1. Carole Denise Fredericks was an American singer best known for her work in French music.
37 Facts About Carole Fredericks
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Carole Denise Fredericks was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on June 5,1952, the youngest of Mildred and Harry Fredericks' five children.
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Carole Fredericks's father, the son of immigrants from the island of Saint Kitts, was a pianist and wrote arrangements for jazz trios.
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Carole Fredericks's parents encouraged creative expression in all their children.
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Carole Fredericks was one of 71 voices in the New Generation Singers Gospel Choir and performed with Odetta in the stage play Look What A Wonder.
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Carole Fredericks arrived in France to pursue a singing career in January 1979.
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Carole Fredericks met the owner of La Belle Helene at the airport.
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Carole Fredericks was determined to learn French as quickly as possible.
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In 1985, Carole Fredericks was featured in the Gilbert Becaud spectacular.
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Carole Fredericks was cast in Je vous aime by Claude Berri and in Roman Polanski's Pirates opposite Walter Matthau.
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Carole Fredericks's reputation brought her name to the attention of Jean-Jacques Goldman.
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Jean-Jacques and Carole Fredericks collaborated on a number of significant film soundtracks and albums projects.
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In September 1987, Carole Fredericks went into the studio with Jean-Jacques Goldman to record background vocals on his album Entre gris clair et gris fonce.
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Carole Fredericks then toured with him for a year, August 1988 to August 1989.
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In between projects with Jean-Jacques, Carole Fredericks continued to go out on tour this time with Mylene Farmer and she was in the studio working on albums for Vanessa Paradis and Veronique Sanson.
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Jean-Jacques invited Carole Fredericks to join him and second guitarist, Michael Jones, on stage.
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Almost immediately, Carole was catapulted into prominence with the release of their debut album Fredericks Goldman Jones.
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Carole Fredericks was asked to sing on an album project with Eric Clapton and Elton John.
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Carole Fredericks sang on Runaway Train for the Elton John album The One.
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At this point, Carole Fredericks began writing songs for her own solo project.
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Carole Fredericks recorded Springfield, the first of two solo albums, in July 1996.
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Carole Fredericks decided to sing what she knew best: gospel and the blues.
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Carole Fredericks wrote 12 original songs collaborating with Jacques Veneruso, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Christophe Satterfield and Yvonne Jones.
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Carole Fredericks embarked on a solo European tour with her band Les Dragons.
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Carole Fredericks was joined by Maria Popkiewicz and Yvonne Jones in the studio to add vocals to En passant, the newest solo album by Jean-Jacques Goldman.
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Carole Fredericks recorded Personne Ne Saurait, a duet with the all-boy group Poetic Lover.
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Carole Fredericks returned to the studio to lend her vocal support on the album.
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Carole Fredericks followed the success of Springfield with an all French album Couleurs et Parfums in 1999.
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Carole Fredericks shared the stage with invited guests: Jean-Jacques Goldman, Faudel, Allan Theo, Bruno Pelletier, Michael Jones, Kani Curry of Poetic Lover and Nicole Amovin.
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Carole Fredericks ended the 1900s with a performance on December 31,1999 at the world famous Le Lido in Paris.
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Carole Fredericks contributed to concerts and on recordings for AIDS victims, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and Amnesty International.
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Two days after her 49th birthday, Carole Fredericks died of a heart attack in Dakar, Senegal, on June 7,2001.
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At the request of the French Minister of Culture, Carole Fredericks was buried in Montmartre Cemetery.
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In May 2002, a year after her death, the Carole Fredericks family established CDF Music Legacy, LLC, a family company dedicated to preserving their late sister's legacy.
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In 2005 Couleurs et parfums: Apprendre le francais grace a l'heritage de Carole Fredericks was released in Quebec, Canada, at the American Association of Teachers of French Conference.
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Carole Fredericks was the voice of featured characters in two Alan Simon children's albums:.
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Midway through the song a screen was lowered and film footage of Carole Fredericks was shown as her voice is heard singing with them.