Evelyn Maria Harris
Evelyn Maria Harris | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | Evelyn Mariah Harris September 26, 1950 |
| Died | December 16, 2025 (aged 75) |
| Years active | 1974–2025 |
| Formerly of | Sweet Honey in the Rock (1974−1992) |
Evelyn Maria Harris (September 26, 1950 – December 16, 2025) was an American singer, composer, producer, born in Fort Lee Army Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.[1] Harris became the 6th member of Sweet Honey in the Rock and was in the group from 1974 to 1992, she was as-well a member of Stomp Box Trio around the late 2010s, and became a member of Young at Heart Chorus around the early 2000s, up until her death in December 2025.
Harris joined the DC-based A-cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock in October 1974,[2] and in 1983 she produced Sweet Honey in the Rock's 10th anniversary album We All... Everyone Of Us, which has 13 songs, including Harris' song Battle For My Life.[3] In 1989 (and into 1990) Harris had been partly substituted by Carol Lynn Maillard after not being able to perform with Sweet Honey in the Rock multiple times, Harris came back in 1991 until she decided in 1992 that she couldn't perform with Sweet Honey in the Rock anymore, due to drug addict and an alcoholic, and after recovery she said "I am going on with my life...for real."[4]
At some point in the early 2000s, Harris joined a group called Young At Heart Chorus. And late 2010s, Harris joined a group called Stomp Box Trio. both in Western, Massachusetts.[5] she was in both groups full time up until her death in December 2025.
Death
Harris suddenly died in Pioneer Valley, Western Massachusetts on December 16, 2025 at the age of 75, it's not known what the cause of her death was, but she died peacefully. [6]
References
- ^ "Evelyn Maria Harris". Discogs. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ Page: #174 of Sweet honey in the rock's 1993 book "We Who Believe In Freedom"
- ^ "Sweet Honey In The Rock - We All...Everyone Of Us". Discogs. December 17, 1983. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ Page: #176 of Sweet Honey in the Rock's 1993 book "We Who Believe In Freedom"
- ^ "StompBoxTrio - StompBoxTrio". Discogs. December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ "Friends, colleagues remember acclaimed singer Evelyn Harris". December 18, 2025.