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Artist
Jean Dushon
12+ albums
soulvocal jazzfemale power voice
about
Back in the 1950s before he formed Motown Records, Berry Gordy was working part-time taking pictures of patrons at the Flame Showbar while his two sisters (Anna and Gwen) were selling cigars & cigarettes. 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. After winning countless talent shows, DuShon went professional, emulating her idol, blues queen, Dinah Washington, who heard about the young girl who was “imitating me!” A frightening confrontation with Dinah nearly traumatized DuShon, who immediately started developing her own style. As her reputation grew, she came to the attention of famed agent, John Levy, who was managing such artists as Nancy Wilson, Dakota Staton, Cannonball Adderly and George Shearing. Levy secured many prestigious engagements for the talented singer and a contract with Chicago's Chess Records, where she recorded three albums (Make Way For Jean DuShon, You Better Believe Me and Feeling Good). During this period, Ron Miller, a staff song-writer at Motown, tapped Jean (after seeing her perform in a Detroit club) to help him with a song he and Orlando Murden were "retouching." Jean worked with Miller on the song, made suggestions and gave him new ideas. Ron loved he
top songs
albums
Where The Girls Are, Vol. 3
Even Mo' Mod Jazz
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A-la-mod!
Feeling Good
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Phil Spector: The Early Productions
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Yet Mo' Mod Jazz
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Rooky's - Sassy, Sexy & Demanding: The Soul Series Vol. 5
Where The Girls Are Volume 3
Express Your Soul
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A la Mod! - 23 Exciting Boogaloo & Soul Jazz Tracks
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Where The Girls Are: 3
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Classic Soul