Barbara Carr, an American blues singer, died on April 19, 2026, at age 85.
Born Barbara Jean Crosby on January 9, 1941, in St. Louis, Missouri, she began singing in church with her two sisters.
At 16, she formed the Comets, a band that performed cover tunes. Her break came when she was recruited to replace Fontella Bass as a female vocalist for bandleader Oliver Sain. Carr and her husband, Charles Carr, later started the Bar-Car record label and released early recordings including “Good Woman Go Bad” and “Street Woman.” She continued to record intermittently and performed with Sain until 1972, when she temporarily retired to raise a family.
Barbara Carr, 85, American blues singer. (death announced on this date)