Jesse Colin Young

Jesse Colin Young
Young performing in Los Angeles California on July 3, 2019
Background information
Birth namePerry Miller[1]
Born (1941-11-22) November 22, 1941 (age 82)
Queens, New York
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • bass guitar
  • guitar
Years active1960s–2012, 2016-present

Perry Miller (born November 22, 1941), known professionally as Jesse Colin Young, is an American singer and songwriter. He was a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group the Youngbloods.[2] After their dissolution in 1972, Young embarked on a solo career, releasing a series of albums through Warner Bros. Records, including Song for Juli (1973), Light Shine (1974), Songbird (1975) and the live album On the Road (1976). Young continued to release music in the 1980s with Elektra Records and Cypress Records, before deciding to release music through his personal label, Ridgetop Music, in 1993. After the Mount Vision Fire in 1995, Young relocated with his family to a coffee plantation in Hawaii, periodically releasing music. Young received a diagnosis of "chronic Lyme disease" in 2012, and decided to retire from music. He began performing again in 2016 with his son Tristan, releasing a new album Dreamers in 2019 through BMG.

Young's song "Sunlight" was covered by Three Dog Night on their album Naturally (1970), and “Darkness, Darkness” by Robert Plant in 2002, which received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.

  1. ^ Collar, Matt. "Jesse Colin Young – Jesse Colin Young". All Music Guide. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
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