Carolyn Dennis

Carolyn Dennis
Born	(1954-04-12) April 12, 1954 (age 70)
Occupations	Singer actress
Spouse	Bob Dylan ​ ​ (m. 1986;div. 1992)​
Children	1
Musical career
Genres	Rock
Years active	1978–2005

Carolyn Dennis (born April 12, 1954), sometimes known professionally as Carol Dennis or Carol Dennis-Dylan, is an American singer best known for her work with and marriage to Bob Dylan.

Career

Dennis sang back-up on most of Bob Dylan's albums during the era between Street-Legal (1978) and Down in the Groove (1988). She has also sung back-up for Wonderlove, Minnie Riperton, Táta Vega, The Carpenters, Kenny Loggins, Bruce Springsteen, ^{[1] [2]} and Michael Jackson's HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I . In 1982, Dennis performed the role of Poppea in a modern adaptation of Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea) at Xenon Discothèque in New York City. She was the singing voice for the 1991 made-for-television movie The Josephine Baker Story starring Lynn Whitfield as Josephine Baker. Dennis was also part of the performance group the Young Americans.

On Broadway, she was a member of the original cast of musicals including Big River (1985) and The Color Purple (2005). ^[3]

Personal life

Dennis married Bob Dylan in June 1986; she was Dylan's second wife. The two of them have a child, Desiree Gabrielle Dennis-Dylan, born on January 31, 1986. The couple divorced in October 1992. ^{[4] [5]}

Their marriage and parenthood was unknown to both Dylan's fans and the media until the 2001 publication of Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan by Howard Sounes. ^[6]

References

1. Davies, Hugh (June 20, 2001). "Bob's a terrific father, says Dylan's secret wife". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007.
2. Kenny Loggins Discography
3. Carol Dennis bio, Playbill, Accessed October 21, 2017
4. Gray, The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, 174-5
5. Howard Sounes, Down The Highway: The Life Of Bob Dylan (Doubleday, 2001). ISBN   0-552-99929-6, pp. 372-3
6. "Dylan's Secret Marriage Uncovered". BBC News. April 12, 2001. Retrieved September 7, 2008.

External links

• Carolyn Dennis at IMDb