Maxine Weldon

Maxine Weldon is an American soul and jazz singer. She is also an actress and live performer. Her brother was actor/director Charles Weldon and one of her sisters is actress/singer Ann Weldon.^[1]

Weldon recorded two albums in 1970–71, with members of The Jazz Crusaders playing as session musicians on the recordings.^[2] She followed these with Some Singin in 1974, which became her best-selling record, reaching #48 on the Billboard R&B albums chart. Her last album was issued in 1975. In the 1980s and 1990s, she performed frequently but did not record; in 1995–1997 she performed in the Broadway production of Black and Blue and later in the 1990s toured with Linda Hopkins.^[2]