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Artist
Marian Love
12+ albums
souljazzfunk
about
The musical career of Kansas City, KS, native Marian Love started out as promising but ended so quickly that most have forgotten the exuberant tones of this multi-octave, jazzy songstress. Love is the second youngest of six siblings. She made a name for herself around town singing with her sisters Geraldine, Laverna, and Dora as the Love Sisters. Marian Love was the only sister to pursue singing professionally; the other three all became schoolteachers. She graduated from Wyandorne High in 1963 and enrolled at Kansas Junior College, majoring in education and minoring in music and voice. Unlike her siblings, Love had a burning desire to become a professional singer. In 1966, she was billed as the Jazz Discovery of the Year. After wowing an audience at a concert in Kansas where she sang on the same bill as Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder, and a second concert where she shared the bill with Lou Rawls and Stan Kenton (giving a stunning performance in front of 7,000 patrons), her parents finally gave their blessings to her singing career. Her popularity soared, and an appearance on a local television show brought her to the attention of three area businessmen who agreed to become her personal management team. Love was whisked out to Hollywood, CA, to record for Capitol Records; the trip was her first journey outside the Kansas City area. She cut an album that received good reviews but died. A single release, "Try a Little Loneliness," backed with "Can't Forget About You," remain
