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Biography
BLP sources|date=January 2012 Valerie Carter (born Valerie Gail Zakian Carter on February 5, 1953) to James J and Dorothy Carter, is an United States|American singer-songwriter . Carter is perhaps best known as a back-up vocalist who has recorded and performed with a number of singers including Jackson Browne , Don Henley , Linda Ronstadt , Christopher Cross , The Outlaws and, most notably, James Taylor .
Carter has written songs for Judy Collins ("Cook with Honey" from Collins' 1973 album True Stories and Other Dreams ), Jackson Browne ("Love Needs a Heart" from his 1977 album Running on Empty (album)|Running on Empty ) and "Turn It into Something Good" (from Earth, Wind & Fire 's 1980 album Faces (Earth, Wind & Fire album)|Faces ) to name but three.
She has recorded six albums of her own.
She recorded with Howdy Moon, produced by Lowell George, her two first albums in ARC/Columbia in 1977 and 1979, and sang in Jackson Browne, Earth Wind & Fire, Christopher Cross and, mainly, James Taylor's album and tours. In 1996 Carter returned with "The Way It Is" covering several friends' songs (by Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Van Morrison, and Warren Zevon) and a Japanese live album.
Later Years
On October 23, 2009 Carter was arrested in St. Petersburg Florida, by the St. Petersburg police department for two counts of possession of crack cocaine, driving while under the influence ("D.U.I"), driving with her license suspended or revoked, resisting arrest without violence, and possession of drug paraphernalia. She successfully completing all of the courts requirements and she became a graduate of Judge Farnell's "drug court" program on May 25, 2011. Her former employer, United States|American singer-songwriter James Taylor appeared at her "drug court" graduation ceremonies in a congratulatory effort on behalf of all of the graduates. http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/drug-court-grads-have-a-friend-8212-james-taylor/1171838
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External links
Official website| http://www.valerie-carter.com/
Persondata | NAME = Carter, Valerie Gail Zakian | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Singer and songwriter | DATE OF BIRTH = February 5, 1953 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Valerie Category:American female singers Category:American songwriters Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:1953 births
