Dawn Sears was an American country music singer born Dawn Marie Skari on December 7, 1961, in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Raised in Minnesota, she began her professional career in 1990 and signed with Warner Bros. Records in 1991. Her debut studio album, What a Woman Wants to Hear, was released that year and featured the single “Good Goodbye”, which reached number 77 on the Canadian country charts. Sears later joined Vince Gill's road band as a harmony vocalist and performed on his 1992 album I Still Believe in You. In 1994, she signed with Decca Records and released the album Nothin' but Good, which included the single “Runaway Train”. She also recorded the song “Another Dream Away” for the Bandit film series. Sears released a self-titled independent album and the Christmas project A Christmas Dawn in 2002. She performed as a member of The Time Jumpers until her death from lung cancer on December 11, 2014.
