Nicolette Larson

Nicolette Larson is one of those artists who deserved a far longer run than fate allowed. Growing up in Helena, Montana, she had this warm, honey-coated voice that fit perfectly into the late-seventies soft rock scene, and when she took Neil Young's "Lotta Love" and made it her own in 1978 — hitting number one on the adult contemporary chart and cracking the pop top ten — it felt genuinely effortless, like she'd been born to sing it. She had that rare quality of sounding intimate even on radio, as if she were singing just for you. The adult contemporary hits that followed showed real consistency, not a one-hit flash. Gone at 45 in 1997, she left behind a catalog that still sounds lovely today, a reminder that sometimes the best voices don't get the long careers they earn.

Name (English)

Nicolette Larson

Name (Japanese)

ニコレット・ラーソン

Reading

にこれっと・らーそん

Born

July 17, 1952 – December 16, 1997

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

Origin

Helena, Montana, United States

Occupation

singer / songwriter / composer / guitarist / actor

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.nicolettelarson.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Montana
• singer
• songwriter
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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