Celebrating Women's Month in Canada

Close-up black and white photograph of Geraldine Hunt looking straight to her right

Credit: Gilles Petard © - Image Credit Form

Genre: R&B

Period: 1962 - 2022

Region: Montreal, Quebec

Geraldine Hunt

Geraldine Hunt was born in 1945, in St. Louis, Missouri, where she was surrounded by musical influences from an early age. Her grandmother was a singer in the South and her grandfather was in a one-man band, and at the age of three Geraldine Hunt decided she wanted to be a singer. Hunt released her first single “I Let Myself Go” in 1962, followed by “Sneak Around” in 1963, and “You and I” in 1970 which reached #45 on the Billboards R&B chart and many more singles in the following years. In 1975 Geraldine Hunt made the move to Montreal, Canada which is where she recorded her first studio album. In 1978 her first studio album “Sweet Honestly” was released followed by her second album “No Way” in 1980. The track “Can’t Fake the Feeling” on her second album went on to reach No. 1 on the Billboards where it spent a total of seven weeks within the top 40 songs. When Hunt was not singing, she was writing and composing songs for other artists like; Rosalind Hunt Freddie James, who are her children as well as successful musicians. In 1979 Geraldine Hunt helped produce the song “Get up and Boogie” by Freddie James and the song “Murphy’s Law” for Chéri in 1982 which sold nearly 2 million copies worldwide. Her musical contributions did not go unnoticed as in 2014 she was honored for her composing and producing at the 25th Anniversary SOCAN, which is a Montreal Gala that celebrates music creators and publishers. In 2022, Geraldine Hunt unfortunately passed away at the age of 77, however her contributions in the musical landscape will never be forgotten.  

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