Real name: Barbara J. Spivey (nee Herrod)

Effective period / Period of releases: 1976

Barbara dubbed “Buffalo's Queen of Soul,” (born, Oct. 17, 1941 – died, Sept. 4, 2013) began her career in the 1960s, as a member of R&B vocal group the Sessions. Later, she formed her own band, Barbara St. Clair & the Pin-Kooshins.
She spent the '80s outside of the music business, concentrating on the education she'd abandoned in favour of performing as a teenager. She returned to the spotlight in the early 90s, fronting the band she would perform with until the end, the Shadows. St. Clair was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame in 1991.