- Jon (Jonathan) Carroll is writer, composer, performer, actor, musician. He was a Grammy Winner with Starland Vocal Band for Best Arrangement for Voices (Afternoon Delight), also winning Best New Artist.
His songs have been recorded by Linda Ronstadt (Get Closer), Tom Jones, etc.
He's a composer for live action and animated features, a Washington Area Music Association multiple year Wammie winner for Musician, Vocalist, Songwriter, Instrumentalist and Song of the Year.
He plays with Mary Chapin Carpenter, Peter Wolf, Dixie Chicks, Rodney Crowell, Eric Lindell and numerous others in studio and on stage.
- IMDb mini biography by: JC
- SpouseMargot Chapman(March 10, 1978 - November 25, 1981) (divorced, 1 child)
- Carroll joined Starland Vocal Band after performing in clubs in and around Washington DC, most notably at The Cellar Door in Georgetown, the premier performance nightclub of that time there. He was 18 when Afternoon Delight was recorded at A&R studios in NY with Phil Ramone and Milton Okun. Carroll's Get Closer was a top 30 hit for Linda Ronstadt before being appropriated by Close Up toothpaste for 5 years as their ad campaign song.
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