Jane Pickens Hoving (10 August 1907 – 21 February 1992)[1] was an American singer on Broadway, radio and television for 20 years and later an organizer in numerous philanthropic and society events.

She was the musical leader of the Pickens Sisters, a trio born on a Georgia plantation that reached national stardom in the 1930s with its own radio show, concert tours, and records.

The family moved to Park Avenue in Manhattan in 1932, and a test recording for Victor made such an impression with radio executives that they hired the sisters unseen.

[8] She frequently performed benefits for charitable causes, including events for orphans, hospitals, youths, veterans and the disabled.

Among her favorite causes were the Salvation Army and research into heart disease and cerebral palsy, a condition that afflicted her daughter.

She became a noted figure at balls and other society events in New York City, Long Island and Newport.

[citation needed] In 1972 she ran as the Republican-Conservative challenger to United States Representative Edward I. Koch in the Silk Stocking district on the East Side of Manhattan.

[citation needed] She was 84 years old when she died of heart failure in Newport, Rhode Island, on February 21, 1992.

She was survived by her daughter, Marcella Clark McCormack of Newport and Manhattan, and a sister, Patti Shreve of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.