mar 2, 2007 · DuShon started singing gospel as a child in a Baptist church and later won numerous talent contests which inspired her to go professional at 15. Borrowing an older sister's clothes and makeup, she passed as 18 and began appearing in places like the Frolics Showbar, Twenty Grand and the Flame Showbar.

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  4. Dec 17, 2021 · It was written by Orlando Murden and the lyricist Ronald Miller, and was first recorded by a Detroit jazz vocalist called Jean DuShon. She’d started out in 1961 with Phil Spector and a tune ...

  5. Born Anna Jean Harris in the late 1930s, Jean was the youngest of 12 children and was regularly heard singing gospel in Detroit churches, while Aretha Franklin was holding court over at Rev. C. L. Franklin’s New Bethel Baptist.

  6. Her first album, Make Way for Jean DuShon was a critical success and led to a second with the famed Ramsey Lewis Trio, .... By the time of her third release, Feeling Good she was a bonified star. For a brief period, DuShon sang with Lloyd Price's Band, and Fats Domino invited her to tour the nation with him. They played the best places, ending ...

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