Her mother who was originally from Bennettsville, South Carolina, sang with Big Bands and on Sundays was the lead singer for a local gospel choir.

Her parents, who came of age during the Harlem Renaissance, instilled in their children a sense of pride in their West Indian and African ancestry through their stories.

Upon her arrival in San Francisco, He put Fredericks to work as a background vocalist on a number of his albums – Mo' Roots; Music Fuh Ya'; Together; and Evolution.

Together they formed a trio of background vocalists that were in demand by leading recording artists – Dalida, Johnny Hallyday, Hugues Aufray, Carlos and Sylvie Vartan.

By 1985, Fredericks had established herself as a singer and performed in concerts with Laurent Voulzy, Michel Berger, France Gall and Eddy Mitchell.

In 1981 she was a backing singer for Jean-Claude Pascal on the Luxembourg entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, tying for eleventh place.

She was cast in Je vous aime by Claude Berri and in Roman Polanski's Pirates opposite Walter Matthau.

By now, Fredericks was singing with leading Francophone artists – Johnny Hallyday, Mylène Farmer, François Feldman, Patricia Kaas, Julien Clerc, and Liane Foly.

In between projects with Jean-Jacques, Carole continued to go out on tour this time with Mylène Farmer and she was in the studio working on albums for Vanessa Paradis and Véronique Sanson.

Fredericks Goldman Jones toured extensively throughout Europe, South East Asia, Japan, Africa and the French-speaking world.

Springfield pays tribute to those who influenced Carole's music and became her idols: Aretha Franklin, the Beatles, Sam and Dave, and Mahalia Jackson.

Carole wrote 12 original songs collaborating with Jacques Veneruso, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Christophe Satterfield and Yvonne Jones.

1997 Carole was joined by Maria Popkiewicz and Yvonne Jones in the studio to add vocals to En passant, the newest solo album by Jean-Jacques Goldman.

1998 Run Away Love, a single from the album Springfield debuted as the theme song to an action film Une Chance sur Deux starring Vanessa Paradis, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Alain Delon.

Again Carole surrounded herself with good friends and musicians – Yvonne Jones, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Jacques Veneruso and newcomer, Frédéric Kocourek.

Everything came together ... Carole's early experiences in America and her love affair with France found full expression on Couleurs et Parfums' 11 original tracks.

Four hit singles emerged from Couleurs et Parfums... December 2–11, 1999 Carole headlined as a solo act in Paris at Saint-Germain-des-Prés Auditorium.

She shared the stage with invited guests: Jean-Jacques Goldman, Faudel, Allan Théo, Bruno Pelletier, Michael Jones, Kani Curry of Poétic Lover and Nicole Amovin.

Liane Foly and Carole Fredericks perform Une femme amoureuse / A Woman in Love before a studio audience for the music television show, TAPIS ROUGE on France2.

Early in 2001, Carole Fredericks performs with Roch Voisine the new single release L'Aziza on the studio television show, Taratata.

Dailymotion video Carole contributed to concerts and on recordings for AIDS victims, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and Amnesty International.

On June 18, a funeral service was held for her at Eglise Notre-Dame de Clignancourt, the church that stands across from her apartment in the 18th district.

Apprendre le français grâce à l'héritage de Carole Fredericks was introduced to educators at the American Association of Teachers of French conference in Martinique.

Later that same year, CDF Music Legacy joined forces with Tralco Educational Services (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) to develop a second Activity Book based on Fredericks' French-language album.

In 2005 Couleurs et parfums: Apprendre le français grâce à l'héritage de Carole Fredericks was released in Quebec, Canada, at the American Association of Teachers of French Conference.

and Couleurs et parfums Activity Books are used by teachers of French in more than 2000 K-12 schools and 65 colleges and universities throughout the United States, Canada and as far away as Singapore.

Also in 2006, Carole Fredericks' life and contribution to the study of French were recognized posthumously by the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Fredericks and Taj Mahal received the James W. Dodge Memorial Foreign Language Advocate Award in recognition of the potential of music to foster intercultural communication and to maintain cultural heritages.

During the concert, Michael Jones and Goldman sang Juste Après, a song from the Rouge album made famous by the trio.

MySpace.com video[permanent dead link‍] 1994 Oh Happy Day, Time 5:15 Carole Fredericks, Florent Pagny, Chérubins de Sarcelle choir perform Edwin Hawkins' classic gospel song Oh Happy Day for Les Enfoirés Au Grand Rex live concert and television audiences.