Helen Baylor (aka Helen Lowe) began her music career as a child performing on the nightclub circuit. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma but raised in Los Angeles, California, she opened for such popular artists as Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and B.B. King by her late teens. At the age of 17, she traveled with a touring stage production of the musical Hair. For several years, she performed in other musicals and was a background vocalist for the likes of Captain & Tennille and Chaka Khan. Most notable, in 1976, she appeared on Side Effect's What You Need and performed the lead vocal on...