Barbara Jean Carr, born Barbara Crosby on January 9, 1941 in St. Louis, was an American blues singer who began her career singing in a gospel choir and later formed The Crosby Sisters. In her teens, she joined Comets Combo and later The Petites, opening for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. Through her marriage, she met saxophonist Oliver Sain and signed with Chess Records in 1966, releasing singles like "Don’t Knock Love" and "I Can’t Stop Now". Carr took a hiatus to raise her children but returned to music around 1970. She founded Bar-Car Records in 1982, releasing Good Woman Go Bad (1989). In 1997, she signed with Ecko Records and released albums like Footprints on the Ceiling, establishing her as a Southern soul-blues artist. Carr received two Living Blues Awards for Female Blues Artist of the Year and was nominated for Blues Music Awards in 2013 and 2014.
